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Recent Job numbers favor Democrats
New York Post ^ | 10/04/2014 | John Crudelle

Posted on 10/04/2014 7:40:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Advantage, Democrats — unless the 248,000 new jobs in September suddenly force Republicans to go on the offensive.

I will explain in a second what the Republicans’ next move could be.

But first, you may have read that the Labor Department on Friday, in its last jobs report before the mid-term elections, revealed that job growth and the unemployment rate both improved nicely in September — in fact, better than I expected.

That’s going to make the Republican battle to take over the Senate a lot harder because issue No. 1 with Americans is the economy.

Jobs = votes.

In addition to the unexpectedly strong job growth, the unemployment rate broke through the 6 handle — and you can bet that 5.9 percent rate will be in quite a few Democrats’ campaign ads in the coming weeks.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: demagogicparty; democrats; elections; jobs; memebuilding; obamarecession; obamataxhikes; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; unemployment; unenjoyment
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1 posted on 10/04/2014 7:40:14 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Actually the more people working the more will vote Republican, the Democrats are the welfare party


2 posted on 10/04/2014 7:42:03 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: SeekAndFind

I would hope that the ebola virus has adjusted the priorities of the sheep. Who knows though. There are an awful lot of idiots who can still vote. And with so many unemployed they will have plenty of time to vote early and vote often. And all those new illegals to pull the lever and dead names on the rolls no dead vote will go uncast.


3 posted on 10/04/2014 7:43:02 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: SeekAndFind

Correct title:

Fudging the Recent Job Numbers Favors Democrats


4 posted on 10/04/2014 7:43:15 AM PDT by Cowboy Bob (They are called "Liberals" because the word "parasite" was already taken.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It won’t be number 1 very long if these illnesses keep festering. Part of the issue will be migration.


5 posted on 10/04/2014 7:44:16 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s hard to believe that there still are retards out there who buy these government “numbers”. 5.9%. ROTFL! Yeah! Right.


6 posted on 10/04/2014 7:44:43 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop flooding our schools with unaccompanied illegal aliens. Do it for the children!)
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To: Organic Panic

You’re not including the minimum wage workers either.


7 posted on 10/04/2014 7:45:18 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: SeekAndFind
In addition to the unexpectedly strong job growth, the unemployment rate broke through the 6 handle — and you can bet that 5.9 percent rate will be in quite a few Democrats’ campaign ads in the coming weeks.

248,000 new fast food workers at $8.00/hour and another 1.1 million workers left the "work force" so the 5.9% number is pixie dust and unicorn piss, and can be 3.9% or 2.9% or any other fictional number that will make the msm happy.

I call bullshit on the numbers and the article.

8 posted on 10/04/2014 7:46:26 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
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To: Cowboy Bob; SeekAndFind; Wyatt's Torch

@DMacD11 @larry_kudlow @IngrahamAngle @Varneyco I've done the research and amazing spikes before 2010 and 2012 elections— Charles V Payne (@cvpayne) October 3, 2014


9 posted on 10/04/2014 7:46:57 AM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush)
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To: SeekAndFind

I can’t believe anyone out there believe unemployment is 5.9% or near 4% in my county unless they are students of the common core math.

A recent report says that 92.6 million are no longer looking for work, that’s nearly a third of the population. Of those that are working, reports say about 40% are in government or government related jobs, in other words, non-productive work, that is they produce nothing. IN my county, depending on the town commercial real estate vacancy is between 40% and 70%. Again, unless you are completely devoid of any mathematical logic, there is no way yo can believe the numbers this article lauds. Any thinking person has to realize things are bad just by looking about.

Yes, I realize most do not think critically of themselves nor their surroundings and it is largely the result of government schools who indoctrinate more than teach.


10 posted on 10/04/2014 7:47:43 AM PDT by rey
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To: FlingWingFlyer

More than likely true, but being a person with a degree who is stuck being accepted to minimum wage jobs is pretty awful too. Unemployment numbers never address that issue. Asking the labor statistics to address underemployment is like asking a creationist or a global warming alarmist to talk about the days of the Dinosaurs.


11 posted on 10/04/2014 7:48:25 AM PDT by Morpheus2009
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To: SeekAndFind

I have as much faith in this 5.9% unemployment figure a month out from the midterm election as I did when this administration posted a sub-8% unemployment number just prior to the ‘12 election ... i.e., none!


12 posted on 10/04/2014 7:49:21 AM PDT by mellow velo
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To: Organic Panic

“I would hope that the ebola virus has adjusted the priorities of the sheep. “

Haven’t you read the articles that Obamacare is our only hope to fight a mass epi or pandemic?


13 posted on 10/04/2014 7:50:03 AM PDT by rey
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To: SeekAndFind

I don’t know how they manipulate the price of gasoline, but it happens before every election that gas goes down towards the lower end of the price range, only to return to the upper end by December. Having control of the EPA and FTC and ICC gives them a lot of power. Cook the books on employment numbers, remember that these are mostly estimates. Later revisions will show that they were less than what they thought at the time... or said at the time. This, plus the 5 to 10 percent fraud in important precincts, and the media glossing over of the invasion at the southern border, yeah, advantage: Democrats. Ebola distracts from important issues and bombing ISIS makes it look like Obama means business, we are being played!


14 posted on 10/04/2014 7:51:25 AM PDT by webheart (We are all pretty much living in a fiction.)
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To: SeekAndFind
Labor Participation Rate Drops To 36 Year Low; Record 92.6 Million Americans Not In Labor Force


15 posted on 10/04/2014 7:57:16 AM PDT by Iron Munro (We can make it work with only one square per restroom visit -- Sheryl Crow)
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To: SeekAndFind
Favor 'Rats? I don't think so - unless you lie.


BLS Data For Per Cent of Population 16 and Over Who Are Employed
16 posted on 10/04/2014 8:11:03 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: SeekAndFind
Considering the number of Americans not participating in the workforce, over 90 Million, I sharply disagree with the premise of this article.

In years past it would have been logical to follow this reasoning, but the situation is not similar in the least.

If nothing else, all of those not participating in the workforce know that the unemployment numbers are not indicative of reality, and since they have plenty of “free time” on their hands, they will likely be the largest group of voters in this election, which would turn out very bad for the dems, IMO.

17 posted on 10/04/2014 8:13:14 AM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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To: rey
We worship you all powerful and merciful Obama [pbuh]. Thank you for raining down the blessings and glory of Obamacare to save us from the pestilence that has befallen the land.

18 posted on 10/04/2014 8:22:32 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: SeekAndFind

New York Post needs to stay out of the fiction arena and work on true stories...


19 posted on 10/04/2014 8:26:23 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: jsanders2001

I like John Crudele and what he writes, usually, but he is totally wrong that the Demos will benefit from this. First, you only notice an economic “boom” (and this ain’t one) if you are doing well and most people aren’t and could care less that there is a phony unemployment figure of 5.9 percent. Second, I well remember in 1980, when Reagan was running against that hapless boob Carter and inflation was roaring. Somehow, on the weekend before the election, BLS released figures showing inflation had slowed to 0.0 percent. We KNOW what a huge difference that pile of crap news made.


20 posted on 10/04/2014 8:36:53 AM PDT by laconic
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