Obama touts job creation as November 2 vote looms

Reuters on Yahoo ^ | 10/25/10 | Matt Spetalnick

[NormsRevenge]

WOONSOCKET, Rhode Island (Reuters) – President Barack Obama on Monday touted his administration's job-creation efforts just eight days before elections in which voters' economic anxiety threatens his Democrats' grip on Congress.

Making a stop in the tiny state of Rhode Island in the final campaign sprint to Election Day, Obama visited a small factory outside Providence.

"When I tour plants like this it makes me optimistic. It took us a long time to get us into this economic hole that we've been in. But we are going to get out and I am absolutely convinced there are brighter days ahead for America," Obama told workers after touring the American Cord & Webbing plant in Woonsocket.

It was the start of the last full week of campaigning before the November 2 elections, with polls showing Obama's Democrats at risk of losing control of the House of Representatives and headed for a slimmed-down majority in the Senate.

Projected Republican gains could put the brakes on Obama's legislative agenda.

Obama used his Rhode Island visit to highlight a $30 billion small-business lending program to help generate jobs, a package he pushed through Congress in September. Republican opponents have called it wasteful spending.

Obama said that under his administration, small businesses had received tax cuts to encourage hiring of unemployed workers, invest in new equipment and provide health insurance to employees.

[NormsRevenge]

The term is 'punch-drunk'.

[stocksthatgoup]

I love it when the President keeps highlighting jobs and the economy and healthcare!

[NormsRevenge]

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks and greets a worker as he tours the facilities of American Cord & Webbing in Woonsocket, Rhode Island, October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)

[NormsRevenge]

He's a one man wrecking crew, he is.

US President Barack Obama walks to Marine One at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama said he was "frustrated" at not managing to push through immigration reform, but told US Latinos in an interview airing Monday that his failure to do so should not stop them from voting in next week's elections. (AFP/Tim Sloan)

[2ndDivisionVet]

Is he running for Prime Minister of India or Premier of China? That’s the only “job creation” he’s involved in, except for government bureaucrats and ACORN people...

[FromLori]

I think a better term is Insane Hussein what job creation?

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/10/21/60minutes/main6978943.shtml?tag=contentMain;cbsCarousel

http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate_data/unemployment-charts

[NormsRevenge]

Can you say massive future debtloads, kiddies? Good, I knew you could.

US President Barack Obama shakes hands with children as he arrives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Republicans seem poised, just over a week before congressional elections, to forge a Washington powerbase to shackle Obama's reform quest -- despite their own deep unpopularity. (AFP/Jim Watson)

[ronnie raygun]

He creates jobs much like blumenthal does, innovative policies. The bull sh## only lasts so long then it starts to stink!

[ColdOne]

but told US Latinos in an interview airing Monday that his failure to do so should not stop them from voting in next week's elections. (AFP/Tim Sloan) Am I reading that right, go ahead and vote even if you are illegal?

[mewzilla]

The company that Barry visited is a private company with government contracts, acoording to Manta. Gee, wonder if that had anything to do with Barry’s choice.

[musicman]

[True Grit]

With 17% unemployment; WHAT JOBS is this delusional nut-job TALKING ABOUT. Neurotics build castles in the sky and Psychotics move in.......O has apparently moved in.

[tapatio]

When I tour plants like this it makes me optimistic.

Well glad you are optimistic!

My son,and 15 people he works with were laid off yesterday. The were not too optimistic!

[Grunthor]

“Obama touts job creation as November 2 vote looms”

Wow. That really takes some balls.

[Eye of Unk]

His jobs creation plan is for minorities and new immigrants from third world countries. Anything above a minimal wage job will be ignored. Obama is flooding America with immigrants and he will find any way to get them housing and food. And jobs.

[hal ogen]

From the picture...

I can see it years from now with nobama shaking the prison guards hands as he reaches through the cell bars. One can dream...

[marlon]

I moved to RI in December and I can tell you it's bleak. There are ZERO jobs in the help wanted section of the paper and unemployment is around 14%. Unfortunately the idiot voters in this state look like they are going to go full democrat again in all major elections.

It is funny though reading all the dem candidates positions..."we're going to lower taxes, make it a business friendly state, get rid of all of the obstacles in the way of business and create jobs>" Funny, they're the ones who put the current policies in place so they are really running against themselves.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The Rat party has hired tens of thousands of people to stuff ballot boxes on election day.

[BobP]

He is a menace to our nation and damn near everyone living here.

The Rats are shovel-ready for the dust bin of history.

[grey_whiskers]

Cheers!