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US voters: Get us jobs
Jobs, jobs, jobs. If there’s any path out of the mess President Barack Obama found himself in on the first day of his second year in office, more aggressive promotion of the administration’s economy-boosting efforts — coupled with criticism of the Republican approach — is the one he has settled on. The White House in the New Year already had begun focusing greater attention on the nation’s angst over economic issues, including unemployment persisting near 10%. Officials said on Wednesday that shift will intensify now, an acknowledgment that stunning Senate win of Republican Scott Brown in Massachusetts requires course correction in Obama’s presidency.
