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President. bill: what would that mean for you at home? >> reporter: if you are looking for a job and you are unemployed. 80,000 new jobs last month is not a very high number. in fact it's a low number. if you are looking for a job, you have got a lot more competition. 181,000 people joined the workforce so you are competing for a limited number of new jobs. bill: are we headed for a recession? >> reporter: these numbers imply we are not in a recession. there has been some growth in employment. admittedly it's weak, but wore not in a recession. the prediction is for a flat economy growing 1% to...

Unemployment. what happens then? >> probably knew is going to be true. bill: what happens then? >> unless they are willing to have some game changing moment -- bill: what happens to the country if president obama is sitting along -- >> we continue to limp along. what is really sad you have people on unemployment benefits now for 99 weeks. at 99 weeks you start losing your benefits. 181,000 people just stopped looking. the intensity on the republican side for midterm is 44% compared to democrats 22% that will get stronger and mean further losses to for the democrats in november. bill: do you se...

Unemployment. what happens then? >> probabliy all the way throuh november, what happens then? >> what's going to continue to happen? >> what happens to the country -- >> we limp along. we continue to limp along and you know what's really sad is you have these people who have been on unemployment benefits now for 99 weeks and at 99 weeks, you start losing your benefits. then you have, as i said, 181,000 people just stopped looking and the intensity on the republican side for the midterms is at 44% compared to democrats' 22%. that will only get stronger and that will mean further losses for the ...

There was absolute transparency when he came onboard. remember the democrats had been in congress for the past four years. prior to president obama taking over. to his analogy, he took the wheel. if i could continue the metaphor, 19 months ago. at some point has to realize that his policies are not divorced from the results that they have now. i remember in 2006 the democrats really tagged president bush and crushed us in the midterm elections saying president bush would stay the course on iraq. i think the republicans could state same about president obama now that stay the course on the econ...