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On Obama’s ‘worst day,’ an opening for Romney

By Matt Viser and Michael Kranish

 |  Globe Staff  

  June 02, 2012

The announcement Friday that the unemployment rate had risen slightly boosted Mitt Romney’s presidential hopes and may have dealt President Obama the worst day so far in his reelection bid, analysts said yesterday. While the analysts cautioned that the rise in the unemployment rate from might prove to be a blip in a trend line that had been slowly improving for months, it comes as many voters are forming opinions about the race and about Romney’s qualifications to turn around the economy.

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