Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record ......"The spot's most striking image is a tumbleweed blowing along a deserted Texas highway. That's rich.
It's intended to create the impression that Rick Perry's Texas is something of a depressed ghost town. Nothing could be further from the truth. Since the recession began, desperate job seekers have flocked to Texas at a clip of roughly 1,000 people per day. And they're finding work, too. Despite a huge population influx and a bruising national recession, Texas' unemployment rate remains below the national average. How remarkable has the Lone Star State's economic performance been?
Read this Political Math analysis (written by a self-professed non Perry supporter), and marvel. One telling data point:
UT has a worse unemployment rate than IL?
BTW it seems that all these liberal talking-head moderated debates provide is ‘gotcha’ moments for use by Obama’s 2012 campaign team.
I’m not convinced that ‘debates’ are the best way to judge candidates for president. I’m not certain that these are even ‘debates’ at all.