Obama touts economic gains under his watch

President Barack Obama laid claim to an economic recovery Thursday that he said has made steady progress even as he blamed Republicans for rejecting steps he said would help families with little to show for an upturn that has lowered unemployment, beefed up corporate accounts and fueled the stock market. Promoting pocketbook issues in the homestretch of the midterm election campaign, Obama fluctuated between bullish assurances that the recovery was real and recognition that joblessness and low wages still afflict millions of Americans.

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