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Mitt Romney: And, of course, domestically it's hard to call, what now, 39, 40 months of unemployment above 8 percent a success when…

On the recordMay 31, 2012
And, of course, domestically it's hard to call, what now, 39, 40 months of unemployment above 8 percent a success when even he said by now it would be in the 6 percent range. And by now, it is not. It's over 8.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney argues that the prolonged high unemployment rate contradicts President Obama's earlier projections.

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