Perry, Romney twist records in debate

[cal04]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44434877/ns/politics/

When Mitt Romney and Rick Perry thumped their chests over their job-creation records as governor during the Republican presidential debate Wednesday night, they left the bad parts out.

Yes, employment has grown by more than 1 million since Perry took office in Texas. But a lot of those jobs are not well paid.

True, unemployment dropped to 4.7 percent when Romney was Massachusetts governor. But the state's employment growth was among the nation's worst.


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THE FACTS: To be sure, 4.7 percent unemployment would be a welcome figure nationally. But Romney started from a much better position than President Barack Obama did. Unemployment was only 5.6 percent when Romney took office in 2003, meaning it came down by less than 1 percentage point when he left office in 2007. Obama inherited a national unemployment rate of 7.8 percent.

[texastoast]

1. I doubt Perry mentioned we cut 9,600 jobs with the passage of the recent budget

Good paying jobs. Downsizing the government, you see. Firefighting and stuff. Move along. Nothing to see here.