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
leader if you can call it like it is. thanks for watching. i m al sharpton. hardball starts right now. numbers game. let s play hardball. i m michael smerconish in for chris matthews. leading off tonight, spin cycle. it s become a monthly ritual. weaker than expected numbers come out. mitt romney says president obama is failing. the president says he s making progress and so it was today when we learned that only 80,000 jobs were created last month and the unemployment rate held firm at 8.2%. how s it going to play in november? that s our top story. 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 spreading throughout his media empire. and now a lot of conservatives 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 st
trying to defend his position saying tammy duckworth is not a hero. duckworth lost both legs fighting in iraq and joins us tonight. and how many times did joe walsh say ashley? stick around for the sideshow. robert reich was the secretary during the clinton administration and jared bernstein served with vice president biden. mr. secretary, let me start with you before we get to the politics of it. explain to me the substance. what s going on? what does it mean in the big picture? essentially, michael, job growth has stalled. 8.2% unemployment. same as last month, but we also would see that 80,000 jobs were created in june. 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 later in the year. it s hard to make good news out of today s job numbers.