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DNC CHAIR SAYS SHE’S “HAPPY” WITH THE CURRENT STATE OF THE
ECONOMY
Fox
News’ John Roberts: “So then is the suggestion that we should just do
keep doing the same thing? There’s that old definition of doing the same thing
over and over again and expecting a different result.”
DNC
Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: “What we should do – well, I’m
pretty happy about 28 straight months of job growth in the private sector.”
Roberts:
“Are you happy about 80,000 jobs last month, 69,000 the month before that. Are
you happy with those numbers?”
Rep.
Wasserman Schultz: “Like I’ve said and President Obama has said, we
need to continue to improve and we need to do more and we need to work
together.”
WASSERMAN SCHULTZ’S RESPONSE COMES JUST A DAY AFTER OBAMA
ADVISER DAVID PLOUFFE SHRUGGED OFF JUNE’S JOBS REPORT
Obama
Adviser David Plouffe On Bad Jobs Report: “It’s What Everybody Expected.”
“Obama campaign senior adviser David Plouffe seemed to shrug off the
jobs numbers, telling CBS News, ‘It’s what everybody expected.’” (Norah
O’Donnell and Chloe Arensberg, “Obama: ‘Can’t Be Satisfied’ With Small Jobs
Increase,” CBS
News, 7/6/12)
OBAMA CAMPAIGN AND ADMINISTRATION STUCK TRYING TO SPIN
THEIR WAY OUT OF THEIR FAILURES
ACCOUNTABILITY: In 2009, Obama Said “If I
Don’t Have This Done In Three Years, Then There’s Going To Be A One-Term
Proposition.” OBAMA: ”
(NBC’s ” The
Today Show,” 2/2/09)
- Obama On The Stimulus:
“As President, I Expect To Be Judged-And Should Be Judged-By The Results Of This
Program.” (President Barack Obama, Remarks
On Infrastructure , Springfield, VA, 2/11/09)
- White House
Communications Director Dan Pfeiffer: “I Think The Economy Isn’t Something You
Can Spin Your Way Out Of.” “‘I think the economy isn’t something you
can spin your way out of,’ said Dan Pfeiffer. ‘The fact is, people are hurting.
And there’s a real danger of sounding out of touch with the reality that people
have on a day-to-day basis.’” (Richard Wolffe, Revival: The Struggle For
Survival Inside The Obama White House, 2010, p. 161)
GDP: The Obama Administration
Predicted In Their FY2010 Mid-Session Review That 2012 GDP Growth Would Be 6.0
Percent. (Office Of Management And Budget, “Mid-Session Review: Budget
Of The U.S. Government Fiscal Year 2010,” The
White House, 8/25/09)
- Last Week, The Federal
Reserve Downgraded Its Forecast For Economic Growth This Year To Between 1.9
Percent And 2.4 Percent, Too Weak To Reduce The Unemployment Rate. “The
Federal Reserve last week downgraded its outlook for 2012 growth. The Fed now
predicts the economy will grow between 1.9 percent and 2.4 percent this year – a
half a percentage point lower than its forecast in April. And it doesn’t see the
unemployment rate falling much lower this year.” (Christopher S. Rugaber, “Tepid
Economic Growth Weighs On US Job Market,” The
Associated Press, 6/28/12)
JOB GROWTH: In April 2010,
Vice-President Biden Boldly Predicted That The Economy Would Be
Adding Up To 500,000 Jobs A Month “In The Next Couple Months.” ”Biden Predicts Economy Will
Create Up To 500,000 Jobs A Month Soon,” The Washington Post, 4/23/10)
- The Associated
Press : “U.S. Employers Added Only 80,000
Jobs In June, A Third Straight Month Of Weak Hiring That Shows The Economy Is
Struggling.” (Christopher S. Rugaber, “US Employers Add 80,000 Jobs As
Economy Struggles,” The
Associated Press, 7/6/12)
- 146.4 Million
Americans, 48 Percent Of The Population, Now Qualify As Either Low-Income Or In
Poverty, Up Over 4 Million Since Obama Took Office. “About 97.3 million
Americans fall into a low-income category, commonly defined as those earning
between 100 and 199 percent of the poverty level, based on a new supplemental
measure by the Census Bureau that is designed to provide a fuller picture of
poverty. Together with the 49.1 million who fall below the poverty line and are
counted as poor, they number 146.4 million, or 48 percent of the U.S.
population. That’s up by 4 million from 2009, the earliest numbers for the newly
developed poverty measure.” (Hope Yen, “Census Shows 1 In 2 People Are Poor Or
Low-Income,” The
Associated Press, 12/15/11)
- In February 2009,
Shortly After The Stimulus Was Passed, Vice President Biden Said The Stimulus
Would “Literally Drop-Kicks Us Out Of This Recession.” (Vice President Joe Biden, Remarks
At Recovery Plan Implementation Meeting , Washington D.C., 2/25/09)
- In September 2009,
Biden Said Of The Stimulus: “In My Wildest Dreams, I Never Thought It Would Work
This Well …” (Elizabeth Williamson, “Biden On Stimulus: ‘Never
Thought It Would Work This Well,’” The Wall Street Journal , 9/24/09)
- In August 2010,
Treasury Secretary Geithner Wrote An Op-Ed Titled “Welcome To The
Recovery” (Timothy F. Geithner, Op-Ed, “Welcome To The Recovery,” The
New York Times, 8/2/10)
- After A Dismal June
2011 Jobs Report, Austan Goolsbee Claimed It Was Only “A Little Bump In The
Road.” “‘We should never read too much into any one month’s report,’
Goolsbee, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, said in an interview on
Bloomberg Television. ‘No doubt we face some headwinds and hit a little bump in
the road.’” (Mike Dorning and Roger Runningen, “Goolsbee Calls Jobs Report
‘Little Bump’ On Recovery Path,”Bloomberg,
6/3/11)
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