What the republicans should do is put up a bill that extends the emergency unemployment benefits for 3 - 6 months. And offer cuts in other places (preferably in places Harry Reid would not like to see cuts) to offset the cost of the emergency unemployment.
This will put Harry Reid and his party in a very difficult position (between a rock and a hard place). It will NOT look good if his party votes against the unemployed victims of this pResident.
If this had been done earlier we would not be seeing 7.8% unemployment because the more people that get back into the program the higher the unemployment rate will reflect Realville as it heads up toward 11%.
Most likely we will see another drop in the unemployment rate next month. This is the time that those who went on emergency unemployment expire and are no longer counted as unemployed. This benefits Obama.
pssst, there's a reason why the desperate democrats who are facing probable defeat in both houses are biting their tongue and not crying for the extension at this time.
Their deafening silence will go away after election day and once again they will be calling for another extension. They cant have that happen now because the UE rate will again begin to rise as these people are again counted as unemployed.
If Romney wins and there is a new extension, the dems know that the UE rate will go up and they will make sure he owns every percentage point.
That's another reason why Romney should be pointing this out sooner rather than later.
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Thanks for the explanation.
The GOP establishment and our presidential nominees are ALWAYS the completely stunned victims of media mayhem.
Until Conservatives understand that the MSM is the dominant political force in America - not Obama, not the Democrats - we will always be playing defense and catch-up.