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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Richard Adams

Good news about bad news

Jobless change Bush v Obama
Chart-warming news: Some job figures for the White House to brag about

How much has the Obama's White House missed David Plouffe, Obama's campaign manager for the 2008 elections? A lot, perhaps, in terms of choosing a message that changes the political dialogue, if the chart above (click here for a readable version) is any guide.

This was emailed out by Plouffe last night, via his Organising for America gig, and it gets across a succinct point that the Obama administartion and the Treasury have failed to so far: that the state of the labour market is improving. And portrayed this way, it also does a nice job of juxtaposing the Obama administration with the tail of the Bush era.

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