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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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  • True~Male 2012/07/09 03:56:51
    Bad
    True~Male
    +1
    very very bad
  • ~HopelessRomanticM17~ 2012/07/09 03:42:00
    Bad
    ~HopelessRomanticM17~
    +2
    How would that be good for Obama?!!? XD
  • jool 2012/07/09 03:28:57
    Bad
    jool
    +2
    sick of this crap.
  • DMC4196 2012/07/09 03:12:12
    Neither
    DMC4196
    +1
    Those who are die hard Obama supporters will not be swayed and the rest of us weren't going to vote for him anyway. My personal discussions with those supporting Obama have found that few of them are willing to hold him accountable for anything, they continue blaming Bush. I'm not defending W, but there are many more that deserve the blame and not just during a single presidency. Ultimately, I believe it is our fault that such corruptions exists in our government. If it weren't for the apathy of the American voter, such corruption would not exist as completely as it does now.
  • GoodEncounter 2012/07/09 02:31:01
    Neither
    GoodEncounter
    +2
    Obama's supporters won't give a care less what the job report shows. They like him and want him to be our president-regardless.
  • 3359557 GoodEnc... 2012/07/09 06:02:34
    3359557
    +1
    As JESUS once said, "Forgive him father, for they not know what they do". That's what we
    did in 2008, by voting him in there. I think he knows exactly what he's doing. He wants to
    bring America down. Anyone who would EAT dog. WOW, are we in real trouble if he gets
    reelected.
  • Sage 3359557 2012/07/09 14:56:43
    Sage
    The republicans want to see us all eating cat food.
  • Kigan 2012/07/09 02:02:42
    Bad
    Kigan
    +2
    Especially when he tries to brag about the jobs created.

    If jobs were created, but unemployment didn't go down, things got worse. That means at least as many jobs went away as were created.
  • Grobinson Kigan 2012/07/09 14:51:17
    Grobinson
    Oh, yeah

    He says that HE HAS SAVED or CREATED 4 million jobs.
    He says that with a straight face, too.
  • Lilac Templar de Tremelay 2012/07/09 01:29:04
  • Patriotic Lilac T... 2012/07/09 04:57:38
    Patriotic
    LOL! I hope you don't take this guy seriously. He is a fraud and cheats many people out of money. No one in the black community takes him serious at all...he is a felon who served time in prison for fraud and aggravated assault.
  • Patriotic Lilac T... 2012/07/09 05:00:10
    Patriotic
    If you noticed, they never pan to the audience, because there is none. He fakes it as though he is preaching to a church full of people, which there is none. He get's donations via tv and the internet...what a fraud!
  • Wahvlvke Lilac T... 2012/07/09 12:01:24
    Wahvlvke
    You have to remember that any black who admits to a black problem will be discredited by most blacks. Look how they excoriated Bill Cosby.
  • DS in Oak Ridge NC 2012/07/09 01:27:56
    Bad
    DS in Oak Ridge NC
    +2
    The stats didn't change, but jobs added were half of population growth, so we lost ground, not held it. More people enrolled in disability than found jobs. It's horrific, and as more people realize the depths, the less they'll believe "Things are going in the right direction"
  • betz 2012/07/09 01:03:03
    Bad
    betz
    +2
    Just ask the people who have been without work for a long period of time. Pathetic.
  • lark 2012/07/09 01:00:11
    Bad
    lark
    +2
    Only part time jobs can be found and they do not pay the bills. Small business can not hire because they don't know what Obamacare will do to the bottom line.
  • marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS 2012/07/09 00:19:28 (edited)
    Bad
    marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS
    +5
    392,000 Americans filed their initial unemployment claim in June of 2012.



    80,000 Americans were newly employed in June of 2012.



    That is -312,000 net jobs for the month of June 2012.



    Where and the hell does the LWNJs and 0WEbama get that we are gaining jobs? The LWNJ logic is OBVIOUSLY a logic of pure insanity.
  • Sage marcuss... 2012/07/09 15:01:17
    Sage
    So why are the Republicans throttling every infrastructure bill? They better hope and pray that one of those bridges slated for repair doesn't fall into the river with a school bus of little kids on board. The GOP are responsible for the lack of job creation. They will be morally responsible for the next American who dies on a collaped bridge.
  • marcuss... Sage 2012/07/10 02:11:03
    marcuss LIBERALS ARE IDIOTS
    So we should borrow TRILLIONS more from China instead of opening up government land to drill for oil to help pay for it?

    LWNJ INSANE LOGIC.
  • CODE 11 2012/07/09 00:17:13
    Bad
    CODE 11
    +1
    We can only hope
  • Kat ♪ 2012/07/08 23:55:54
    Bad
    Kat ♪
    +4
    It's not unchanged, more have dropped off the rolls. http://www.usdebtclock.org
  • eyes wide open 2012/07/08 23:14:21
    Bad
    eyes wide open
    +3
    its amazeing how his fans are trying so hard to talk themselves into, these are good numbers'
  • simplex5 2012/07/08 22:56:54
    Neither
    simplex5
    +1
    We can talk and compalian all we want ..If we don't wake up(USA) we all will be walking around like mummy!
  • Næthan Æterna 2012/07/08 22:34:30
    Bad
    Næthan Æterna
    +3
    In Progressive LaLa Land, it's a good thing I'm sure. People who are in denial (or who haven't YET lost their home, job, or retirement voted Neither.
  • Jon 2012/07/08 22:16:46
    Neither
    Jon
    Do you really think any thing going to change even after the election? Unless companies are are holding out waiting to see who will become come president.
  • apachehellfire65 2012/07/08 21:29:33
    Bad
    apachehellfire65
    +4
    i think no matter how much he ,his administration,or his followers try to cover it up,misdirect it, or lie about it. his own record will be his undoing.
  • Bkauffman93 2012/07/08 19:27:49
    Neither
    Bkauffman93
    its not obamas fault... its the peoples fault. in the US there are currently 3.4million jobs looking for workers... in 2009 it 3.7 million. that is because jobs were hiring ppl. ive looks at all of the evidence, and nothing definitively says Obama is the reason the unemployment is high. Its people being lazy and not getting off of their asses and finding jobs. they are out there people.
  • JACK Bkauffm... 2012/07/08 23:09:35
  • Redneck Bkauffm... 2012/07/09 13:11:15
    Redneck
    I was thinking the same thing. They're not high paying jobs, but they're jobs and there's lots of them.
  • Bkauffm... Redneck 2012/07/10 20:04:34
    Bkauffman93
    They dont start high... like mine for instance, ive been with the same company for a year now and i got promotions, a set full time schedule, and full medical, dental, and vision insurance. all at a retail job. you start low and move up the ranks. plus i have a bunch of friends who live off of minimum wage, or close to it. people that do that have to think before they spend. do i need this or do i just want it really bad.
  • Redneck Bkauffm... 2012/07/11 00:07:26
    Redneck
    Exactly, it's called adjusting your lifestyle to fit in your means. Okay, there's two of us who think like this. :)
  • Diane Spraggs Yates 2012/07/08 19:26:22
    Bad
    Diane Spraggs Yates
    +5
    A President has not been elected with an unemployment record of more than 7.4% It is 8.2 and has been above 8% since elected he had a broken promise to lower it has not happened with his anti-business policies !!!!
  • wtw 2012/07/08 19:16:51 (edited)
    Neither
    wtw
    +5
    Obama the spin master has done a good job saying at least we are moving forward!

    People that back this liar in chief don't care--he lies in his biography and the media let's him off the hook--any other person like bush or palin would be done on that alone--but not Obama!
  • MJP Reeves 2012/07/08 19:03:25
    Good
    MJP Reeves
    +4
    Good enough so Oblamer loses the election.
  • iamnothere 2012/07/08 18:02:51
    Bad
    iamnothere
    +6
    he is teflon president.. screws up the economy with his policies.. and 50% still dont get it
  • Charge 2012/07/08 17:58:09
    Bad
    Charge
    +6
    Steady? No Stagnant......
    Obama has not done a single thing to promote capitalism and business growth, Obama keeps trying to artificially prop up the economy by spending tax payer money just to get re-elected.
  • Eric 2012/07/08 17:57:16 (edited)
    Bad
    Eric
    +4
    If the 310,000 jobs added in May, 2004 was not good enough for Obama I doubt that 80,000 will be good enough for him as well.
  • FordCrews 2012/07/08 17:42:15
    Neither
    FordCrews
    +2
    40 years of outcome based education, has a nation of brain dead, lazy, morons, with no morals and zero work ethics.
  • Sebastianchocolatebeargiles 2012/07/08 17:37:49
    Neither
    Sebastianchocolatebeargiles
    depends on what perspective your looking at it from. Jobs can be maintained instead of lost or be lost instead of maintained. Obama doesn't decide whether or not a company fires it's employees... that would be corporate. I find it odd that people think the president title comes with a magick wand that can fix everyone's problems. Presidents don't have much power, especially in the economy, and in corrupted politics it's hard to get any work done...
  • 3359557 Sebasti... 2012/07/09 06:08:33
    3359557
    +1
    Especally when this President is the one who is corrupe.

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