TOBY HARNDEN: Number of Americans working or looking for jobs falls to 30-year-low in a severe blow to Obama’s campaign. “The percentage of Americans working or looking for work has fallen to its lowest level in more than 30 years, according to gloomy economic figures that are a major blow to President Barack Obama’s hopes of re-election. This stark ‘participation’ figure of the proportion of Americans in work will underline the sense of continued crisis at a time when the views of voters on the economy are crystallising.”