unemployment rate held firm at 8.2%. how s it going to play in november? despite the weak jobs numbers, republicans are nervous that mitt romney is kicking away a winnable election. it began with a tweet from rupert murdoch and is now spreading throughout his media empire. and now a lot of conservatives who never liked romney are saying, i told you so. also, remember when pennsylvania s republican house majority leader said voter i.d. laws would help mitt romney win the election? here s what he was talking about. a new study shows that three quarters of a million people in the state don t have the proper identification and most of them are likely democratic voters. and not even scarlet ohara said the name ashley so much. look, ashley. ashley. ashley, ashley, ashley. what s not respectful, ashley? ashley ashley, ashley, ashley, i ll say it again. that s joe wallach duckworth lost both legs fighting in remark and joins us tonight and our joe walsh highlight reel. exac
been about 75,000 jobs. a substantial decline from the job numbers we saw in january, february and march. now, it s a similar slowdown to what we have seen in previous years. the hope, obviously, is that we get more job growth later in the year. that s a hope politically, but it s very hard to make good news out of today s job numbers. mr. bernstein, where is it headed? i think we re aware of the statistics that since world war ii, no president s been re-elected when the rate has been north of 7.4%. is it likely that 8.2 could get under 7.4 between now and november? absolutely not. you never know, but that is way outside anyone s forecast. the most optimistic forecast i ve seen to have the unemployment rate trending down a bit below 8% by the end of the year, but between now and then absence important policies to green rate more job growth. it s hard to see things change that much. let s talk about politics. this morning governor romney was quick to attack the president
rate held firm at 8.2%. how s it going to play in november? despite the weak jobs numbers, republicans are nervous that mitt romney is kicking away a winnable election. it began with a tweet from rupert murdoch and now a lot of conservatives who never liked romney are saying i told you so. also, remember when pennsylvania s republican house majority leader said voter i.d. laws would help mitt romney win the election? here s what he was talking about. a new study shows that three quarters of a million people in the state don t have the proper identification and most of them are likely democratic voters. and not even scarlet ohara said the name ashley so much. look, ashley. that s not for you to say. that s joe wallach duckworth lost both legs fighting in remark and joins us tonight and our joe walsh highlight reel. exactly how many times did joe walsh stay the name? stick around. robert reich was the secretary during the clinton administration and jared bernstein serve
the average monthly job growth of the last three months has been about 75,000 jobs. a substantial decline from the job numbers we saw in january, february and march. now, it s a similar to a slowdown we have seen in previous years. the hope obviously is that we get more job growth ler in the year. it s hard to make good news out of today s job numbers. mr. bernstein, where is it headed? i think we re aware of the statistics that since world war ii, no president s been re-elected when the rate has been north of 7.4%. is it likely that 8.2 could get under 7.4 between now and november? absolutely not. you never know, but that is way outside anyone s forecast. the most optimistic forecast i ve seen to have the unemployment rate trending down a bit below 8% by the end of the ye year, important policies to generate more job growth. it s hard to see things change that much. this morning, governor romney was quick to attack the president and his policies. take a look. the pre