Obama, Romney duel over US jobs situation - The China Post

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WASHINGTON -- With elections just a month away, U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election campaign celebrated a much-needed injection of energy Friday from a drop in the jobless rate. 

Republican rival Mitt Romney immediately pounced on the report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which said the jobless rate had fallen to 7.8 percent — the lowest rate since January 2009, the month Obama took office.

“This is not what a real recovery looks like,” Romney said, charging that the figure hid the millions of people who have given up looking for work.

While candidates can argue endlessly over the interpretation of statistics, one thing remains true: The 12.1 million people still registered as out of work are a heavy weight on voters' minds as they go to the polls Nov. 6.
 
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Obama, Romney duel over US jobs situation - The China Post