First a link to a Bloomberg story that reports California has bad unemployment that, at 12%, is second only to Nevada. Bloomberg notes:
The most-populous state lost 1.4 million jobs during the recession that began three years ago, and has gained back only 226,800, or about 17 percent.The second story is about the President's popularity in California. The Los Angeles Times reports that President Obama remains very popular in CA, and would handily defeat any of the Republican candidates now in the running:
The survey also showed that Obama's strength in California has endured despite deep dissatisfaction among voters with the economy. (snip) When asked to judge the president on a range of issues, respondents were negative on economic matters such as jobs, the economy, the federal deficit and taxes. His only positive rating came on terrorism and — narrowly — on Medicare, and voters were split on his handling of healthcare.Californians disapproved of Obama's performance on the economy, and were hurting worse than residents of most other states, but would vote for him nevertheless. Apparently the really bad economy isn't what motivates California voters. Go figure....
