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dailykos.com - 2/8/2009

Obama: It's all about the jobs

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In this morning's weekly address, President Obama sounded a repeated mantra of jobs, jobs, jobs and more jobs--and took aim at tax-cut only proposals as a "losing formula"--as he prepared to take his case to the American people in Indiana and Florida early next week in a barnstorming media ...

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speaker.gov - 2/6/2009

What 3.6 Million Jobs Lost Over 13 Months Looks Like

— speaker.gov — This chart compares the job loss so far in this recession to job losses in the 1990-1991... recession and the 2001 recession – showing how dramatic and unprecedented the job loss over the last 13 months has been. Over the last 13 months, our economy has ... (more) What 3.6 Million Jobs Lost Over 13 Months Looks Like

Congress

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nytimes.com - 2/3/2009

Ex-Journalists’ New Jobs Fuel Debate on Favoritism

— nytimes.com — An unusual number of journalists started new government jobs in January, stoking the debate over whether President... Obama is receiving favorable treatment in the media. > (more) Ex-Journalists’ New Jobs Fuel Debate on Favoritism

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nytimes.com - 2/6/2009

Economy Sheds 598,000 Jobs in January

— nytimes.com — Job losses were once again spread across both manufacturing and services industries, reinforcing the picture of an... economy contracting at its fastest pace in decades. > (more) Economy Sheds 598,000 Jobs in January

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Purposefully Passing A Stimulus Plan That Will Fail
TalkLeft — Today President Obama said about the Senate stimulus plan that: "We can't afford to make perfect the enemy of the absolutely necessary. The scale and scope of this plan is right. And the time for action is now." It is simply false, imo, that the "scale and scope of this plan is right." More . . Paul Krugman and most serious economists disagree with the President as well. I believe the President must know this. The 11 dimension political chess defense of the President's acquiscence to this inadequate plan is that he will ...