Wasn’t it BO who said the unemployment rate wouldn’t go over 8%?
Yes, and zero also said that the stimulus was needed to keep unemployment under 10% too. I'd bet the REAL unemployment figure is close to 15%.
01/10/09: President-Elect Obama’s Weekly Address
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTDln2f0GvQ&feature=player_embedded
At 2 minutes;
Obama “Our plan will likely save or create three to four million jobs, Ninety percent of these jobs will be created in the private sector – the remaining 10 percent are mainly public sector jobs we save, like the teachers, police officers, firefighters and others who provide vital services in our communities.”
“We’ll create nearly half a million jobs by investing in clean energy – by committing to double the production of alternative energy in the next three years, and by modernizing more than 75 percent of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of two million American homes.”