Kerry to focus on economy in two-week blitz

[AmyStrange]

Kerry to focus on economy in two-week blitz
Tue Jun 15, 6:12 AM ET - USATODAY.com
By Jill Lawrence, USA TODAY

FROM: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/usatoday/20040615/pl_usatoday/kerrytofocusoneconomyintwoweekblitz&cid=676&ncid=1926
John Kerry (news - web sites)'s presidential campaign on Monday kicked off two weeks of focusing on the economy with a battery of statistics that aides say show there's good reason many voters don't feel as if the economy is improving.

The advisers said people are not optimistic because of slow job growth over the last 12 months, mediocre new jobs, wage stagnation and increases in costs for essentials. Among the statistics offered from federal agencies and private foundations to bolster their case:

• 1.6 million households filed for bankruptcy in 2003, 33% more than in 2000.

• 1.8 million people have been jobless for more than six months, the longest long-term unemployment since 1984.

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[I thought so.]

1. Kick

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[Catfight]

2. about damn time...why hasn't this been more out there? The

fact that everything bush claims gets negated in the news on the back page.

Jobs in the increase: NEGATE: Unemployment has run out, savings are depleted, 401k's are being used to pay mortgages.

Gas prices are high: NEGATE: Oil companies are experiencing the highest profits in history.

There's more homeowners now than ever: NEGATE: Bankrupts and foreclosures are on the rise.

etc....etc....

It's nice to see Kerry talking sense and getting the facts out there. Now he just needs to be himself, ride his Harley, do whatever he wants, but just be himself and he'll soar in the polls.