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Falling unemployment rates in swing states may not help Obama: pollster Larry Sabato
Unemployment rates fall in most swing states. Why that may not help Obama. The state-by-state unemployment numbers, released Friday, held some encouraging news for President Obama and his reelection prospects, with the jobless rate dropping in September in seven of nine electoral battleground states and rising in none. But because the…
Santorum ‘does not care’ about the unemployment rate
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said in Illinois on Monday that he was not concerned about the unemployment rate because it wasn’t the government’s duty to create jobs. “We need a candidate who’s going to be a fighter for freedom,” he said during a campaign speech, “who is going to…
How bad is the economy? 533,000 jobs lost in November
No wonder Dear Leader only comes out of his hole to pardon turkeys. This number — unemployment meldown — is his legacy that people will have at the forefront of their minds when Bush takes off from the White House lawn to a cushy retirement. Nonfarm payroll employment fell sharply…
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