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15. FDR was re-elected twice with unemployment rates of 16.6% ('36) & 14.6% ('40)

Sat Jul 7, 2012, 12:31 PM

Jul 2012

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/on-the-maddeningly-inexact-relationship-between-unemployment-and-re-election/

It's perhaps not ironic that the media have harped on this meme because in their wingnut world, life only begins at Raygun.

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Can Obama Defy History? [View all] kpete Jul 2012 OP

He has done it before. russspeakeasy Jul 2012 #1

Plus One. NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #3

Several times in fact: Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2012 #4

history is the record of the past- not a mandate for the future- Bluerthanblue Jul 2012 #2

He has before he can again. SoutherDem Jul 2012 #5

it seems M$M wants us NOT to think so. Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #6

Or DVR or Netflix Springslips Jul 2012 #14

Same here! I was thinking about Olympics and conventions coming up... Ship of Fools Jul 2012 #16

We live in a time of relentless, rapid change. bemildred Jul 2012 #7

+infinity BumRushDaShow Jul 2012 #13

There's more precedent to suggest that he WILL be re-elected Mutiny In Heaven Jul 2012 #10

Yes he can rufus dog Jul 2012 #11

BCU ProfessionalLeftist Jul 2012 #17

He had better! magnifisense Jul 2012 #18

If the economy is a major theme (and it usually is when it's bad), hughee99 Jul 2012 #19

He already has. He became the president. HopeHoops Jul 2012 #21