Republicans hope jobs rate drops Obama
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President Barack Obama speaks before signing HR 4348, the Surface Transportation Bill, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Friday, July 6, 2012. The bill maintains jobs on transportation projects and prevents interest rate increases on new loans to millions of college students.
WASHINGTON — History repeats itself, until it doesn't. That musty truism is worth remembering as pundits speculate on whether the lumbering economy will doom the re-election hopes of President Barack Obama, who has shown a knack for beating odds and breaking barriers.
Clearly, some important trends are working against him. The latest evidence is Friday's lackluster jobs report, which found the nation's unemployment rate stuck at 8.2 percent.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was the last president to win re-election with so much joblessness. Voters ousted Presidents Jimmy Carter and George H.W. Bush when the jobless rate was well under 8 percent.
And it's not as if Obama can divert the nation's attention from the economy, which has dominated the election from the start. His signature domestic achievement, the 2010 health care overhaul, is a mixed political blessing, uniting Republicans against him. Voters show little interest in how his administration wound down the Iraq war and killed Osama bin Laden.
And yet Obama runs even with, or slightly ahead of, Republican rival Mitt Romney in poll after poll. Campaign strategists debate the reasons.
They might include Obama's personal likeability, gaps in Romney's strategy, or Americans' grudging acceptance of a new normal in which millions of jobs are gone for good, and no single person is responsible.
If high unemployment "was a killer, he'd already be dead," said Republican pollster and consultant Mike McKenna. "The survey data tells you he's not dead."
There's a problem with applying historical precedents and conventional wisdom to Obama: He sometimes defies them.
Before the 2008 campaign took shape, how many people thought America would elect a black president? Or that a man four years removed from the Illinois Legislature would outmaneuver Bill and Hillary Clinton's political machine?
Besides, no senator had been elected president in more than four decades.
Obama's political resilience has left Republicans quarreling over how best to combat him. Romney has largely adopted a play-it-safe approach. It suggests he and his aides think the president is on a slow but steady decline and there's no need to take big gambles.
Friday's job report might bolster that view, as economists say a dramatic turnaround before Election Day is highly unlikely.
But some Republican activists are anxious, saying Romney is running an overly cautious campaign that doesn't spell out his differences with Obama in crisp, inspiring terms. The Wall Street Journal's editorial page — it's an important forum for conservative thought — blasted Romney's campaign this week for "squandering an historic opportunity" and said the campaign looked "confused" and "politically dumb."
McKenna agrees that Romney must be more daring and aggressive. A strategy of holding the ball, he said, "never wins basketball games that you're behind in."
Campaign consultants also differ about how much Obama might be helped if job creation accelerates in the next few months, which is by no means certain. Some strategists believe voters cement their views of the economy several months before Election Day. If true, it could bode badly for Obama.
In 2010, jobs suddenly rebounded in October. In 2011, another sharp rise began in September, only to drop significantly seven months later. If that pattern repeats itself this fall, then Obama might enjoy a last-minute bump before the Nov. 6 election, assuming enough voters remain persuadable.
Temple University political scientist Christopher Wlezien said research finds that voters' feelings about the economy "come into focus over time" — chiefly during a campaign's last six or seven months. He said Obama doubtlessly would like to swap this year's first quarter — in which an average of 225,000 jobs were added each month — with the recently ended second quarter, which saw only 75,000 new monthly jobs on average.
"It's not good news, but it's not devastating news," Wlezien said of the slowdown. "Voters seem to have taken into account what Obama inherited," he said, referring to a monthly job-loss rate of about 800,000 in the months just before and after Obama took office.
Come November, the barrier-breaking president may prove mortal indeed. He might fall victim to voters' fears and anger over an economy that has left millions jobless and many others underemployed.
But if there's a new normal in a brutal global economy, might there be a new normal in U.S. politics that has yet to be examined and understood?
Blogs, Twitter and cable outlets spew out political tidbits and barbs at a dizzying pace. Minority voters play bigger roles, especially in key states such as Nevada and Florida. Public opinion shifts dramatically on issues such as gay rights.
Obama turned the political world on its ear four years ago. Republicans hope Romney — a more conventional candidate who might have played a president in the movies — will prove that precedents and conventional wisdom still hold and that voters won't reward an incumbent when unemployment stays high, month after month.
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EDITOR'S NOTE — Charles Babington covers politics for The Associated Press.
Jul 11, 2012 at 1:18 p.m.
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Any political party that hopes for a drop in employment should be ashamed of themselves, that is as pathetic as people wanting as many deaths as possible in a war to prove a political point. If the GOP is so secure in their opposition to Obama they shouldn't have to hope for lower employment, his policies should be big enough disaster to cause it. This just supports the reason I vote 3rd party, the two major parties depend on each other to hold power and just swing it back and forth slightly. No real change will ever come about while these two are in power. Wake up.
Jul 11, 2012 at 10:21 a.m.
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Romney and his hidden accounts...
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEu9GDD5w...
Jul 10, 2012 at 10:30 p.m.
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If they say it enough, they start believing too. "The sky is falling!"
Jul 10, 2012 at 9:55 p.m.
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Socialism? What an absolute PILE of CRAP. MANY nations around the world have a far more socialized systems than our "new" one and the are far from socialist nations. Enough with this Socialism CRAP, we are far from it and all of the fear you people create is just a pile of garbage
Jul 10, 2012 at 9:10 p.m.
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LibertyBelle....the ship hit the ice burg BEFORE Obama took office...WAKE UP !!!
Jul 10, 2012 at 9:01 p.m.
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LibertyBelle...special sessons.....wake up...
Jul 10, 2012 at 6:16 p.m.
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woody- the plan is to stop socialism before it completely takes down our country. First you have to stop the ship from hitting the iceberg.
You posted on Van Waangaard the process of dictatorship was stopped with District 21 win. Has Walker bypassed the Congress? Has Walker failed to enforced laws? Has Walker ignored the constitution and made up his own policies? Has Walker used Appointed dept to force laws already rejected by congress?
No, that would be the leader of the Democrat party B.O. - closer to your dictator outburst.
Jul 10, 2012 at 5:12 p.m.
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The repubs want to repeal the health care law but they don't have a plan of their own.
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http://www.centurylink.net/news/read.php...
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Other than wars and tax breaks for the rich, what plans do they ever have?
Jul 10, 2012 at 4:56 p.m.
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Taco...you seem to have a problem with names too !
Jul 10, 2012 at 4:38 p.m.
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taco said ",......"it's Bushs fault we are in this mess"......
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I agree.......
Jul 10, 2012 at 4:32 p.m.
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"Woody, have you seen tax law? No one but an expert should be advising on tax strategy."
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The point I was making is Romney didn't even seem to know where his previous years tax returns were. That just goes to show how out of touch he is.
Jul 10, 2012 at 2:46 p.m.
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kay - you care to make a wager on that?
Jul 10, 2012 at 12:43 p.m.
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California and Illinois models for the nation if Obama gets re-elected.
ABC poll with 9% more Democrats polled then Republicans have Romney tied with Obama. Tied?
Obama is in big trouble 9% more Dems and 32%Indep polled and the best Obama's got is a tie???? hahaha
As Scott Walker goes, so goes the nation 7% victory for Romney.
Jul 10, 2012 at 12:26 p.m.
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Obama needs help from no one to be a failure.
Jul 10, 2012 at 10:52 a.m.
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Feeling a little misogynistic today, RAF?
Jul 10, 2012 at 9:48 a.m.
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Jul 10, 2012 at 8:34 a.m.
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And RetiredNewbie has commented 10 times on this story with just 1 comment being on-topic.
Jul 10, 2012 at 8:12 a.m.
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Woody, have you seen tax law? No one but an expert should be advising on tax strategy. I do not even look at mine, just sign on the lines I need to. Would not understand them if I did read them. A good manager hires experts smarter than they are in various necessary fields to advise them in forming a coherent overall strategy.
Jul 10, 2012 at 7:34 a.m.
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And this is what the repubs think is presidential?
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"I don't manage them. I don't even know where they are," Romney said about his hidden taxes.
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Maybe I should run, at least I know where my taxes are.
Jul 10, 2012 at 3:59 a.m.
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Jul 10, 2012 at 1:23 a.m.
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RetiredNewbie, please try to stay on-topic, which is "Republicans hope jobs rate drops Obama."
Jul 10, 2012 at 1:06 a.m.
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More of fear's rhetoric. Fear how does hypocrisy look in your eyes? You are one of the loudest at complaining over rush and fox but have a problem when someone questions sources such as media matters and msnbc or even worse salon. Your obsession with the latest crazy talking point of the left, race to the bottom only highlights your own inability to see the forest past the tree. You’re declaring other states have nothing good displays ignorance. What magic yard stick do you own that has the ability to declare other people's home's, were they choose to live, is worse than yours? How incessantly high brow to declare in this off handed way you know better of their homes and states than they do. I will never understand how those on the left can think they know better on how others should live, spend their own money, or decide for them what they think is best.
Jul 9, 2012 at 10:59 p.m.
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Look more closely at the states these "new"Governors are presiding over. Oklahoma?Kansas? Georgia? Alabama?South Dakota? Iowa? South Carolina, Tenessee? Stop me when I get to a state that is attractive. Michigan, Ohio,Nevada? Which of these states is an attractive place to live? I have lots of friends in the south and they will all tell you the employment available there is NOTHING to be proud of, almost completely "Walmart" type jobs. Is that satisfying? Is that what we should all shoot for? I guess some of us just want more. Soon there will be no choice, the race to the bottom is almost complete. Soon we will all be working at Walmart, get ready. Its the right wing dream for America, as loing as the older Americans dont have to pay any taxes. Dumbing down the country is their goal , and unfortunatley its working.
Jul 9, 2012 at 10:51 p.m.
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States that have Democratic Governors that saw Unemployment drop in the Same period:
Arkansas, California, Colorado, Conneticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinios, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon , West Virginia, Washington.
ALL those states also saw unemployment percentages drop in the same period, ANYONE??
What I wonder about the right wing posters on here is why do we ignore some stats and glorify others? Why is it that when ALL 50 states see unemployment rates drop its the Republican Governors who get the credit in your eyes, but when talking about national unemployment numbers you blame Obama for skewed Unemployment numbers? Which is it? I swear it doesnt matter what facts are put in front of you, you vote letters, PERIOD. YOU are the targets of campaign ads, made for dummies.
Jul 9, 2012 at 10:42 p.m.
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Fox News and Breitbart.com are cherry-picking numbers to suggest that the election of Republican governors in 2010 led to lower unemployment in 17 states. In fact, the trend toward lower unemployment began in these states before the new governors took office, and unemployment has dropped in every state but one since January 2011(New Jersey)
Reality: Unemployment Was Dropping In All 17 States Before New GOP Governors Took Office.
Have to use another source that RAF and others ignore because its not Lockstep with their view on Life. Rates are dropping nationwide, Not just in these states.....oops.
So if they are dropping nationwide, why leave out the other 33 states? Interesting "facts". Always hear RAF using words like fringe to define others, look in the mirror.
http://mediamatters.org/research/2012/07...
Jul 9, 2012 at 10:34 p.m.
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Funny how sources are slanted and the Retired Government Employee gets to determine whats what and whos the liar? Pot meet kettle.
Why dont you ask the people in those states who have their beloved Republican Governors how that unemployment picture REALLLY shapes up? Nothing to do with less people getting benefits? OR at all to do with fast food/walmart jobs being on the rise? Lets look at the standard of living in these states controlled by Republicans? Boy looking at simple percentages and skewed numbers are great for campaign commercials , but does anyone in Wisconsin really feel like the jobs picture is rosy here? Walmart is hiring everywhhere, is that the lifestyle we all should expect to live? Selling cheap Chinese made goods at a retail outlet for * bucks an hour? At what point to we as Americans start to expect more out of life? The RAFs of the world want us all to be "happy to have a job" , and use numbers that make his hair stand up? Talk about fringe lunatics!! Good lord people what kind of country do we want to live in? All these people lecturing about Republican "statistics" are older folks that have already lived their dream and now want to lecture you about what is out there and what you should be happy about. The America where hard work is rewarded is dead. Now hard work gets you unemployed, it gets you lower wages, lower living standards. Lower unemployment? Maybe , but being employed making 8 dollars an hour when you used to make twice that for your hard work isnt good for anyone. It has created a demand crisis that wont go away no matter what party is in power. If the GREAT majority of Americans (working class, Blue Collar) cannot make a decent living anymore, there is no consumption, hence no demand, hence no improvement. Romney can sell you people whatever his republican overlords tell him to, the FACT is until this nation returns to its roots of a strong vibrant, consuming middleclass we are all screwed.
So keep on posting your "numbers" and run with them, then maybe LOOK around in all of those republican states and see how people are living, THAT is the true tale of a successful economy. Not millions of new McDonalds and Walmart employees, wake up buttercup.
Jul 9, 2012 at 9:56 a.m.
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Motorman I apoligize for calling you dense. My initial thought was that you had actually thought this guy was serious.Yes you are right racism is racism even in a joke and should be called out. I have no idea why they deleted your comment either.
Again my apoligy
Jul 9, 2012 at 6:35 a.m.
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Oh how political views on job numbers change depending on the view, not the number.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Ae2Anha7...
Jul 9, 2012 at 6:27 a.m.
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Wow, what is it with the dem party leaders and their lies?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAVN0vi88...
Jul 9, 2012 at 4:43 a.m.
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http://nation.foxnews.com/unemployment-r...
I woke up to this little article and found you liberals in full deniel on the Gazette. Imagine that?
Unemployment Rate Dropped In Every State That Elected A GOP Gov. In 2010
Jul 8, 2012 at 4:32 p.m.
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I'm with Motorman. Racism isn't funny.
Jul 8, 2012 at 2:38 p.m.
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westorbust are you sure you want to go out on that ledge and talk about "sources"? Just the other day you linked to a salon piece; yeah that is journalistic integrity.
I suggest if you have a problem with the story I linked to try acting like an adult and counter it with some kind of facts or crawl back under the rock.
Jul 8, 2012 at 12:42 p.m.
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Joker, joker, joker…..I knew you would turn on me as soon as I saw you at our last Tea Party Paranoids for America meeting.
Jul 8, 2012 at 10:33 a.m.
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Nice source "Retiredairforce". Funny. You do know that just about anybody can submit articles to the "Examiner". Not surprising you'd find a source who's stories lie between UFO's and cattle mutilations.
Jul 8, 2012 at 9:34 a.m.
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Obama 8.2% Walker 6.8%. Is Obama holding Wisconsin and the rest of the nation down???
Jul 8, 2012 at 9:33 a.m.
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Republican governors rapidly bringing down unemployment in their states
http://www.examiner.com/article/new-repu...
Jul 8, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.
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Remember when Clinton was campaigning? It was the economy. Might work for Romney.
Jul 8, 2012 at 8:43 a.m.
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The False statements - yada.
http://gazettextra.com/users/yada/commen...
Mostly False statements - yada
http://gazettextra.com/users/yada/commen...
PANTS on Fire - yada
http://gazettextra.com/users/yada/commen...
Jul 8, 2012 at 6:49 a.m.
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The False statements - Walker.
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/...
Mostly False statements - Walker
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/...
PANTS on Fire - Walker
http://www.politifact.com/personalities/...
"Wisconsin Added Jobs At Half The Rate of Nation As A Whole"
(WI - Deadlast in midwest)
http://news.wpr.org/post/wisconsin-added...
Jul 8, 2012 at 12:54 a.m.
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motorman are you that dense don't you realize that is the same person that used to post as koch bros. Yes he is the racist one but a member of the Dem fanatics not the tea party
Jul 7, 2012 at 10:30 p.m.
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Is Wisconsin holding the whole national average down? Come on Scotty- you ran on a jobs program and as it turns out, we're actually losing more jobs than we're gaining.
Jul 7, 2012 at 9:51 p.m.
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The headline says it all. Repubs want the economy to be bad in order to defeat Obama and will do whatever it takes to tank this country so they can blame him on election day.
Jul 7, 2012 at 9:09 p.m.
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@rightfrom1788...."sigh...." :-(
Jul 7, 2012 at 6:53 p.m.
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rightfrom1788, I guess it would be easy to guess what you wear at your meetings, too.
Jul 7, 2012 at 6:47 p.m.
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nomoreres - we study these things at tea party meetings so we know why we are who we are.
Jul 7, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.
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Dusty.......during walker's recall run, it sure did seem that you were pushing for Wisconsin's failure so that the democrats could regain control of our state's government......hypocrite.
Jul 7, 2012 at 6:02 p.m.
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rightfrom1788, you appear to be more honest about why you're opposed to Obama than most of your cronies. It's not admirable, but it is more honest.
Jul 7, 2012 at 4:46 p.m.
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Cynical Republicans pray for America to fail so they can gain political power.
Jul 7, 2012 at 4:45 p.m.
Jul 7, 2012 at 4:29 p.m.
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Ah, but remember who DESTROYED those jobs in the first place. His name wasn't Obama.
Jul 7, 2012 at 4:07 p.m.
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Midnight. YOU just don't get it. If you have insurance, you DON'T pay the penalty (tax). Why should I continue to pay for those that are not insured? It is your same argument about why the Rich shouldn't have to pay for the poor through entitlements. Only those that don't have insurance have to pay the penalty. I am tired of carrying those that get free medical care.
Jul 7, 2012 at 3:12 p.m.
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That's 80,000 jobs. I know you and other conservatives much rather see people not get those 80,000 jobs so you could have something more to blame Obama for, but they're there.
Those 80,000 jobs are much better news than the nearly 40,000 good paying tech jobs the Republican sweetheart, Meg Whitman, has lost while trying to figure out how to lead Hewlett Packard.
I see you want to give credit to Republican governors for the jobs added in states run by Republican governors. Does that mean Obama doesn't get the blame for any job losses or the credit for any job gains in any state since he doesn't run a single state? Seems like another shaky position you've staked out for yourself.
Jul 7, 2012 at 3 p.m.
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80,000 jobs Poobah in the entire nation could only fill up Lambeau Field. How many of those states are run by Republican Governors?
Obama is a disgrace to the office and will be a short term Carter repeat of a one term.
To answer your other Obama Tax Law mandate.
The tax man cometh to police you on health care
http://apnews.myway.com//article/2012070...
Barack Obama's health care law will come home to roost for most taxpayers in about 2 1/2 years, when they'll have to start providing proof on their tax returns that they have health insurance.
A tax is a tax is a tax.
Jul 7, 2012 at 2:57 p.m.
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Wisconsin: More jobs lost due to "downturn in customer demand"
http://bloggingblue.com/2012/07/07/serio...
In other layoff-related news, Provimi Foods Inc. announced it will eliminate 50 jobs as it shuts down its kill floor and other operations at its meat-packaging plant in Seymour, which is near Green Bay. In announcing the layoffs, Provimi cited a downturn in customer demand.
Hmmm…..a “downturn in customer demand.” The idea that it’s consumers that stimulate the economy, not the so-called “job creators” sounds vaguely familiar, perhaps because we’ve discussed that very idea HERE and HERE.
When will Gov. Walker and his fellow Republican lawmakers wake up and realize that it’s not handouts and tax breaks to corporations that creates jobs – it’s a strong middle class?
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Jul 7, 2012 at 2:53 p.m.
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{{BREAKING}} Republicans intentionally keep unemployment rate above 8%.
Not only have they been obstructing everything this President has proposed but they have actually stopped jobs from being created.
It was reported today by the MSM that more than 600,000 public workers, teachers, policemen, firemen, and postal workers, have lost their jobs because the Republican Congress refuses to pass the President's job bill.
In fact, the jobless rate would be almost a full point lower if the Republicans were not obstructing and blocking these jobs.
It is extremely important that people understand who is keeping the unemployment rate as high as it is. It is not the President - it is the Republican Congress. They should be made to answer to the voters of this country.
Jul 7, 2012 at 2:49 p.m.
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It is not Obama it is the Congress, who is responsible for less jobs shipping overseas, and not passing any bills to help jobs. Obama's hands are tied on most of this. If Romney becomes president we will be back to a minus jobs report every month, like we were with Bush, at least Obama is creating jobs. Would be more if Repbublicans were not trying to destroy the country to make Obama look bad. Heaven help us if Romney is president, kiss your medicare good bye, your social security and any insurance you have you won't have any longer. If Romney is not for the corporations, I dont know who is.
Jul 7, 2012 at 2:28 p.m.
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I was not making excuses. I don't believe Obama was mentioned in either your post or mine in which I responded. You asked a question and I made the mistake of thinking maybe you were actually trying to learn something. Sorry, I guess I gave you too much credit....my bad.
Jul 7, 2012 at 1:40 p.m.
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'Quit making excuses for a Loser'
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Jul 7, 2012 at 1:11 p.m.
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Midnite_Ride, I guess you overlooked the part about the 80,000 jobs that were added. If you want to know what happened to many of the other jobs, particularly good paying tech jobs, look no further than to HP and the misguidance of that company by the sweetheart of Republicans, Meg Whitman.
"Layoffs in the tech industry are 10 times higher so far this year than they were for the same period in 2011—and it's all thanks to the hard cuts CEO Meg Whitman has put in place at Hewlett-Packard.
The computer industry announced a total of 34,380 job cuts in the first half of 2012 compared to 3,178 cuts in the year ago period, according to a report by Challenger, Gray & Christmas." [ http://www.businessinsider.com/hewlett-p... ]
Jul 7, 2012 at 12:36 p.m.
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http://hotair.com/archives/2012/07/06/jo...
Jobs report: More people went on disability than got jobs in June
The Republicans have passed a dozen jobs bills since 2010 and the Democrats in the Senate have done nothing except pass more taxes and regulations to stifle the jobs market. In the words of so many left wingers on this site blaming Walker - WHERE ARE THE JOBS BARACK OBAMA?
Jul 7, 2012 at 12:30 p.m.
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Quit making excuses for a Loser.
Jul 7, 2012 at 11:49 a.m.
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wislady...it was just after Obama had been in office 100 days and the economy had not turned around, the right started calling Obama a failure. The same will happen to Mitt Romney....no one, Democrat or Republican will be able to turn this economy around as fast as the fast food mentality want to see it change.
Regarding your question about the solar company...totally off topic as usual for you, the $25 million was to support its new North American solar plant in San Diego.This project is expected to create 450 on-site jobs and more than 1,000 indirect jobs at full capacity and will be the world's largest CPV manufacturing facility. Did you bother to find out why they claimed a 70 Milion dollar loss, I don't think so. It was due to investment to construct one of the largest photovoltaic solar power plants in Italy and the cost of Soitec acquiring a 176,000-square-foot manufacturing center on 14.8 acres of land located in San Diego. Soitec is a world leader in generating and manufacturing semiconductor materials for the electronics and energy industries. CPV technology converts sunlight directly into "clean" electricity via concentrator optics and high-efficiency solar cells. This is the best design for use in sunny regions, providing low-cost, reliable, and environmentally-friendly solar generated electricity. Soitec's CPV modules provide a market-leading 30% module efficiency (or 2 to 3 times the efficiency of conventional PV technology). Aside from being one of the top semi-conductor manufactures in the world Soitec is investing money to grow their business world wide, instead of giving it to the CEO. These might be some of the reasons you are asking for.
Jul 7, 2012 at 11:41 a.m.
Jul 7, 2012 at 11:36 a.m.
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The only way to bring jobs back is to stop corporations from taking our jobs overseas. Quit coddling and quit backing down to threats from big money. Start making it very uneasy for these companies by making it more costly when they take our jobs out of the US.
Jul 7, 2012 at 11:19 a.m.
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Oh, and "Don’t Forget About That Other Curious Romney Account" [ http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/... ]
Jul 7, 2012 at 11:08 a.m.
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"If Romney runs things poorly like Obama he will be out too."
The only thing Romney will be running for the next 4.5 years are his foreign investment accounts.
Jul 7, 2012 at 10:58 a.m.
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onedayatatime
So why did the DOE give a 25 Million dollar contract to a solar company in France(Soitec), that had recently had losses of $70 Million?
"in his first 100 days either"....I think you are missing something. Obama has been in the WH for 3.5 years. That is certainly beyond 100 days.
Jul 7, 2012 at 10:43 a.m.
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4 years ago, Mr. Obama said he would be a one term president if he did not fix the economy. He also said he would bring hope and change to Washington D.C. and bridge the partisan divide. Neither happened. In fact, he has been very partisan. Major disappointment to me. I will accept that both sides of Congress have been obstructionist and higly partisan. However, my idea of a good President is a president that works behind the scenes to try to draw both sides together enough to gain some good for the country. President Clinton, imo, was very good at that in his 2nd term. I think President Obama will be given a pass unlike President Carter and President Bush but I am really bothered by his "not my fault ... all the fault of congress and of the administration that left office 3 1/2 years ago". He can not make laws and he can not create jobs. However, he certainly should be working harder to get Congress to bridge the differences. What about the discussions between himself and Boehner? So close but no cigars. What about the Simpson-Boyles proposals? Dropped like a hot potato. What we have here is a failure to communicate (in the words of Cool Hand Luke). IMHO
Jul 7, 2012 at 10:40 a.m.
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westorbust, policy is set by the administration not congress.
Jul 7, 2012 at 9:28 a.m.
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I suppose we could go back to losing 800K jobs a month which is what was happening under a Republican administration. I can't understand why gaining 75K jobs a month is heading in the wrong direction. This is an example of America's fast food mentality. Even if Romney gets elected, it's highly unlikely that he will be able to turn the economy around in his first 100 days either. If Romney gets elected maybe he could ask all the companies that Blain Capital outsourced jobs to other counntries, to bring those jobs back to the U.S., that would be a couple of million jobs.
Jul 7, 2012 at 9:23 a.m.
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We also have a president who is a failure.
The US Government spends $7,264,020 per minute.
Jul 7, 2012 at 8:53 a.m.
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"Unforgivably, poor policy has resulted in sustained high unemployment."
Yes, by Congress. Republicans AND Democrats.
Jul 7, 2012 at 8:35 a.m.
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ithappens...Amen!
Jul 7, 2012 at 7:35 a.m.
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I think Obama should worry about the silent majority. We Are Here and We Will Be at the Polls in November. If Romney runs things poorly like Obama he will be out too. The silent majority showed up in Wisconsin for Scott Walker. We are still here, watching and waiting.
Jul 7, 2012 at 7:02 a.m.
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Not long ago, the papers were writing about another "historic" event. The recall of a governor, and how it was going to make history.
Now that Scott Walker has made history, where have the headlines gone?
Democrats and Unions waged a war on Wisconsin. In the end, all they got was a crooked win in Racine. Their "victory" rings hollow, based on the fraud. The legislature will not convene until January, democrats can not call for a special session. But, they will continue to whine and demand that a special session be called because they NOW want to talk about jobs. Where have they been?
The recall elections have also shown what the GAB is all about, and it is NOT about upholding our election laws.
Jul 7, 2012 at 6:42 a.m.
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He's right....he is like a Jimmy Carter, only worse.
Jul 7, 2012 at 6:27 a.m.
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Biased headline!
Jul 7, 2012 at 5:39 a.m.
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Wow, what a headline. Most of the folks on the right I know see the headline very different. Unforgivably, poor policy has resulted in sustained high unemployment.
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