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    WH reacts to low job numbers

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The White House typically does not comment about these monthly jobs reports until an hour after they've been -- so it's not to influence the markets or or here's the they have sort of any idea undue influence over.

And coincidentally when that our past the president was boarding Marine One for a trip for three fund raisers in Minneapolis Minnesota -- off to Chicago after that this evening.

With three more fund -- He is expected -- makes do make some remarks in Minneapolis.

About a jobs program for -- so perhaps -- -- comment on the job numbers at that point and also deputy Press Secretary Josh Harris is expected to gaggle with reporters aboard Air Force One.

So perhaps we'll hear something from him in -- -- that we do have a statement.

From the chairman of the council of economic advisors Alan Krueger who said -- -- White House blog.

Quote problems in the job market -- long in the making and will not be solved overnight the economy lost jobs for.

25 straight months beginning in February of 2008.

In over eight million jobs are lost as result of the Great Recession we are still fighting back from the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

But the political implication of these numbers are -- found.

And as you can imagine candidate Mitt Romney governor Mitt Romney quick to pounce on the latest job numbers he said quote.

Today's weak jobs report is devastating news for American workers and American families.

This week is in a cascade of one bad piece of economic news after another slowing GDP growth.

Plunging concludes consumer confidence -- increase in the unemployment claims is now another dismal jobs report all stand.

As a harsh indictment of the president's handling of the economy.

That's just that that first shot out of the barrel candidate Mitt Romney can expect more to come as the day progresses we've got a statement from Nancy Pelosi.

As she said quote the American people's top priority remains job creation yet Republicans have no jobs plan.

And as I said you heard what.

-- right interact as they so clearly congress very much deadlocked over this issue of many issues that congress is deeply and deadlocked over in this election year.

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