WASHINGTON (CNN) -- How long will the voters give President Barack Obama to turn the economy around? The president-elect is already laying down markers:

How long does Obama have to fix economy?-- Last month, Obama pledged, "We are going to create 2.5 million jobs."

-- This month, he laid down another marker: "That is how we will achieve the Number One goal of my plan, which is to create 3 million new jobs."

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