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JDPriestly

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10. New Hampshire has very low unemployment.

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Wed Jan 11, 2012, 01:06 PM

Jan 2012

Seasonally adjusted for Nov. 2011 -- 5.2%

http://www.nh.gov/nhes/elmi/pdfzip/econstat/laus/archive/publication/LAUS2011.pdf

Job loss is not as sensitive an issue in New Hampshire as it is in some other states.

Now, South Carolina has a bit of a problem when it comes to unemployment, so Romney may be singing a different tune after that primary.

South Carolina’s Unemployment Rate Drops for November
Posted on December 20, 2011 by mcraft

The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 9.9 percent in November, an unprecedented 0.6 percent drop from last month’s 10.5 percent rate, according to the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce.

http://dew.sc.gov/palmettoconnections/?tag=south-carolina-unemployment-rates

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Romney says that NH results indicate that attacks on his record at Bain failed [View all] WI_DEM Jan 2012 OP

Because American workers LOVE that Bain advises businesses to OUTSOURCE their jobs: blm Jan 2012 #1

Nice Link! Thanx Botany Jan 2012 #6

Hm. I don't see the words "creating jobs" anywhere in there. subterranean Jan 2012 #8

yep...that's why Dems need to spread this.....everywhere blm Jan 2012 #9

There wasn't enough time before the New Hampshire primary for it to sink in livetohike Jan 2012 #2

That's what I thought when I just saw this OP Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #3

Me too. The more he talks about it, the deeper the hole before the general election. n/t livetohike Jan 2012 #11

Mitt is the living embodiment of the 1% Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #12

Ok Mitt. You keep telling yourself that. Whistle loudly when you pass that graveyard down there in yellowcanine Jan 2012 #4

That Mitt's way of saying: Make it stop! BeyondGeography Jan 2012 #5

Bingo! Botany Jan 2012 #7

New Hampshire has very low unemployment. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #10