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President Obama heads to Ohio today to talk jobs. His trip comes just one day after a surprising jump in first time unemployment claims.Today’s trip has been on the book for weeks but it comes at an opportune moment for the President, who’s been criticized for not spending enough time on jobs and the economy.And after Tuesday’s wakeup call in Massachusetts, officials say the economy and jobs will be his first priority.(SOT: Obama)”you can expect a continued, sustained and relentless effort to create good jobs for the American people. I will not rest until we’ve gotten there. “(TRACK)BUT SO FAR, THE JOB RECOVERY HAS BEEN UNEVEN. THE LABOR DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT INITIAL JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE BY 36 THOUSAND LAST WEEK – MANY ECONOMIST HAD BEEN EXPECTING A SMALL DROP.(SOT: Dean Baker / Center for Economic Policy and Research 16:16:46)”the idea that the economy is on a consistently positive path, is getting better is called into question by this, it’s not a good number.”IN OHIO TODAY, MR. OBA
President Barack Obama Friday heads for the decaying Ohio rust-belt, seeking to show empathy with the heartland’s economic woes after a Republican election win sent shockwaves through US politics. Obama will spend a day in a campaign-style swing through the hard-hit midwestern state, often a bellwether in US elections, which is again looming large ahead of key mid-term congressional polls in November. The president, who frankly admitted this week that his connection with everyday Americans had frayed, will hold a town hall-style meeting, tour local businesses and talk about political anger brewing across the United States. Obama is adopting a more populist tone following the shock of the Republican victory in the Massachusetts special election which saw Democrats lose their crucial supermajority in the Senate. On Thursday, he unveiled a new bid to restrict the size and scope of banks and finance firms blamed for triggering the financial crisis with risky bets, in the latest stage of a
Obama went to the hard-hit battleground state of Ohio on Friday with a retooled message on new steps his administration wants to take to spur job creation. “I’m calling on Congress to pass a jobs bill to put more Americans to work — building off our Recovery Act; put more Americans back to work rebuilding roads and railways; provide tax breaks to small businesses for hiring people; offer families incentives to make their homes more energy-efficient, saving them money while creating jobs,” he said at a town hall event. This new push comes even as the effectiveness of the stimulus, his signature initiative, is shaping up to be a central issue in the upcoming congressional elections. Data Tell A Confusing Story Obama’s supporters cite a raft of economists who say the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, passed last February, prevented even steeper job losses and helped to stave off a second Great Depression.
