for two and a half years of government creating jobs. perry brags about his jobs record. texas unemployment is a point lower than the u.s. average. oil companies are profitable. tax revenue has not dropped in texas, and in fact, almost all of new texas jobs are government jobs. some call perry wreckless, he s standing by this charge of the federal reserve. printing more money to play politics at this particular time in american history is almost treasonous in my opinion. the president hosted an economic forum. we re going to make it easier for people in rural areas looking for work, to find out about companies that are hiring. reporter: mitt romney was in new hampshire talking jobs. i spent 25 years in business. and in that process, i was part of helping create jobs. i d like to do that for the nation. 34 in south carolina, michele bachmann joked her job s plan is to replace president obama. and she noted the date. let s all say happy birthday to elvis presley t