February 15, 2006 1:54 PM

Romney and jobs, part 2
Posted by Douglas Eisenhartat 1:54 PM

Last month over in the HR Blog I posed a question: has Governor Romney been good or bad for jobs in the Commonwealth?

Today I ask the same question - and Globe columnist Steve Bailey already knows his answer:

Since January 2003, when Romney took office, through the end of last year Massachusetts ranked 46th in job growth, up just 1.1 percent, according to Global Insight, an economic consulting firm. Nationally employment grew 2.8 percent. Massachusetts topped only Louisiana and Mississippi, which got crushed by Hurricane Katrina, and Michigan and Ohio, which got crushed by the decline of manufacturing.