New Romney Ad Hits Obama Over New Unemployment Numbers

[ProSense]

New Romney Ad Hits Obama Over New Unemployment Numbers

The Romney campaign released a new ad on Sunday attacking Obama for the economy’s poor performance by seizing the latest unemployment numbers released Friday. Called “It’s Just Not Getting Better,” the ad says that the economy isn’t improving under Obama and that Romney has “a plan for a stronger middle class.” Employers added 163,000 jobs in July, the best job-creation number in the last five months, but the unemployment rate ticked up slightly to 8.3 percent.

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http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/new-romney-ad-hits-obama-over-new-unemployment

LOL! CNN headline
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021069095

FLASHBACK: Romney Economic Advisers Predicted Bush Tax Cuts Would Lead To Huge Job Growth
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021071809

Video: 2004 Mitt Romney Says It’s ‘Poppycock’ To Blame President For Job Market
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Romney Camp Defends Poor Jobs Record: He Inherited A Bad Situation

Pema Levy

Mitt Romney has been dogged by an unfortunate statistic for his entire campaign: When he was governor, Massachusetts ranked 47th in job creation. President Obama’s campaign has ramped up the attack this week in response to Romney’s assertion that he knows how to create jobs — a fact he says is backed up by his record in the private sector. Sunday, Romney’s campaign struck back with a new line of defense: Romney stepped into a serious situation and improved it.

If it sounds familiar, it should — it’s the same line of reasoning that Obama is using to persuade voters to stick with his policies.

Twice on Sunday, Romney’s advisers appeared on television armed with different numbers than the ones wielded by the Obama campaign. On ABC’s “This Week,” Obama’s deputy campaign manager Stephanie Cutter and top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom duked it out over Romney’s Massachusetts record.

Massachusetts “did fall to 47th out of 50 in jobs creation,” Cutter said on ABC’s “This Week.” “Wages went down when they were going up in the rest of the country. He left his successor with debt and a deficit, and manufacturing jobs left that state at twice the rate as the rest of the country.”

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http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/06/romney-massachusetts-record-job-creation-47th-fehrnstrom.php

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So far in 2012, from January to July, the overall economy has added 1.06 million jobs, while the private sector has added 1.12 million jobs. Note that in every year of the Obama presidency, the private sector outpaced the overall economy, while in every year under Bush, that notorious Marxist, the private sector trailed the overall job market.

And while job growth has been underwhelming in 2012, the year to date -- which, again, only includes seven months -- has outpaced the first three years of the Bush presidency combined. Indeed, we've seen more jobs created since January than in five of the eight years Bush was in office.

What's more, the chart should also make it obvious that economic conditions have vastly improved since 2009, when Obama took office. In fact, what the hell, let's throw one more chart into the mix. Mitt Romney recently said the first 6 to 12 months shouldn't be held against a new president. If that's true, Obama has created 3.88 million jobs overall, and 4.44 million private-sector jobs.




http://maddowblog.msnbc.com/_news/2012/08/03/13103583-a-decade-of-jobs-numbers

[WI_DEM]

1. well that is his only real issue. 8.3% is high unemployment and it ticked up

despite the job gains. If we were running against a president with a 8.3% unemployment rate we would be doing the same thing. The thing the Obama campaign needs to do is emphasize how the GOP destroyed the recovery thru their inaction and cuts. Their stunt last year on the debt limit had a big effect on the recovery and confidence.

[ProSense]

3. Maybe

well that is his only real issue. 8.3% is high unemployment and it ticked up

despite the job gains. If we were running against a president with a 8.3% unemployment rate we would be doing the same thing. The thing the Obama campaign needs to do is emphasize how the GOP destroyed the recovery thru their inaction and cuts. Their stunt last year on the debt limit had a big effect on the recovery and confidence.

...that's true, but Romney's own statements, his insistence that he shouldn't be held accountable for his MA record and his defense of Bush, makes him look extremely foolish.

[JoePhilly]

2. In Obama's first full month in office, UE is 8.4% on its way to 10.2%.

So technically, UE is lower now than during his first full month in office.

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4. The Obama camp could just make one more ad for the rest of the way

"Romney = Dishonest. Where are your tax returns?"