AdvertisementCould Unemployment Numbers Cost Obama His Job?June 03, 2011Liz HalloranfacebookEmailPresident Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, Calif., on April 21, 2011. Obama was out West selling his big picture deficit-reduction plan, but many people are waiting for a quick fix to their own economic problems caused chiefly by persistent unemployment and the crippled housing market. (AP)