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Tag Archives: unemployment
Romney’s Jobs Record Is Best (or Worst)
A campaign ad that praises Mitt Romney’s performance as governor of Massachusetts presents a slanted view of his record on jobs, unemployment and taxes. To every claim, there is a “yes, but” qualifier. The Romney ad claims that as governor, “Romney had the best jobs record in a decade.” Yes …
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Does Santorum Care About Unemployment?
A new ad from the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC Restore Our Future plays a game of gotcha politics. It grabs a comment from Rick Santorum — “I don’t care what the unemployment rate’s going to be” — out of context to frame an attack on the former senator’s record on …
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Restore Our Future, Rick Santorum, unemployment
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Chamber Misuses Report, Misleads Voters
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce claims in a TV ad that the Congressional Budget Office says unemployment “could top 9 percent in 2013.” Maybe so, if Congress doesn’t change current law — specifically if it fails to extend tax cuts, fails to patch the Alternative Minimum Tax that threatens to …
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South Carolina Smackdown
Facts were sometimes used as blunt instruments as the four remaining GOP presidential candidates hammered away at each other in the last debate before Saturday’s South Carolina primary. Santorum and Romney tangled …
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Posted in Articles
Tagged abortion, health care, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, President Obama, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, unemployment, veterans benefits
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Texas-Size Recovery
Presidential candidate and Texas Gov. Rick Perry has boasted of significant job growth in his state in the past few years. And for good reason: It’s true. While Texas clearly hasn’t avoided the recession, the state has done well in terms of …
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FactChecking Iowa Debate
Republican presidential candidates squared off in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 11, offering claims, criticism and arguments. We found some false and misleading statements among them …
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Tagged debt, Herman Cain, Libya, Mitt Romney, mosques, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, unemployment
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Romney’s Economic Exaggerations
Mitt Romney mistakenly claimed the U.S. is experiencing "the worst recovery … in America's history," citing the Wall Street Journal. But the newspaper article said it was "the worst, or one of the worst, since the government started tracking these trends after World War II." That obviously does not include …
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Dueling Economic Ads
A conservative group's ad makes the rise in unemployment under President Obama appear worse than it actually is. And in a counter-attack ad, a liberal group offers its spin on GOP economic plans. Crossroads GPS, which spent heavily in the midterm elections to defeat Democrats, is spending $5 million to …
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Tagged Crossroads GPS, medicare, Priorities USA Action, stimulus, unemployment
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