The so-called gurus are out in force this morning saying no president has won a second term in

[still_one]

in office when the unemployment rate on election day topped 7.2%

Funny how they seem to ignore the unemployment rate when Obama took office, or whose policies were responsible for that unemployment rate

[sasha031]

1. we have one of the most lazy corrpt media in the world

if it wasn't for blogs and DU where would we be.

[still_one]

9. You are absolutely right /nt

[Pab Sungenis]

2. And the party in power when the unemployment rate was over 7.2% in 2008

lost the White House.

And the party in power when the unemployment rate was over 7.2% in 2010 lost the House of Representatives and nearly the Senate.

[monmouth]

3. Seventeen months is a long way off.....n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. FDR was reelected in 1936 and the unemployment was twice that rate

[monmouth]

5. I swear people were smarter then....n/t

[liberalmuse.com]

6. Just a question...

What gurus are you speaking of? Don't get me wrong, I don't doubt what you're saying. Just curious.

[JuniperLea]

7. Look around...

Not hard to find.

[Lionessa]

8. Doesn't change the fact it may be true, but it looks at the moment

like the Republicans are intending on losing. We'll see, actually I think they like a second term Dem in the white house and Rep Congress

[jwirr]

10. They forget to add that this president is going to be running against

a party that has done everything in their power to wreck the economy since 1980. I am hoping that the majority of the people will see this. I think most minority groups understand this clearly. It is just the white overlords who reject the idea.

[Motown_Johnny]

11. Nobody who wasn't lily white had ever won either, what is their point?

Has any sitting President with an approval rating of over 51% ever lost?



(no I don't know the answer to this, just throwing it out there)

[palmtree guy]

12. nitpicking

there was no incumbent running against Obama

[Indykatie]

13. Regardless of What the Unemployment Rate is in 2012

Americans will ask themselves if they really believe any of the republicans can or could have done better than Obama. Given the resistance to the auto bailouts the unemployment number would have been much worse. I think the majority of folks will agree that a second Obama administration is better for the economy than a republican one. They have after all used their control of the House to work on everything BUT creating jobs.

[Wind Dancer]

14. Don't remember a president...

.. ever being selected by SCOTUS, either.

Our media has an agenda and its not in the interest of the common folks.

[still_one]

15. no question about it /nt

[Dawson Leery]

16. That's the "liberal" media.

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