<p>From the day in June 2011 when he announced his White House bid to the night last week when he delivered a commanding debate performance, Mitt Romney has slammed President Obama for a national unemployment rate that remained above 8 percent for 43 straight months.</p><p>But with Fridayas news that unemployment has dipped to 7.8 percent, the Republican nominee has been forced to modify an attack he has levied countless times.</p><p>aIf not for all the people who have simply dropped out of the labor force, the real unemployment rate would be closer to 11 percent,a Romney said in a statement issued shortly after the Bureau of Labor Statistics published its latest jobs report.</p><p>aWe created fewer jobs in September than in August, and fewer jobs in August than in July,a Romney added. In the few days since, Romney and his aides have made similar remarks on the trail and in interviews, signaling that these are the campaignas new economic talking points.</p><p><a href="http://www.boston.com/politicalintelligence/2012/10/08/trickle-good-news-about-economy-forces-messaging-tweak-romney-campaign/lyVUfapUYj7XoIj8cgSTKK/story.html">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://wordpress.theknoxstudent.com/blog/2012/10/10/debating-columnists-victor-in-presidential-debates/">Debating columnists: Victor in presidential debates</a> (The Knox Student (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=dcV5iNCqhg1q6EMSDY8Y-6bXPTGuM&ned=us">10,919 additional articles.</a></p>