Wrapped Up

~ Employment report spurs battle over private versus public jobs

~ If you’re interested in the 2012 GOP primary race, Peter Hamby on Jon Huntsman:

Former Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman told a room of South Carolina Republicans on Saturday that he could finalize his thinking about the GOP presidential race before the month is out, multiple sources present for the closed-door meeting told CNN.

~ Also. Huntsman wooing GOP governors?

~ Newt Gingrich, the proverbial sidekick to P.T. Barnum aka Donald Trump, will announce his run for the GOP presidential nomination on Wednesday via Facebook and Twitter. Classy guy. This should be fun.

~ Adam Serwer takes on Ross Douhat “No, killing of Bin Laden does not represent `continuity’ with Bush”