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Mitt Romney: “And of course domestically, it is hard to call, what, now, 39, 40 months of unemployment above eight percent a success…”

On the recordMay 31, 2012
And of course domestically, it is hard to call, what, now, 39, 40 months of unemployment above eight percent a success when even he said by now it would be in the six percent range. And by now it is not. It is over eight.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Romney argues that Obama's economic performance is not successful given the prolonged high unemployment rate.

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