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All of a Sudden, a Referendum on Obama

By | 11.06.09 | 9:32 am

In Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele’s statement on  the new unemployment rate of 10.2 percent, he argues that “it is time the Obama administration stop spreading their phony ‘saved or created’ talking points and start creating the dependable jobs America needs”:

President Obama promised jobs during his campaign for

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Unemployment Tops 10 Percent

By | 11.06.09 | 9:07 am

More bad economic news from The New York Times:

The United States economy shed 190,000 jobs in October, and the unemployment rate reached a 26-year high of 10.2 percent, up from 9.8 percent in September, the Department of Labor said Friday in its monthly economic appraisal.