Obama and Clinton say jobs drop shows need for jolt
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Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama called on Friday for Congress to broaden its planned stimulus package after new data showed a drop in U.S. employment.
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Gathering strength, Sen. Barack Obama collected a key labor endorsement and coaxed away one of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's delegates on Friday, at the same time he criticized his rival for supporting legislation harmful to workers.
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The latest polls show Hillary Clinton's lead is shrinking, and Obama has pulled ahead among African-Americans.
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The economy added 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was revised higher and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday in a report that eased fears over a sharp economic slowdown.
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New jobless figures will show a fall in unemployment rate for the first time in months, hints Tony Blair.
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The White House on Monday acknowledged  the U.S. economy had hit a rough patch but disagreed with  Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton's prediction  that a recession was looming.
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A report showing modest gains in US jobs provided ammunition to backers of President George W. Bush touting an expanding economy, but also to his rival, John Kerry, and those claiming a weak, uneven recovery.
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In the shadow of Bill Clinton and his gleaming new presidential library, leaders of the struggling Democratic Party held informal discussions this week of how to come back from their devastating Election Day losses.
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Democratic presidential  candidate Hillary Clinton accused rival Barack Obama of lacking  substance and experience on Thursday as she fought for  political traction after a string of losses.
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Unemployment declined last month in eight of 10 states that are hotly contested in the presidential race, including Ohio where job losses and a struggling economy have boosted Democrat John Kerry&#39;s election hopes.
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The number of new applications filed last week for unemployment benefits fell sharply, offering a hopeful sign that the recovery in the job market may be gaining some steam.
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The U.S. economy added 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was revised higher and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday in a report that eased fears over a sharp economic slowdown.
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The economy grew at a faster pace this spring than previously thought, but it was at its weakest in more than a year, providing ammunition to both candidates in the final weeks of the presidential race.
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For Bush&#39;s dad, it was &#39;the economy, stupid&#39;: Bill Clinton swept into the White House 12 years ago on a wave of pessimism about the &#39;jobless recovery&#39; from the early 1990s recession, confirming the received wisdom that what really matters on polling day
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) - After July&#39;s jobs report came up much weaker than expected, August&#39;s figures probably calmed nerves at the White House and the Federal Reserve, both of which have been making the case that recent economic soft spots were only temporary.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton, struggling for the renewed momentum a win in Tuesday's Wisconsin primary would provide, reached out to working class families with a detailed economic plan while rival Barack Obama courted John Edwards in a bid to widen his lead in a tight Democratic presidential nominating race.
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Grounded by bad weather, Hillary Rodham Clinton noshed on eggs at a diner and visited a Hispanic grocery Sunday while her advisers argued that Barack Obama had abandoned a commitment to accept public funding if he wins the Democratic presidential nomination.