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June Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Has Remained Unchanged: Is This Good or Bad News for Obama?

Chris D 2012/07/06 19:00:00
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The jobs number is a big factor in the election. The fact that the June number is flat is very interesting for the political landscape. Many pundits have suggested that President Obama is running against the economy, not Mitt Romney. But with the jobs growth number unchanged, Obama might actually have to run against Romney after all. Is the news good or bad for the President?

MONEY.CNN.COM reports:
Hiring was lukewarm last month, with employers adding jobs but not enough to bring the unemployment rate down.
money cnn reports hiring lukewarm employers adding jobs unemployment rate

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  • Heisenberg 2012/07/06 19:09:19
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    Heisenberg
    +37
    More Americans were added to the disability roles than got new jobs last month and Obama and his Harvard educated economists promised 5.6% unemployment if he got his trillion dollar 'stimulus' package.

    harvard educated economists promised 5 6 unemployment dollar stimulus package

    Do the 50% of Americans that pay no federal income tax care?
    Unlikely.

    Do the record setting number of Americans that receive government money care?
    Probably not.

    Do the political activists that will vote Obama no matter what care?
    Of course not.

    Does not matter what the facts are. 90% of the media will report these bleak numbers as good news. Fox and a few blogs will report it as bad news and most Americans will focus on Matthew McCaunaghey's new baby.

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  • Helene 2012/07/09 15:45:46
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    Helene
    +3
    But good if it throws him out in November!
  • Rich Ma... Helene 2012/07/09 16:42:51
    Rich Matarese
    Remember, even if he loses the contest in November, he's still got until January of next year to take his revenge.

    Can you say "Syria," Helene?
  • Helene Rich Ma... 2012/07/13 14:55:41
    Helene
    He can do lots of damage during his "lame-duck" period, indeed. History will show that Obama is and was the WORST President we have ever had in 236 years!
  • Ming Toy Helene 2012/07/09 17:55:24
    Ming Toy
    All of this bad stuff. Where have been sitting for the last 3 plus years? Barack Obama will make it & I hope you are sitting when it happens.
  • Helene Ming Toy 2012/07/13 14:59:44
    Helene
    Ming, the Dems controlled the Congress 2 years before Obama. They had lots of time to improve the economy if they implemented the right policies. Did you not read that every state that elected a Rep governor in 2010 has seen their unemployment drop? Changes can be made in a short period of time. Obama would rather appeal to "social" issues like gay marriage, free contraceptives, healthcare, feed stamps - ALL BLEEDING THE TAX-PAYERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES DRY.
  • Anthony Barnes 2012/07/09 15:42:14
    Good
    Anthony Barnes
    It shows that in spite of Republican attempts to sabotage him at every turn, employers are stiill willing to hire. A prime example of sabotage is that low down dirty Mitt Romney hoping to make employers leery about hiring by threatening to repeal Obamacare if elected. He figured empoyers would not be able to budget for healthcare costs due to uncertainty and therefore not be willing to hire but perhaps that snake was wrong. I certainly hope so.. Anyone that thinks job outtsourcing Mitt Romney cares about Americans having jobs is deluded. All he cares about is pleasing the rich,beating Obama, and gaining more power.
  • mike Anthony... 2012/07/09 16:00:03
    mike
    +5
    Your joking right. Please enlighten everyone and explain how Mitt wanting to repeal Obamacare is keeping business's from hiring. Business's aren't hiring because they don't know how much Obamacare is going to cost them. Nobody does. But what they do know, is hiring to many people will cost them a lot. They can't afford to hire more the 50 people because they would be liable to give there employees healthcare or be heavily taxed. Obamacare was called constitutional on June 28. So let me get this straight. The May and June numbers were swayed by Romney promising to Repeal it on June 28. WOW. You make no sense.
  • Pamela ... Anthony... 2012/07/09 20:54:58 (edited)
    Pamela Perkins
    stupid liberal Give me something for nothing.
  • Helene Anthony... 2012/07/13 15:05:51
    Helene
    Have you not read of all the gov't outsourcing? Have you not read of all the Dems with off shore accounts? Have you not read that our Olympic athletes are wearing clothes made in China? Let Obama run on his promises like to half the debt instead of increasing it by 50%, like bringing the unemployment down under 8% if we spend trillions in stimulus money, like your heathcare bill will go down $2,500 instead it's gone up, like you can keep you policy when it's now reported that millions of companies will drop your policies. Would you continue to stay friends with someone who lied to you like this? Please, what makes you think you can trust this man?
  • mikeyavelli 2012/07/09 15:41:41
    Neither
    mikeyavelli
    +2
    the press will support obama no matter what the jobless rate is. and as the result of the press mitigating what 8.2% really means, 8.2& unemployment becomes the new normal, and after all, under obama, no one will go without a check from the government. after all, says obama, america is the richest country in the world, and he says it with disdain, and he he is out to correct that fault.
  • YCare mikeyav... 2012/07/09 20:34:06
    YCare
    if you think that you should vote against him. why wouldn't you think bad? this is a trick question.. it is bad for obama, good for us if he is OUT forever.
  • mikeyav... YCare 2012/07/10 18:39:50
    mikeyavelli
    america is used to being told that 8.2% unemployment is OK under obama. it is the new normal. we should embrace it and accept the gummint cheese and checks from the rich.
  • Diddley Squat 2012/07/09 15:40:28 (edited)
    Neither
    Diddley Squat
    +1
    It's better than the downward trend we'd have with Mr. Mitt Bain Outsourcing R'money.
  • mike Diddley... 2012/07/09 16:07:27 (edited)
    mike
    +1
    hahaha. Have you even done any research yourself about Romney, or do you just repeat everything your Dictator tells you. Do you know Romney created more jobs as governor then Obama has in 3.5 years. That is pathetic. Romney is going to sign the Keystone Pipeline which will add 20,000 jobs his first day. North Dakota has the best unemployment rate in the country because of OIL. Obama could do the same thing but he won't. Give me something Obama hasn't said. Do you know what Obama says is only a quarter of the story. So think before you speak!!! And read.
  • readmylips Diddley... 2012/07/09 16:16:08
    readmylips
    +3
    Diddley, are you not aware of the jobs that have been sent overseas in the past 3.5 years? What is that called? Read and listen to something besides what the big O says. Remember, he has trouble with the truth.
  • Rich Ma... readmylips 2012/07/09 16:45:01
  • Michael... Diddley... 2012/07/09 16:34:18
    MichaelTaylor
    +1
    The outsourcing rumor that Obama started about Romney has already been proven a lie...sorry, nice try though.
  • John T. 2012/07/09 15:40:26
    Neither
    John T.
    Why are people so concerned with the low employment rate at this time of year? The unemployment rate Always drops from May through August every year. I is the summer time and the job market is flooded with people due to the students and teachers are looking for summer work. There is nothing new about this. We will experience another drop between January and March. That is the time people are waiting to start new major projects until after the State of the Union Address. People, the job market runs in cycles. We are in the cycle when the job market is flooded with more people than another time of the year. It may look bad, bur the job rates are growing.
  • Richard Hungwell AKA Relent... 2012/07/09 15:40:23
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    Richard Hungwell AKA Relentless
    +1
    as long as un-employment is so high a steady rate as low as it is now is bad news.
  • wordpress 2012/07/09 15:39:59
    Bad
    wordpress
    +1
    Not only is the unemployment rate bad but wait for Obamacare to take hold and than see how bad things will be.
  • Headhunter 13 2012/07/09 15:39:15
    Bad
    Headhunter 13
    +1
    It just more clearly demonstrates the lies he tell about creating jobs.
  • Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮ 2012/07/09 15:38:34
    Bad
    Magnus ☮ RP ☮ 2012 ☮
    +3
    But of course, he's too narcissistic to think about the people this actually affects, those of us wounded deeply by this. I could give a crap less about it being 'bad' for 0bama or his filthy rich handlers... I mean really, God forbid he's finally cut off of the public dole and unable to throw lavish multimillion dollar Iftar dinners and vacations and golf trips and oh my, that's just really going to be making him and his suffer so, so, so bad! Poor babies!

    America, please use this until January 13th... hold on!
    vacations golf trips suffer poor babies america january 13th hold
  • YCare Magnus ... 2012/07/09 20:35:48
    YCare
    +1
    Yeah and don't forget Just in June he was at Sarah Jessica Parkers Home celebrating Him and the cover was $40,000. a pop! For Him of course! LOSERS.
  • vet4freedom 2012/07/09 15:36:31
    Bad
    vet4freedom
    +2
    Im hopeing its bad . OBOZO needs to go . This idiot is destorying our country .
  • Garland Bennett 2012/07/09 15:35:38
    Bad
    Garland Bennett
    +3
    Ever since he's gotten into office, there hasn't been a steady increase in jobs. THis is going to hurt Obama a lot as he's got a lot to settle for stopping more government control and encouraging more people to start spending so that they could stimulate the economy and have more Employers hire more employees so that they could help stabilize things.
    This is going to be a very bad day for Obama, since I'm not so sure if people want him re-elected from this point on. I doubt it since it's been a lot worse for multiple Americans.
  • mk, Smartass Oracle 2012/07/09 15:32:42
    Bad
    mk, Smartass Oracle
    +2
    unemployment rates over 8% are very damaging to any sitting president.
  • Thinker 2012/07/09 15:31:26
    Bad
    Thinker
    +4
    It would be good if the job rate were 5.5% like he promised in 2008, but with the % over 8 and more people going on disability than getting jobs, it's definitely bad.
  • foobar 2012/07/09 15:30:30
    Neither
    foobar
    It is interesting to note that most people think that a flat jobless rate is bad for the president. I recall in 2009, most pundits said we would never have a jobless rate at 6% again, and that 8% might be the new norm. At that is where we are now. Some states better, some worse. So this administration, though they said it would be a long, slow recovery of jobs, has done quite well. The question that comes to my mind is what would happen to the jobless rate with a change of administration; new bodies, new policies, etc. I am convinced that anything so radical as a change in presidential administration and policies would have, at best, a negative affect on the jobless rate. So in that light a flat jobless rate for a while should be seen in a positive light for the current administration.
  • Rich Ma... foobar 2012/07/09 16:09:22
  • dimwit 2012/07/09 15:28:45
    Neither
    dimwit
    +1
    The pitiful unemployment rate SHOULD be fatal to Obama's reelection plans, but probably isn't really a contributing factor toward the end result.
    The reason for this is there are so many registered voters who have NEVER held a job nor paid any taxes that the very last thing they are interested in acquiring is gainful employment. Pretty hard for them to give up that sec ion 8 housing, medicaid and welfare cards since many of them are generations dating back to LBJ's not so "great society".
  • ☆stillthe12c☆ 2012/07/09 15:27:48
    Neither
    ☆stillthe12c☆
    +1
    If it continues it is good news for America as he will be gone in January unless he declares a state of emergency and stay in office which the crooked B may do.
  • teigan 2012/07/09 15:27:39
    Bad
    teigan
    +2
    Just proves that his spending us into bankruptcy has done nothing. That figure only shows those that are on unemployement. The real figure is aroung 14%, when you count those that left highschool and college and couldn't find a job and those that were dropped from unemployement.
    Just proves that his spending us into bankruptcy has done nothing. That figure only shows those that are on unemployement. The real figure is aroung 14%, when you count those that left highschool and college and couldn't find a job and those that were dropped from unemployement. obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs obama fails on the economy and jobs real figure aroung 14 count highschool college job dropped unemployement
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  • Pamela Perkins 2012/07/09 15:20:35 (edited)
    Bad
    Pamela Perkins
    +1
    A bad day for Obama. The june unemployment report is below expections, with only a net 80,000 jobs created and unemployment stuck at the high rate 8.2 percent. The jobs numbers are a loss for Obama. Romney called the rate unacceptably high. Very bad news for Obama. Thank God!
  • FatherLiberty 2012/07/09 15:11:33
    Bad
    FatherLiberty
    +2
    We are steady at 18 percent unemployment. The Feds take the 1 away and call it 8.
  • Rich Ma... FatherL... 2012/07/09 15:28:03
    Rich Matarese
    +1
    Ooh, the federal government (the Obama Administration) is LYING to us.

    Like that hasn't been federal government policy since the War of Northern Aggression?
  • George Zook 2012/07/09 15:07:33
    Neither
    George Zook
    +1
    I don't believe any policy by either side will cause rapid growth in job creation ... one side will create offshore jobs and claim victory when the market is up and the other side will will hold out for domestic jobs and have slow job growth ... I don't see the sectors where we can create as many jobs as we need anyway ... at least that pay a living wage ... and that have any duration ... automation is reducing the jobs needed in all sectors of the economy ...maybe shorter term construction ... and with the future of health care as confusing as the politicians have made it enough growth in that area isn't certain ... I don't know ... I don't feel real positive about it which ever way the election goes
  • Rich Ma... George ... 2012/07/09 15:37:08
    Rich Matarese
    +1
    "I don't believe any policy by either side will cause rapid growth in job creation...."

    Oh, hell, no.

    Let's say that one side - doesn't matter which - immediately moves to repeal ObamaCare, and by that I mean expunge it altogether.

    Then that side goes on to audit the Federal Reserve System completely, by which is meant blowing the damned institution wide open to expose EVERY action ever undertaken by that utterly unconstitutional counterfeiting ring. That's the necessary first step to shutting it down and eventually restoring the U.S. dollar to full functionality as a medium of exchange and reliable store of value.

    Next, the side of common sense and lawful government tests EVERY federal law and regulation against the strictest possible interpretation of Article 1, Section 8 (which prescribes the lawful powers of the U.S. Congress) and the Bill of Rights.

    Regardless of the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, that side then repeals each and every such law and regulation failing that test.

    No exceptions.

    I goddam GUARANTEE that the moment these processes begin, the U.S. national economy will burgeon.

    An end to Marxist medicine? Honest money (instead of fiat currency)? Government generally and consistently bound down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution?

    The re...
    "I don't believe any policy by either side will cause rapid growth in job creation...."

    Oh, hell, no.

    Let's say that one side - doesn't matter which - immediately moves to repeal ObamaCare, and by that I mean expunge it altogether.

    Then that side goes on to audit the Federal Reserve System completely, by which is meant blowing the damned institution wide open to expose EVERY action ever undertaken by that utterly unconstitutional counterfeiting ring. That's the necessary first step to shutting it down and eventually restoring the U.S. dollar to full functionality as a medium of exchange and reliable store of value.

    Next, the side of common sense and lawful government tests EVERY federal law and regulation against the strictest possible interpretation of Article 1, Section 8 (which prescribes the lawful powers of the U.S. Congress) and the Bill of Rights.

    Regardless of the composition of the U.S. Supreme Court, that side then repeals each and every such law and regulation failing that test.

    No exceptions.

    I goddam GUARANTEE that the moment these processes begin, the U.S. national economy will burgeon.

    An end to Marxist medicine? Honest money (instead of fiat currency)? Government generally and consistently bound down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution?

    The rest of the world will break their necks trying to invest their ever-diminishing wealth in the U.S. marketplace, and we will become once again the most productive polity on the planet.
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  • George ... Rich Ma... 2012/07/09 18:35:14 (edited)
    George Zook
    I don,t believe that it is possible to create enough good paying jobs that you can build a future on ... jobs you can raise a family on I don't believe it has anything to do with right or left I simply think that there will never be enough jobs created when what used to take 1000 workers can be accomplished by 100 ... politics has nothing to do with it .. the world has changed ... we will have to accept a much lower scale of living just to get by in a world of low paying service jobs and accept job insecurity as the norm ... I hope you are right and I am wrong but I don't think so... this negative job situation was well underway before Obama Care was a reality
  • vinny 2012/07/09 15:07:19
    Neither
    vinny
    +1
    It's bad for Americans. The cool aid kids will vote for him anyway.
  • Anthony... vinny 2012/07/09 15:40:58
    Anthony Barnes
    And bigots like you will vote against him. Now what?

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