* Obama on end of skeptical questions
* Hopes for greater cooperation with Republicans
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama
faced some skeptical questions from young people and defended
his policies, from job creation to immigration, on Thursday in
an effort to rev up Democratic voter enthusiasm for the Nov. 2
midterm elections.
Obama appeared at a live television event in his latest
attempt to reach young people and recapture some of the magic
from his 2008 presidential victory as polls show the Democrats
trailing in the congressional vote.
One man peppered Obama with questions about his economic
policies and asked whether he would deserve re-election in
2012. "Why should we still support you going forward with your
monetary economic policies, and if the economy doesn't improve
over the next two years why should we put you back in?" he
asked.
Obama said he took office when the country was in the
throes of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression
and the $814 billion economic stimulus he pushed through
Congress "no doubt" saved or created 3 million jobs.
"While the economy was contracting when I came into office,
it's now growing," he said. "With respect to the private
sector, we've seen job growth nine consecutive months."
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* Hopes for greater cooperation with Republicans
By Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON, Oct 14 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama
faced some skeptical questions from young people and defended
his policies, from job creation to immigration, on Thursday in
an effort to rev up Democratic voter enthusiasm for the Nov. 2
midterm elections.
Obama appeared at a live television event in his latest
attempt to reach young people and recapture some of the magic
from his 2008 presidential victory as polls show the Democrats
trailing in the congressional vote.
One man peppered Obama with questions about his economic
policies and asked whether he would deserve re-election in
2012. "Why should we still support you going forward with your
monetary economic policies, and if the economy doesn't improve
over the next two years why should we put you back in?" he
asked.
Obama said he took office when the country was in the
throes of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression
and the $814 billion economic stimulus he pushed through
Congress "no doubt" saved or created 3 million jobs.
"While the economy was contracting when I came into office,
it's now growing," he said. "With respect to the private
sector, we've seen job growth nine consecutive months."
� Continued...
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