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September 25, 2011

Running Out Of ExcusesWith Voters Not Buying Hope And Change,DNC Chair Debbie

Wasserman Schultz Tries To Sell Some It Could Have Been Worse_____________________________________________________________________

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Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz: Now two-and-a-half years later, we have turned the

corner. We're no longer dropping like a rock. Now we are moving forward. We've had

18 straight months of job growth, added 2.4 million jobs to the private sector, monthafter month, passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, saved the

American automobile industry which every republican candidate for president would

have let go down the tubes.

Chairman Priebus: It sounds like the new slogan is no longerhope and change,it's,

hey, it could have been worse. Great bumper sticker(CBS Face The Nation, 9/25/11)
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PRESIDENT ZEROS ECONOMIC POLICIES HAVE FALLENSHORT OF HIS LOFTY RHETORIC

In August, The Obama Economy Added Zero (0) Jobs And The Unemployment Remained At 9.1Percent.(Bureau Of Labor Statistics,BLS.gov, Accessed 9/6/11)

Gallup: U.S. Job Creation On Downward Trajectory. Job market conditions in the UnitedStates deteriorated for the second month in a row as Gallup's Job Creation Index fell to +13 in

August, down from +14 in July and +15 in June. Net new hiring is at about the level it was during

the recession of late 2008.(U.S. Job Creation On Downward Trajectory,Gallup, 9/6/11)

Since President Obamas $825 Billion Stimulus Bill Passed, The Nation Has Lost 1.7 Million JobsAnd The Unemployment Rate Has Increased From 8.2 Percent To 9.1 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics,BLS.gov, Accessed 9/25/11)

Despite Obamas Advisors Predicting That The Stimulus Would Keep Unemployment BelowEight Percent, The Unemployment Rate Has Remained Above Eight Percent For A Record 31

Straight Months.(Christina Romer and Jared Bernstein,"The Job Impact Of The American Recovery And Reinvestment Plan,"1/9/09;Bureau Of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov, Accessed 9/25/11)

FactCheck.org: Its Accurate To Say The Stimulus Has Failed To Live Up To InitialExpectations. CBO's high estimate is still short of the 3.5 million jobs that Obama had said

would be created by the end of 2010, so it's accurate to say the stimulus has failed to live up toinitial expectations. White House advisers wrongly estimated that the stimulus would bring the

unemployment rate down to 7 percent though they also thought the rate without the stimulus

would be lower than it actually is, and they made clear that substantial uncertainty surroundedthose estimates. (Lori Robertson, Dueling Economic Ads,FactCheck.org, 6/30/11)

Since President Obama Took Office, The Nation Has Lost 2.4 Million Jobs And The Unemployment

Rate Has Increased From 7.8 Percent To 9.1 Percent. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov, Accessed 9/25/11)

It Now Takes A Staggering 40.3 Weeks For An Unemployed Worker To Find A Job. (Bureau OfLabor Statistics, BLS.gov, Accessed 9/25/11)

There Are 22.8 Million Americans That Are Unemployed Or Working Part-Time Due ToEconomic Reasons. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, BLS.gov, Accessed 9/25/11)

WASSERMAN SCHULTZ CLAIMS THAT THE PRESIDENT BROUGHT US BACK FROM

THE BRINK OF DISASTER BUT WE REMAIN ON THE BRINK OF ANOTHER RECESSION

The Wall Street JournalSurvey: Economists See A One In Three Chance Of Another U.S. Recession

In Next Year.Economists see a one in three chance the U.S. will slip into recession over the next twelvemonths and doubt any steps the Federal Reserve might take at its meeting next week can change that.(Phil Izzo, Economists Say That U.S. Recession Looks More Likely,The Wall Street Journal, 9/16/11)

The Highest Odds For A New Downturn That The Economists In The The Wall Street JournalSurvey Have Given Since The StartOf The Recovery.Those are the highest odds for a new

downturn that the economists in the The Wall Street Journalsurvey have given since the start ofthe recoveryand up four percentage points from last month's poll. (Phil Izzo, Economists Say That U.S.Recession Looks More Likely,The Wall Street Journal, 9/16/11)

Reuters Poll: Economists See A One In Three Chance The U.S. Could Enter Another Recession.

Chances the United States will lapse into another recession rose over the past month to nearly one in

three as the economy faces a number of road blocks that could derail already weak growth, a Reuters poll

showed on Wednesday. (Leah Schnurr, Chances Of Another Recession Increasing: Reuters Poll,Reuters, 9/14/11)
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The Economy Is Dangerously Close To Stall-Speed. There Is No Buffer, And Even AModerate Shock Could Derail The Cycle, Said Aneta Markowska, Economist With SocieteGenerale.(Leah Schnurr, Chances Of Another Recession Increasing: Reuters Poll,Reuters, 9/14/11)

In 2010, 2.6 Million More Americans Fell In To Poverty And The Number Of Americans Living In

Poverty (46.2 Million) Reached The Highest Level On Record.The nation's official poverty rate in2010 was 15.1 percent, up from 14.3 percent in 2009 the third consecutive annual increase in the

poverty rate. There were 46.2 million people in poverty in 2010, up from 43.6 million in 2009 thefourth consecutive annual increase and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty estimates

have been published.(Press Release, Income, Poverty And Health Insurance Coverage In The United States: 2010,U.S. Census Bureau, 9/13/11)

The Number Of People Who Didnt Work At All Last Year Increased To 86.7 Million. TrudiRenwick, the bureau's chief of the Poverty Statistics Branch, says the single most important factorin the increase in poverty might be the increase in the number of people who did not work at all

last year. She says the number of people over 16 who did not work at least one week increased

from 83.3 million in 2009 to 86.7 million last year. (Douglas Stanglin, Census Bureau: U.S. Poverty Rises To 15.1%,Highest Since 1983,USA Today, 9/13/11)

Pessimism About The Economy Worsens, With 61 Percent Of Americans Expecting Economic

Conditions To Be Similar Or Worse In A Year.Three in four Americans assess the U.S. economy as nobetter than a year ago, with 35% saying it is about the same and 42% saying it is worse. Looking ahead to

a year from now, Americans remain largely pessimistic, with 61% expecting economic conditions to besimilar to now, or worse. (Jeffrey Jones, In U.S., 6 In 10 Do Not Expect Economy To Improve Soon,Gallup, 9/21/11)

A Slight Majority Of Americans For The First Time Blame President Obama Either A GreatDeal (24%) Or A Moderate Amount (29%) For The Nation's Economic Problems. (Lydia Saad, InU.S., Slight Majority Now Blame Obama For U.S. Economy,Gallup,9/21/11)
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