For over six years now the job market has been in the crapper.
Purdue apparently had some involvement with outsourcing. The Dems zeroed in on this and have been beating him over the head with it.
Having fingerprints anywhere near outsourcing makes you toxic in the present environment. GOPe surely would never acknowledge that though.
This was my fear when Perdue defeated Kingston. That and the bogus "War on women!" I'm hoping it will not ne enough to defeat Perdue.