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Economy adds 243,000 jobs in Jan; unemployment drops to 8.3%

Great news for President Obama – not so great for Mitt Romney.

The folks in the White House couldn’t have asked for a better January jobs report.

The AP: In the most impressive jump for the job market since the middle of last decade, the unemployment rate fell for the fifth-straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation’s outlook for job growth. The Labor Department says employers added 243,000 jobs in January, the most in nine months. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3% from 8.5% in December. That’s the lowest in nearly three years.

Remember, Mitt Romney’s biggest argument for being President is that President Obama “didn’t cause the recession, but he made it worse.” Check out the chart below. It shows the rise and fall of unemployment applications. The arrow shows when President Obama’s stimulus policies took affect. Now seriously, does it LOOK like President Obama’s policies “made it worse?”

In addition, the stock market is already off to its fastest start in 15 years as more investors start to believe the economic recovery is finally for real and will only get stronger. The Dow has gained 4 percent in 2012.

Some facts comparing the last GOP administration’s affect on the stock market versus President Obama:

• 60 percent: Increase in the Dow Jones Industrial average during the first three years of President Barack Obama’s term, up 4,771 points to Friday’s close of 12,720 as his fourth year begins.

• -1 percent: Decline in the Dow during President Bush’s first term from 2001 to 2005, dropping 116 points to 10,471.

• -24 percent: Decline in the Dow during President George W. Bush’s second term from 2005 to 2009, dropping 2,522 points to 7,949.

Unemployment improving, stock market improving, our military out of Iraq… And Mitt Romney says we’re heading in the WRONG direction???

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Mitt Romney “isn’t concerned about the very poor”

Mitt talks about a safety net that is “there for the very poor.”

Unfortunately, he and his party would like to dismantle that safety net, even as they demonize it.

Most of what you hear from Republicans is how terrible the “freeloaders” are who get help from these “safety nets” and then expect to be taken care of.

The fact is it is much harder to get on food stamps and other programs than people think. My brother, who is legally disabled, waited years to get on food stamps because he couldn’t find a job. And when he applied, he was told he needed to be working to receive food stamps.

???

Doesn’t it seem like the folks who may need food stamps the most are the ones who CAN’T find a job? No one could explain that to me.

When Mitt Romney says he will repair the “safety net” if it needs it, you should look into his definition of “if it needs it.” You may find another example of “say what you need to to get elected” double-speak.

UPDATE: Mitt went on damage control a few hours later, once he “realized” how it “might” sound. Here are a few updated statements from Mitt (via political reporter Sam Youngman):

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Swing States poll: Romney and Obama tied; Gingrich trails

A new USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States survey shows Mitt Romney and President Obama at a statistical tie (48%-47%). However, Newt Gingrich fares much worse against President Obama.

In a head-to-head race, Romney leads Obama by a statistically insignificant percentage point, 48%-47%, the survey finds.

But Obama leads Gingrich, 54%-40%. The president’s standing against him has risen nine points since early December; Gingrich has fallen by eight.

Gingrich fares less well than Texas Rep. Ron Paul, who trails Obama by seven points, 50%-43%, and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum, who also trails by seven points, 51%-44%.

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Mitt Romney promises to propose US constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage

Mitt Romney, in a discussion with Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition, said last week that he would propose a US constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

“There’s been an assault on marriage,” Romney said in the Faith and Freedom teleconference. “I think he [Obama] is very aggressively trying to pave the path to same-sex marriage. I would unlike this president defend the Defense of Marriage Act. I would also propose and promote once again an amendment to the constitution to define marriage as a relationship between a man and a woman.”

What ever happened to “and liberty and justice for all…”