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Mitt Romney responds to jobs report with glee
Mitt Romney responds to jobs report with glee
by Jed Lewison
The only thing more pathetic than Mitt Romney's say-nothing speech to the Republican convention last week was his joyous statement this morning embracing today's tepid jobs report:
Leaving aside Romney's desperate need for a good copy editor ("We aren’t better off than they were four years ago"?), we actually are better off than we were four years ago. We're not yet where we want to be, but the difference between four years ago and today is dramatic.
Four years ago, everything was heading in the wrong direction, and fast. Between August 2008 and August 2009, we lost 6.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate skyrocketed from 6.1 percent to 9.6 percent. We haven't fully recovered from that economic crisis, but as this chart shows, we're headed in the right direction:
We're not yet where we want to end up, but we're better off than four years ago. Republicans made an epic mess of the economy, but it's being cleaned up. And the last thing we need is to put them back in charge.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1128887/-Mitt-Romney-responds-to-jobs-report-with-glee
by Jed Lewison
The only thing more pathetic than Mitt Romney's say-nothing speech to the Republican convention last week was his joyous statement this morning embracing today's tepid jobs report:
“If last night was the party, this morning is the hangover," Romney said. "For every net new job created, nearly four Americans gave up looking for work entirely. This is more of the same for middle class families who are suffering through the worst economic recovery since the Great Depression.
"After 43 straight months of unemployment above 8%, it is clear that President Obama just hasn't lived up to his promises and his policies haven't worked," Romney continued. "We aren’t better off than they were four years ago. My plan for a stronger middle class will create 12 million new jobs by the end of my first term. America deserves new leadership that will get our economy moving again.”
Leaving aside Romney's desperate need for a good copy editor ("We aren’t better off than they were four years ago"?), we actually are better off than we were four years ago. We're not yet where we want to be, but the difference between four years ago and today is dramatic.
Four years ago, everything was heading in the wrong direction, and fast. Between August 2008 and August 2009, we lost 6.8 million jobs and the unemployment rate skyrocketed from 6.1 percent to 9.6 percent. We haven't fully recovered from that economic crisis, but as this chart shows, we're headed in the right direction:
We're not yet where we want to end up, but we're better off than four years ago. Republicans made an epic mess of the economy, but it's being cleaned up. And the last thing we need is to put them back in charge.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/07/1128887/-Mitt-Romney-responds-to-jobs-report-with-glee
In September 2011, Republicans blocked the American Jobs Act and up to 2 million jobs
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021294027
Republicans Hope Bad Jobs Report Will Overshadow Obama’s DNC Speech
By Aviva Shen
Responding to the heavy media coverage of Clint Eastwood’s bizarre rantings at the RNC — a moment that largely eclipsed Mitt Romney’s address — adviser Eric Fehrnstrom and Newt Gingrich both said that Friday’s jobs report could similarly undermine Obama.
“I think the biggest news next week will not be the three nights of the DNC but it will be on Friday…We’re all hoping for good news but the odds are high that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent,” Fehrnstorn said on CNN’s State of the Union.
Meanwhile, on Meet the Press, Gingrich was more blunt:
Watch it:
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Republicans have repeatedly blocked Obama’s jobs legislation. In July, the Senate refused to allow a vote on the president’s American Jobs Act, which would have given incentives for companies to “insource” jobs rather than ship them overseas and by most reports would have stimulated GDP growth. As Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reaffirmed in 2010, “Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term.”
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/02/788411/republicans-hope-bad-jobs-report-will-overshadow-obamas-dnc-speech/
By Aviva Shen
Responding to the heavy media coverage of Clint Eastwood’s bizarre rantings at the RNC — a moment that largely eclipsed Mitt Romney’s address — adviser Eric Fehrnstrom and Newt Gingrich both said that Friday’s jobs report could similarly undermine Obama.
“I think the biggest news next week will not be the three nights of the DNC but it will be on Friday…We’re all hoping for good news but the odds are high that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent,” Fehrnstorn said on CNN’s State of the Union.
Meanwhile, on Meet the Press, Gingrich was more blunt:
I think the biggest event won’t be his speech Thursday. It’ll be the Friday morning jobs report. If that Friday morning jobs report is bad, it’ll drown his speech. You want to talk about Eastwood? Friday morning jobs report is a lot bigger event next week than Eastwood was this week.
Watch it:
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Republicans have repeatedly blocked Obama’s jobs legislation. In July, the Senate refused to allow a vote on the president’s American Jobs Act, which would have given incentives for companies to “insource” jobs rather than ship them overseas and by most reports would have stimulated GDP growth. As Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) reaffirmed in 2010, “Our top political priority over the next two years should be to deny President Obama a second term.”
http://thinkprogress.org/election/2012/09/02/788411/republicans-hope-bad-jobs-report-will-overshadow-obamas-dnc-speech/
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Romney's plan is Bush III.
