How would Cruz answer this?It was a question to Carly Fiorina from moderator Gerard Baker, the editor-in-chief of The Wall Street Journal. Here’s the critical part:
...in seven years under President Obama, the U.S. has added an average of 107,000 jobs a month. Under President Clinton, the economy added about 240,000 jobs a month. Under George W. Bush, it was only 13,000 a month. If you win the nomination, you’ll probably be facing a Democrat named Clinton. How are you going to respond to the claim that Democratic presidents are better at creating jobs than Republicans?
He can explain how his tax plan would create million of jobs in the next decade and would also balance the budget.
The question posed to Fiorino which cherry picked “jobs added per month” for Obama, GW Bush, and Clinton needs to be answered by cherry picking other similar figures — such as Regan’s 8 years (up to 500,000 per month) and FDR’s first 8 years (ie Depression where jobs were lost at a precipitous rate). Then you can state that the US & world economy AND the economic condition left by the prior president (such as Carter’s malaise )are influences beyond the name of the candidate or their party affiliation.
Wrong by a factor of 10, even in Bush's worst times there were 130,000 not 13,000 jobs per month. So the question was bullshit from the get go.