How Much Did President Obama Beat Mitt Romney’s Unemployment Promise By?

Posted by | October 6, 2014 14:16 | Filed under: Contributors Economy Good News Opinion Politics Tommy Christopher

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Last week, America got some good news in the form of a jobs report that showed, among other things, a dip in the unemployment rate to 5.9%, the first time it has been below 6% since July of 2008. In remarks at an Indiana steel plant on Friday, President Obama took a bit of a victory lap, while still giving most of the credit to the American people:

If Friday’s long-awaited dip in unemployment below 6% sounded a little bit familiar to you, that’s because it was the exact benchmark that Republican presidential candidate and choice of White America Mitt Romney laid down for his own hypothetical presidency. Obama achieved that goal within 21 months of his second term, but as one Twitter user pointed out, Romney promised that pie-in-the-sky dream on an entirely different timetable. Watch this…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

4 responses to How Much Did President Obama Beat Mitt Romney’s Unemployment Promise By?

  1. edmeyer_able October 6th, 2014 at 14:44

    Let’s remind the Democratic 2016 nominee to use this fact when she faces the dumb a** in debates next year no matter who SHE may be.

  2. edmeyer_able October 6th, 2014 at 14:44

    Let’s remind the Democratic 2016 nominee to use this fact when she faces the dumb a** in debates next year no matter who SHE may be.

  3. rg9rts October 9th, 2014 at 18:36

    Lies lies lies I tell you!~~!!!

  4. rg9rts October 9th, 2014 at 18:36

    Lies lies lies I tell you!~~!!!

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