...came out a little better than expected. Non-farm payrolls were down by less-than-expected, private payrolls were up by more-than-expected and the previous months' revisions were all better. In addition, average hourly earnings were up and blah, blah, blah.This is all an excuse to reiterate my prediction for 2012: President Obama will win reelection in a landslide, or at least by a higher margin than in '08.
Why? Because the economy will be seen as on the mend by that time. And because the Republicans -- encouraged by their midterm gains in 2010 -- will nominate someone from the base who will be seen as too extreme by the general populace.
Remember Reagan-Mondale in '84.
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