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Chicago Tribune - GOP campaign: ‘U.S. economy robust’

The Republicans have their work cut out for them in the congressional elections ahead, having lost the House and Senate even before the start of a new Democratic president.

But it appears that work might begin at their own congressional campaign Web-site.

Among the issues enumerated at the home-page of the National Republican Congressional Commitee are the economy and job-creation.

"Thanks to Republican economic policies, the U.S. economy is robust and job creation is strong,'' the Web-site boasts. "Republican tax cuts are creating jobs and continuing to strengthen the economy, yet there is still more to do so that every American who wants a job can find one.''

With nearly 3 million jobs lost in the last year and unemployment at a modern peak, this could either be more of that "fundamentals of the American economy are strong'' talk that got the party in trouble in the last elections or simply time for a Web-site makeover.

We'll check back next week.