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Things Are Changing

by: Jennifer Daler

Tue Feb 09, 2010 at 09:57:47 AM EST


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The red shows the  increasing job loss suffered during George W Bush's last year in office, the blue the decreasing job loss during Barack Obama's first year.

It would be great if it could improve at a faster rate, but it is improving, which it would not be under the administration we would have had if Obama had not won.

h/t TPM

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GOP: More Chicken Than Hawk These Days (0.00 / 0)

From Taegan Goddard:
Republicans Threaten Boycott of Health Care Summit
House Republican leaders raised the prospect "that they might refuse to participate in President Obama's proposed health care summit if the White House chooses not to scrap the existing reform bills and start over," the Washington Post reports.

New York Times: "It is not clear that Republicans and the White House are willing to negotiate seriously with each other, and Mr. Obama has rejected Republican demands that he start from scratch in developing health care legislation."

Republican advantage: A new Gallup poll finds just 36% of Americans approve of the way the president is handling health care policy.

Democratic advantage: Obama dominated House Republicans when he took questions at their retreat last month.

From a FB pal: Tough Reps now scared of skinny non-citizen Pres


Whack-a-mole, anyone?


For the numerate, this charts speaks volumes... (4.00 / 1)
 but unfortunately, most people aren't numerate. So when you say "the rate of job lose is slowing dramatically" they hear "we're still losing jobs".

The GOP has been saying since March that the stimulus failed. This chart shows the opposite is true. If the trend holds, we will be adding 500,000 jobs a month by November


A No is still a No! (4.00 / 1)
MSM starts to sing along:

(h/t Jed Lewison)

Whack-a-mole, anyone?

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