say they can do better on the the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job-creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers hardest hit, nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year, including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called today s job report good news but said we can be doing better. ron paul said the same but warped the financial crisis is not over. rick santorum, the other gop candidates, were less generous. is great that the econ
that s what the experts say is driving the election. jobs and jobless numbers. all candidates on the stump today in new hampshire and south carolina say they can do better on the job front than president obama. some are making claims about their own job creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration got a little harder to make. that s because new job numbers came out. unemployment fell down two-tenths of a percent. these are decent, not spectacular numbers for recovery by mi means. president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people that are still hurting out there. after losing more than 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, you know, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers have been hardest hit. nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called the report good news but said we could be doing better. ron paul said the same
some are making claims about their own job-creating records that don t stand up to scrutiny. their case against the administration today got harder to make because new job numbers came out, unemployment fell again last month, down .2 to 8.5%. the economy gaping 200,000 jobs, 50,000 more than expected. these are decent, not spectacular by any means and president obama was cautious. there are a lot of people still hurting out there after losing more thain 8 million jobs in the recession, obviously, we have a lot more work to do. state and local government workers hardest hit, nearly a quarter million public sector jobs eliminated last year, including more than 100,000 teachers. jon huntsman called today s job report good news but said we can be doing better. ron paul said the same but warped the financial crisis is not over. rick santorum, the other gop candidates, were less generous. is great that the economy is moving forward. but it has got a boot on the throat of the
god morning. here we go. the presidential race of 2012 is about to officiall beg, as the voting starts here in iowa on tuesday.ce looks this morning, with the des moines register poll showing a three-way race now with romney leading ron paul by two points and ric santorum with a late surge. we will lk to santorum about his surpre momentum in the race just a couple of moment but first we have wi us nbc s political director chuck todd, and the chairman of iowa s republican party, matt strawn. welcome to both of you. good morng. happy new year. good morning. welcome ck. so, chuck todd, partner, where are we this morning? well, i think we re trying to gure out this. wht are iowaaucusgoers going to do? are they going to come into these caucuses tuesday night and ck a president or are they oing to do what they ve done in the pt, which is send a message and nnow the field? if they come in and a lot of them want to pick a presidnt mi romney is going to win, turnous going to go up, you
the voting starts here in iowa on tuesday. and here s how the race looks this morning, with the des moines register poll showing a three-way race now with romney leading ron paul by two points and ric santorum with a late surge. we will lk to santorum about his surpre momentum in the race just a couple of moment but first we have wi us nbc s political director chuck todd, and the chairman of iowa s republican party, matt strawn. welcome to both of you. good morng. happy new year. good morning. welcome ck. so, chuck todd, partner, where are we this morning? well, i think we re trying to gure out this. wht are iowaaucusgoers going to do? are they going to come into these caucuses tuesday night and ck a president or are they oing to do what they ve done in the pt, which is send a message and nnow the field? if they come in and a lot of them want to pick a presidnt mi romney is going to win, turnous going to go up, you re going to see the casual voter show up and that s good for ro