California Gov. Davis Hammers Bush Over Job Losses

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http://asia.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=3398739

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Battling for his political life as a controversial recall election approaches, Democratic California Gov. Gray Davis charged on Saturday that Republican President Bush's policies have led to massive job losses.

"Twelve years ago, much like today, the American economy was hemorrhaging jobs, thanks to Republican leadership in the White House," Davis said in the Democratic response to the president's weekly radio address.

"To be blunt: there's a vacuum of national leadership that is sucking up American jobs at an alarming rate ... Just yesterday, new figures show that, since President Bush took office, our economy has lost 3.3 million jobs.

"No president since Herbert Hoover has seen job losses like this over the course of his term in office," Davis said. "We Democrats respectfully say to the president and his Republican party: give America back the millions of jobs that your failed policies have taken away."

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[robbedvoter]

1. This is good! That'll resonate with his voters!

keep it up!

[neuvocat]

2. Why did he have to wait until now to speak the truth?

Better late than never I guess.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

3. I think you only began listening now

Davis HAS been one of the more vocal critics of Bush in the nation.