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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
The awful, awful August jobs report — This was not the employment report either American workers or the Obama campaign were hoping for. A huge miss. It shows the U.S. labor market remains in a deep depression, generating few jobs and little if no income growth. As IHS Global Insight puts it:
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Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Grim jobs market confronts Obama, Fed — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jobs growth slowed sharply in August, setting the stage for the Federal Reserve to pump additional money into the sluggish economy next week and dealing a blow to President Barack Obama as he seeks re-election.
Discussion:
GOP 12, The Mental Recession, Taylor Marsh and American Spectator
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Payrolls in U.S. Rose 96,000 in August, Jobless Rate Fell — Payrolls rose less than projected in August and the unemployment rate declined as more Americans left the labor force, indicating the U.S. labor market is stagnating. — The economy added 96,000 workers last month following …
Bill McBride / Calculated Risk:
August Employment Report: 96,000 Jobs, 8.1% Unemployment Rate — From the BLS: … Click on graph for larger image. — This was another weak month, especially with the downward revisions to the June and July reports. — This was below expectations of 125,000 payroll jobs added.
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Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, The Daily Beast, ThinkProgress and Business Insider
Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
Disappointing jobs report unlikely to change presidential contest — Today's unemployment report was disappointing: only 96,000 jobs created last month, and revisions reducing the previous two months by 40,000, it was not only well below expectations but, more importantly, below what the economy needs to do to get people back to work.
Discussion:
Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Guardian and Paul Krugman
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Record 88,921,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’—119,000 Fewer Employed in August Than July
Record 88,921,000 Americans ‘Not in Labor Force’—119,000 Fewer Employed in August Than July
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Sweetness & Light and Riehl World News
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
CHART OF THE DAY: Labor Force Participation Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since September 1981
CHART OF THE DAY: Labor Force Participation Rate Falls To Lowest Level Since September 1981
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Mediaite and Washington Free Beacon
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
August jobs report: 96,000 jobs added, unemployment 8.1%, 30-year low in workforce participation rate
August jobs report: 96,000 jobs added, unemployment 8.1%, 30-year low in workforce participation rate
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Paul Miller / pineconearchive.com:
Eastwood says his convention appearance was ‘mission accomplished’ — AFTER A week as topic No. 1 in American politics, former Carmel Mayor Clint Eastwood said the outpouring of criticism from left-wing reporters and liberal politicians after his appearance at the Republican National Convention …
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Secret Service Arrests Charlotte Man For Twitter Death Threats Against Barack Obama — Buster — A North Carolina man was arrested yesterday for threatening to kill President Barack Obama in a series of Twitter messages, one of which warned that, “Ima hit president Obama with that Lee Harvey Oswald swag …
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Mark Halperin / The Page:
From Tampa to Charlotte and Beyond
From Tampa to Charlotte and Beyond
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Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Obama sets tweets-per-minute record
Obama sets tweets-per-minute record
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White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in August — While there is more work that remains to be done, today's employment report provides further evidence that the U.S. economy is continuing to recover from the worst downturn since the Great Depression. It is critical that we continue the policies …
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Hot Air, Washington Examiner and The Rightnewz
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NPR:
Transcript: President Obama's Convention Speech … PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Sustained cheers, applause.) Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. — AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Four more years! Four more years! Four more years! — PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. — AUDIENCE MEMBERS: Four more years!
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Did Obama Phone It In? — Barack Obama's speech tonight was....OK. But that was about all. It meandered, it skittered, and most of the time it seemed oddly themeless. It had some good lines, but too often they were left hanging. Take this jab at Republicans, for example: … That's a good riff.
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Washington Monthly and Business Insider
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New York Times:
Obama, in Democratic Convention Speech, Asks for More Time — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — President Obama on Thursday night accepted the Democratic nomination for a second term, making a forceful argument that he had rescued the economy from disaster and ushered in a recovery that would be imperiled by a return to Republican stewardship.
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JustOneMinute, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Wall Street Journal, JOSHUAPUNDIT, Pirate's Cove, ABCNEWS, Vox Popoli, The Reaction, Washington Post and Newsy
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than he was four years ago'
'Ask Osama bin Laden if he's better off than he was four years ago'
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ABCNEWS, Politico, Outside the Beltway, CNN, Washington Wire, Taylor Marsh, The War Room … and Liberal Values
Alexander Burns / Politico:
The Romney swing-state blitz, revealed — We reported Thursday that Mitt Romney was about to embark on a major general-election TV offensive, marking his first major use of the post-convention dollars his campaign has been dying to spend. Now, Team Romney is putting out word …
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Tanya Sinkovits / CBS St. Louis:
TV Station Pulled Akin's Ads Due to of Lack of Payment — ST. LOUIS, Mo. (KMOX) - Is Republican Senate candidate Todd Akin facing a cash crunch? Todd Akin's TV ads are, reportedly, being yanked from stations across the state because his campaign isn't paying the bills.
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Jaweed Kaleem / The Huffington Post:
Cardinal Timothy Dolan's Benedictions At RNC And DNC (FULL TEXT) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Elections 2012, Democratic Convention, Democratic Convention, Elections 2012, Religion and Politics, Video, 2012 Democratic Convention, 2012 Democratic National Convention, Cardinal Timothy Dolan …
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Sean Trende / Real Clear Politics:
A Tale of Two Conventions — The political conventions are (finally) over, and with that the general election (finally, or at least officially) begins in earnest. In the next few days we'll be subjected to endless analyses of what went right, what went wrong, and what was a wash …
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Washington Wire, AEIdeas and The Glittering Eye
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama at the DNC: That's it? — It would have been better had he not spoken. Seriously. Like an aging rock star, President Obama, in a downsized venue, with downsized proposal and spewing downsized rhetoric only reminded us how far he has fallen from the heady days of 2008.
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Scared Monkeys, Questions and Observations, The Gateway Pundit and Firedoglake
Wall Street Journal:
The Democrats' Soft Extremism — Obama is out of ideas, and Clinton's speech was unworthy of him. — Barack Obama is deeply overexposed and often boring. He never seems to be saying what he's thinking. His speech Thursday was weirdly anticlimactic. There's too much buildup, the crowd was tired, it all felt flat.
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No More Mister Nice Blog and Sense of Events
Hunter Walker / Politicker:
Reporters Using ‘Fake Names’ to Buy Obama Campaign Merchandise at the DNC — The Obama campaign merchandise table inside one of the media areas at the DNC. The press stand is visible on the left side of the photo. — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Members of the media have apparently been using …
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