Reptile Forgotten: New jobs report, same spin

New jobs report, same spin

Presidents Polk, Jackson and Johnson by jimbowen0306
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The final jobs report before Tuesday's presidential election contained some decent news about the U.S. economy, with news of 171,000 new jobs and positively revised numbers from August and September. Even so, the political spin from both sides of the aisle sounded much as it does every month: Within minutes of the report's release, Mitt Romney and Republican leadership released a flurry of statements pounding the president for failed policies and "persistently high unemployment," while the Obama administration repeated a familiar message about the economy's steady but incomplete recovery. The report, which produced better-than-expected job growth but also included an uptick of 0. 1 percentage point to the unemployment rate, is not expected to drastically impact the outcome of the presidential election next week. Nevertheless, Republicans immediately set about trying to make the numbers work in their favor.

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President Obama

Overall Sentiment: -0.0371218

Relevance: 0.884184

Sentiment	Quote
0	"Four years of persistently high unemployment and long-term joblessness might be the best President Obama can do - but it's nowhere near what the American people can do if we get Washington out of their way," he said. ...
0.0168966	"Four years of persistently high unemployment and long-term joblessness might be the best President Obama can do - but it's nowhere near what the American people can do if we get Washington out of their way," he said. "The American people deserve better. The House has already approved bipartisan legislation to stop all of the tax hikes, replaced the defense 'sequester,' and passed straightforward bills cutting red tape and saving programs like Medicare from bankruptcy."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.0168966 Mean: 0.0084483 Standard Deviation: 0

Mitt Romney

Overall Sentiment: -0.025901

Relevance: 0.478381

Sentiment	Quote
-0.168141	"Today's increase in the unemployment rate is a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill. The jobless rate is higher than it was when President Obama took office, and there are still 23 million Americans struggling for work," said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ...
-0.0613621	"Today's increase in the unemployment rate is a sad reminder that the economy is at a virtual standstill. The jobless rate is higher than it was when President Obama took office, and there are still 23 million Americans struggling for work," said Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in a statement. "On Tuesday, America will make a choice between stagnation and prosperity. For four years, President Obama's policies have crushed America's middle class...When I'm president, I'm going to make real changes that lead to a real recovery, so that the next four years are better than the last."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.2295031 Mean: -0.11475155 Standard Deviation: 0

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Alan B. Krueger

Overall Sentiment: -0.101907

Relevance: 0.434562

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House Speaker John Boehner

Overall Sentiment: -0.191567

Relevance: 0.409676

jobs

Overall Sentiment: -0.197623

Relevance: 0.379581

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Reince Priebus

Overall Sentiment: -0.198746

Relevance: 0.312837

Sentiment	Quote
-0.103479	Reince Priebus, meanwhile, argued that "America desperately needs jobs and cannot afford four more years like the last four. After four years of the Obama presidency, unemployment remains painfully high, and incomes are not growing. America needs and deserves a real recovery, but Obama has proven incapable of delivering."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 1 Aggregate Sentiment: -0.103479 Mean: -0.103479 Standard Deviation: 1.4142135623731

Jill Schlesinger

Overall Sentiment: 0.403481

Relevance: 0.268766

Sentiment	Quote
0.0987133	"If voters view the Great Recession as an extreme event, which no president since FDR had to confront, and they focus on the slow improvement to the labor market, then Obama will win," Schlesinger writes. ...
0.0675229	"If voters view the Great Recession as an extreme event, which no president since FDR had to confront, and they focus on the slow improvement to the labor market, then Obama will win," Schlesinger writes. "If voters believe that Obama's policies were not the right ones to turn around the jobs market faster, despite the unique circumstances, they will elect Romney."
Sentiment Stats:	Number of Quotes: 2 Aggregate Sentiment: 0.1662362 Mean: 0.0831181 Standard Deviation: 1.7320508075689

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Continent: America

Overall Sentiment: -0.173564

Relevance: 0.581301

Country: U.S.

Overall Sentiment: 0.40439

Relevance: 0.333141

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Facility: White House

Overall Sentiment: 0.148006

Relevance: 0.312284

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Organization: Obama administration

Overall Sentiment: 0.0649769

Relevance: 0.373291

Organization: White House

Overall Sentiment: -0.660299

Relevance: 0.349795

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