Twice tonight, Rick Santorum has pledged to reverse the decline in manufacturing jobs. Good luck. The U.S. factory sector has been shrinking for decades. Employment has actually rebounded in recent years under Obama, but it remains far below its prerecession level, let alone its historical peak.
Leah Libresco
After CNBC’s fiasco (at least according to many observers), the Fox Business debate hosts promoted their debate as “the real debate on the economy.” So far, they’re keeping their promise (for the JV debate at least). A third of the way through, all questions have been on economic issues, two per candidate. Though Santorum, unsurprisingly, managed to find an opening to talk about incentivizing marriage.
Harry Enten
Yeah, Chris Christie just attacked Hillary Clinton, as he has done before. Talk about knowing who your audience is. Clinton has just a 7 percent favorable rating to 90 percent unfavorable rating among Republicans, according to a Quinnipiac University poll released last week. That -83 percentage point net favorability rating is far below even the most unpopular Republicans.
