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AP Graphics Following the bipartisan debt agreement, President Obama and his fellow Democrats tried to pivot by promising to turn their attention to job-‐creation. In a Rose Garden press conference, the President vowed to “…continue…to fight for…new jobs, higher wages and faster economic growth.” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi joined in, saying “Enough talks about the debt, we have to talk about jobs.” And Sen.Charles Schumer (NY) went a step further to claim that job-‐ creation is in fact Democrats’ “strong suit.”
But as American Enterprise Institute’s Kevin Hassert points out, it certainly is not Mr. Obama’s “strong suit.” The graph belowcompares the first two and a half years in office of the five worst presidents on job--creation since 1890. President Obama is the second worst, coming in behind President Herbert Hoover whose first two and a half years in office were during the Great Depression. Not very impressive for somone who has been saying since 2009 that his administration’s “overriding focus” is to “make sure that people are getting back to work.”
But as American Enterprise Institute’s Kevin Hassert points out, it certainly is not Mr. Obama’s “strong suit.” The graph belowcompares the first two and a half years in office of the five worst presidents on job--creation since 1890. President Obama is the second worst, coming in behind President Herbert Hoover whose first two and a half years in office were during the Great Depression. Not very impressive for somone who has been saying since 2009 that his administration’s “overriding focus” is to “make sure that people are getting back to work.”
