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Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney for President Releases New Web Video, "Broken Promises: Jobs and the Economy"

May 02, 2012

Today, Romney for President released a new web video, "Broken Promises: Jobs and the Economy." In 2008, President Obama said he measures progress by how many people can find a job. Today, the unemployment rate is still over eight percent and nearly twenty-three million Americans are unemployed, underemployed, or have stopped looking for work.

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AD FACTS: Script For "Broken Promises: Jobs and the Economy"

VIDEO TEXT: "August 28, 2008"

VIDEO TEXT: "What Barack Obama Promised..."

SEN. BARACK OBAMA: "You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month, so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma."

  • SEN. BARACK OBAMA: "You see, we Democrats have a very different measure of what constitutes progress in this country. We measure progress by how many people can find a job that pays the mortgage, whether you can put a little extra money away at the end of each month, so you can someday watch your child receive her college diploma." (Sen. Barack Obama, "Remarks," Denver, CO 8/28/08)

VIDEO TEXT: "2009-2012"

VIDEO TEXT: "What President Obama Delivered."

VIDEO TEXT: "Median Household Income Has Declined By $4,300."

  • Under President Obama, Median Household Has Declined $4,300 Since January 2009. "Yet real median household income in March was down $4,300 since Obama took office in January 2009 and down $2,900 since the June 2009 start of the economic recovery, according to an analysis of census data by Sentier Research, an economic- consulting firm in Annapolis, Maryland." (Mike Dorning, "Obama Fails To Stem Middle-Class Slide He Blamed On Bush," Bloomberg, 4/30/12)

VIDEO TEXT: "Unemployment Has Been Above 8% For A Record-Breaking Thirty-Eight Straight Months."

  • Unemployment Has Been Above 8% For A Record-Breaking Thirty-Eight Straight Months. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, Accessed 4/28/12)

VIDEO TEXT: "Nearly Twenty-Three Million Americans Are Unemployed, Underemployed, Or Have Stopped Looking For Work."

  • Nearly Twenty-Three Million Americans Are Unemployed, Underemployed, Or Have Stopped Looking For Work. (Bureau Of Labor Statistics, www.bls.gov, Accessed 4/28/12)

Mitt Romney, Romney Campaign Press Release - Romney for President Releases New Web Video, "Broken Promises: Jobs and the Economy" Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/301356

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