On the recordDecember 16, 2009
When President Obama took office, we were losing 400,000 or 500,000 jobs a month. Now we're down to losing 11,000. The confidence in the economy has gone up.
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transcripts.cnn.comJames Carville: “When President Obama took office, we were losing 400,000 or 500,000 jobs a month. Now we're down to losing 11,000. The…”
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Carville highlights the improvement in job loss rates since Obama took office and expresses optimism about future job growth.
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