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Bad News for GOP

by Josh Marshall
01.29.10 | 6:26 am

Job growth significantly lags GDP growth. But the news today that the economy grew at a 5.7 percent pace in the fourth quarter shows the dangers for congressional Republicans in banking on bad economic news as their main 2010 campaign strategy.

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