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By Aviva Shen
Responding to the heavy media coverage of Clint Eastwoods bizarre rantings at the RNC a moment that largely eclipsed Mitt Romneys address adviser Eric Fehrnstrom and Newt Gingrich both said that Fridays 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 Were all hoping for good news but the odds are high that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent, Fehrnstorn said on CNNs State of the Union.
Meanwhile, on Meet the Press, Gingrich was more blunt:
I think the biggest event wont be his speech Thursday. Itll be the Friday morning jobs report. If that Friday morning jobs report is bad, itll 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 Obamas jobs legislation. In July, the Senate refused to allow a vote on the presidents 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/
Republicans are just pissed their EPIC FAIL.
Fact: The recovery was hindered by Republicans
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021243365
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PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)It's party before country for these treasonous, war-mongering, chicken-hawk bastards.
and yeah, I'm talking to you Mr. "four deferment" Rmoney.
SugarShack
(1,635 posts)ProSense
(116,464 posts)ailsagirl
(22,837 posts)Now THAT'S UnAmerican!!
Disgusting
EC
(12,287 posts)Transportation bill through? With some infrastructural jobs in it?
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)Republicans have wanted bad things to happen, just for their political gain.
For the GOP, it's party first, country second.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)progressivebydesign
(19,458 posts).. they don't care about anyone but themselves.
"Were all hoping for good news but the odds are high that the unemployment rate will remain above 8 percent, Fehrnstorn said on CNNs State of the Union. "
Also, there will a job dip because of Isaac, so expect that soon. Also the lay offs of seasonal workers, etc.
GusFring
(756 posts)ProgressiveEconomist
(5,818 posts)unemployment rate nonpartisan and even some Republican economists say we'd have had the Republicans not obstructed the President's American Jobs Act for a WHOLE YEAR. That figure does not even include the lower state government unemployment we would have if we still had Richard Nixon's federal-state revenue-sharing in effect.
Clinton needs to compare Republican filibusters against President Obama's legislative proposals to filibusters against other presidents, pointing out that a Senate majority is 51 under Republican Presidents, but, since 2009, 60 under Democratic President Obama.
In short, former President Clinton needs to put Republican economic obstruction in historical perspective for low-information voters, something for which he is uniquely qualified.
IMO, it's a shame Clinton is scheduled for Wednesday, the night of the first NFL game. I wonder whether something can be done to make sure Clinton appears during halftime, and football viewers are urged at the right time to turn to another network for Clinton's speech, instead of a boring halftime show.
Chorophyll
(5,179 posts)No you're not, Mr. Romney-adviser. You're hoping for bad news, because bad news might overshadow the fact that your Repug party has nothing. No plans, no solutions, nothing positive to say.
reformist2
(9,841 posts)It's the most important data point each month to trade off, but I'm not sure how much the rest of the nation cares about it.
Initech
(99,914 posts)It's unbelievably wealthy business criminals running things - and to prove it they're running two of their own - bland, boring, destructive vulture capitalists who made far more money firing people and bankrupting companies than they did keeping them afloat. Romney will put our economy on suicide watch.