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from ThinkProgress: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/14/499911/branstad-romney-gloomy/
During a speech in Ohio today, 2012 GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney decried the economy, claimng, almost everything the president has done has made it harder for entrepreneurs to start a business, has made it less likely for businesses like this one in Ohio to hire more people. However, led by the revival of the American auto industry, Ohios unemployment rate has been coming down, from about 11 percent in 2009 to just above 7 percent today.
In fact, a growing number of Republican governors have been touting their respective states economic performances, contradicting Romneys message of doom and gloom. And as the Wall Street Journal noted, at least one governor Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad (R) believes Romney needs to stop bemoaning the state of the economy:
Iowas Republican governor, Terry Branstad, is part of a contingent of GOP governors and party elders urging Mr. Romney to re-tailor his message by highlighting the success stories under way in a half-dozen GOP-led states, even if it means diluting his gloomier national pitch.
My state is seeing significant growth, Mr. Branstad said in an interview, adding that he didnt see why the Romney campaign decided to highlight unemployed Iowa residents. Ticking off a long list of companies that are expanding in the state, including Alcoa and John Deere, he said, We are doing very well.
. . . as Romney continues to decry the state of the economy, the numbers as well as the governors supporting him are telling a different tale.
read more: http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/06/14/499911/branstad-romney-gloomy/
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)..even within his own party.
trueblue2007
(17,234 posts)wish i had $1.58 for every LIE HE HAS TOLD!!!
I'D BE RICH
monmouth
(21,078 posts)but you're assuming that conservatives even remember what it was they bashed Obama for just yesterday. They usually can't. My conservative neighbor was so indignant at John Kerry's so-called flip-flopping in 2004, but hasn't even noticed Mitt Romney's gymnastics. My experience has been that righties get worked up on cue from Fox and don't really think things through for themselves. Sort of like those "applause" signs that light up for studio audiences, Fox has an "outrage" signal to get all their zombies to react in unison.
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)I'm rather glad to see this.
It's way past time that those in national and state governance should quit the obstructive positioning and get down to the business of dealing with extreme surplus labor capacity.
southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)positive things. At least Obama is talking positive.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)On Edit: Isn't Viagra wonderful?