[Cincinatus' Wife]

Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record "I think it's safe to say the Romney campaign is going for the kill with its latest attack on Rick Perry. The former Massachusetts Governor has already gotten a fair amount of mileage out of attacking his Texan rival from the left on Social Security, and from the right on immigration, but this new spot strikes at the heart of the Perry campaign's raison detre -- jobs, jobs, jobs:

The Facts --Mitt Romney's political ad

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The spot's most striking image is a tumbleweed blowing along a deserted Texas highway. That's rich. It's intended to create the impression that Rick Perry's Texas is something of a depressed ghost town. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since the recession began, desperate job seekers have flocked to Texas at a clip of roughly 1,000 people per day. And they're finding work, too. Despite a huge population influx and a bruising national recession, Texas' unemployment rate remains below the national average. How remarkable has the Lone Star State's economic performance been? Read this Political Math analysis (written by a self-professed non Perry supporter), and marvel. One telling data point:

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"Since the recession began, desperate job seekers have flocked to Texas at a clip of roughly 1,000 people per day.
And they're finding work, too.
Despite a huge population influx and a bruising national recession, Texas' unemployment rate remains below the national average.
How remarkable has the Lone Star State's economic performance been?"

I refer you to post #184.

" ... Analysis of Current Population Survey (CPS) data collected by the Census Bureau show that
immigrants (legal and illegal) have been the primary beneficiaries of this growth since 2007, not native-born workers.
This is true even though
the native-born accounted for the vast majority of growth in the working-age population (age 16 to 65) in Texas.
Thus, they should have received the lion’s share of the increase in employment.
As a result, the share of working-age natives in Texas holding a job has declined in a manner very similar to the nation a whole.”

"As a result, the share of working-age natives in Texas holding a job has declined in a manner very similar to the nation a whole.”



If nearly half the of the jobs Perry claims to have created went to illegal aliens, this statistic coupled with the governor’s willingness to give non-citizens a free ride on education, reflects an astounding lack of seriousness and leadership on these issues.

As conservatives continue to discover Perry’s real record in Texas, they continue to be disappointed in what they find.

Yeah, Perry creating lots of jobs for ILLEGALS.