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Fun for Flip
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:03 pm
by callmeslick
ok, you are reluctant to wager, but we CAN have fun with this nifty calculator. Try pushing the Obama popularity slider up to 47%
(a 4% rise) and see the results.
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011 ... lator.html
Re: Fun for Flip
Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 7:36 pm
by flip
How exactly could ANY president do any of this on his own? They can't. They can holler "Pass this Bill". That's about it. See, I'm hoping that people are actually waking up to this fact. OWS
Re: Fun for Flip
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 7:00 am
by woodchip
No incumbent president has won re-election with approval ratings below 50% have they ?
Re: Fun for Flip
Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2011 5:03 pm
by callmeslick
woodchip wrote:No incumbent president has won re-election with approval ratings below 50% have they ?
two have, to my knowlege. Truman and Clinton, I believe, although Bush was damn close in 2004. What has NEVER happened is a President getting re-elected with election day unemployment greater than 7.5%. Time will tell if Obama is the first. Enough seriousness in this thread, I did point out this was a FUN exercise.