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Historical pattern shows Obama losing?

Feb 10, 2012 Comments Off by

Republicans should take a moment out from fretting about their choices in the primary and look at this. It’s from earlier in the week, but in case you missed it, it’s worth noting . . .

The three presidents since World War II who were …

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Unemployment hasn’t actually fallen at all under Obama

Feb 09, 2012 Comments Off by

That sounds like a wild thing to say, but here is the rationale, and it’s actually quite simple:

For starters, almost the entire decline in the unemployment rate over the last year has been ephemeral. The rate is calculated by dividing the people who do …

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