Oh No, Obama: The Jobless Recovery Cometh

3:33 pm, August 13th, 2010 : Democraps, Economy, White House

More bad news for Barack Obama, Democrats and the White House: the jobless recovery is officially here and it does not look good for them.

November is only 90 days away and we might just double dip too.

Jobless Recovery Horror

Methinks the Senate will slip out of their hands too.

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