This much is certain on the day after the Iowa caucuses: There will be plenty of kvetching and moaning about the system. The winners will praise the Hawkeye State's voters as the wisest voters in America and celebrate the process as a shining example of democracy in action.
Sen. Hillary Clinton faces tonight's Iowa caucuses not as the inevitable Democratic presidential nominee but seriously challenged by Sen. Barack Obama, thanks in no small part to committing a strategic error: premature triangulation.
The Hudson Employment Index(SM) for Los Angeles climbed 2.8 points to 91.2 in December.
After rebounding in November, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for San Francisco plummeted 16.7 points to a record low of 74.2.
After hitting a record low in November, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for California workers fell another 4.7 points to 89.8 in December.
After last month’s dramatic drop, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for healthcare workers inched up 1.7 points to 91.9 in December.
While worker confidence was slipping in most parts of the country, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Boston inched up .5 points to 92 in December.
While worker confidence sunk for most of the nation in December, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Dallas-Ft. Worth rose 6.6 points to 109.4.
Confidence among accounting and finance workers fell for the fifth consecutive month in December, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) slipped 2.5 points to 90.5.
Following November’s dramatic drop, worker confidence in Chicago fell once again in December.
Ohio worker confidence slipped for the fourth consecutive month in December, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) dropped 1.4 points to 91.6.
IT worker confidence waned for the third consecutive month in December, as the group’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) fell 6.1 points to 97.4.
Worker confidence continued sinking in December, as the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Philadelphia dropped 5.7 points to 76.4.
Worker confidence in Florida weakened again in December, as the state’s Hudson Employment Index(SM) fell 5.8 points to 90.7.
Pennsylvania’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) fell for the second consecutive month, dropping 5.8 points to 88.7.
After hitting a record low in November, the state’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) rebounded 5.2 points to 114.3 in December.
Worker confidence improved among both African-American and Hispanic workers in December.
Confidence among manufacturing workers declined for the second consecutive month in December, as the sector’s Hudson Employment Index (SM) dropped 5.7 points to 77.3.
The Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Atlanta fell again in December, dropping 6.9 points to 93.5.
After a slight rebound in November, the Hudson Employment Index (SM) for Minneapolis - St. Paul inched down 1.8 points to 88.2 in December.
