The Obama administration and top Democrats in Congress were pleased with the Jan. 4 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report showing an upward tick in employment and a slight dip in the national unemployment rate, at 7.8%. It's yet another sign that Obama's economic strategies are working, they said -- a boon for the middle class. Leid Stories deciphers Obama's middle-class muddle: (a) The classification certainly does not include the vast majority of people of color, and (b), Obama's staunchest supporters are the hardest hit by unemployment.
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