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Obama: We've got to grow the economy even faster

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    Reaction to jobs report on the campaign trail

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Good evening I'm John Roberts in for -- -- tonight just 80000 jobs were created last month that the lower end of what economists had predicted.

That means the unemployment rate held steady at eight point 2% leaving President Obama scrambling to find a silver lining.

And putting Republican challenger Mitt Romney on offense.

We have fox team coverage tonight Mike Emmanuel looks at the hard hit construction sector Carl Cameron reports on how the candidates are defining themselves and each other.

But we begin tonight with chief White House correspondent Ed Henry who is traveling with the president.

After taking heat for saying the private sector is doing fine President Obama today brushed aside -- dismal jobs report to assist the economy is on the right track.

Businesses have created four point four million.

New jobs over the past -- eight months.

Including 500000.

New manufacturing jobs.

That's a step.

As he ruled his way through to battlegrounds the president's point was -- the country has come a long way.

In states like Ohio and Pennsylvania now have unemployment rates below the national average he's still pushing hard for we've got to grow.

-- presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney had none of it interrupting his New Hampshire vacation to blast away and it is another kick in the guest.

The middle class families it's worse when you add up the Americans unable to find a job forced to take part time work for -- have simply given up looking.

Which -- Labor Department says is fourteen point 9%.

A former commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics says another key number shows the labor market is stacked.

-- and employment to population they should just -- share the populations working.

And that number now is at 58 point 6% roughly the same -- three years ago.

The president took a not so subtle swipe -- Romney's jet ski vacation by waxing nostalgic about an Obama family vacation when he was eleven.

We travel around the country.

On Greyhound buses.

And all -- we certainly Howard Johnson's.

The president did not mention last summer was a bit nicer on Martha's Vineyard and governor Romney said he doubts voters -- -- him some time off.

When I think all Americans.

Appreciate the memories as they have with their children and their grandchildren.

The Republican group crossroads GPS is keeping the heat on the president with the new 25 million dollar ad -- Barack Obama's got lots of excuses for the -- economy headwinds coming from Europe.

We got a string of bad like an earthquake in Japan.

The president said these super pac ads will rain down on his head but revived a line from 2008 to say he's ready.

Republicans tonight according to comments by then.

Senate candidate Obama in 2004 where he -- President Bush for over celebrating economic -- -- -- -- that month the economy created.

3101000.

Jobs much different time John Sampson with a much different time Ed Henry tonight and -- sweltering Pittsburgh.

And thanks so much.

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