"No president has ever been reelected with 9% unemployment."

[TheWraith]

And no President had ever been elected while black, either.

No Senator had been elected President since 1960.

No President in modern history has masterminded the successful elimination of the US' number one enemy.

And most importantly, no president has ever had to run for reelection against the psychotic clown brigade that is the Republican 2012 hopefuls.

Oh yeah... and we don't know what unemployment is going to be this time next year.

[Skittles]

1. no president has been elected while female

just saying

[itsrobert]

3. No Mormon has been elected

just saying

[Skittles]

4. percentage of females / Mormons please

[Sheepshank]

44. Well...by the time they get to heaven

they will need to have 35:1 .....more women.

It's why so many fundie mormon towns expell naughty boys...it's an excuse to cull the competition.

[JimGinPA]

6. Probably Because The Right Woman Hasn't Run Yet nt

[Bake]

7. Care to suggest who the "right" woman might be?

Just curious ...

:hi:

Bake

[DonCoquixote]

13. Elizabeth Warren?

Someone far to the left of Hillary,
though I could see Oprah doing it,
or Caroline Kennedy,
or maybe Maria Shriver,
all of whom are far to the left
of either Ferraro or Hillary.

[Bake]

17. Frankly, I can't see any of the ones on your list as Prez

Except Hillary, whom I supported in the 08 primaries.

I haven't seen enough of Warren to judge whether she is more than a single issue expert.

Bake

[DonCoquixote]

31. Hillary

She made the machinery that pulled the dems to the right, and if in 2008 she said she would tear it down, I might have supported her, but to be honest, her campaign showed she was going to play right wing and let Bill run amok, which is why she lost.

[TheWraith]

24. Gods no.

I personally like Caroline Kennedy, but she would need some experience first. The others are non-starters.

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, on the other hand...

[DonCoquixote]

32. Gilibrand I like

or janet Napolitano, or even maybe Dianne Feinstein

[DonCoquixote]

33. Other female prezzes

Maxine Waters,
Corrine Lee,
Barbara Boxer,

all to the left of the center

[TheWraith]

35. DiFi... Ugh.

Authoritarian war profiteer. I can't believe the same state elected both her and Boxer.

But seriously... put money on Gillibrand.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

36. i am with you on gillibrand!

[JimGinPA]

40. Kind Of Like Pornography...

I guess I'll recognize it when I see it. Or in this case "her". I haven't seen a woman run yet that that I have thought would actually be the best Presidential candidate.

[emilyg]

16. Clinton was right.

[JimGinPA]

20. Obviously Not

[Ignis]

23. You're correct: Not Right enough for the banksters, apparently.

:banghead:

[emilyg]

26. She would have fought

harder for us.

[DonCoquixote]

29. harder

for what?

War with Iran?
Nafta?
H1b visas?

It's one thing to say Hillary is skilled, but to say she if left of Obama makes no sense, she would fight to push the party to the center, as she always has, the reason many of us are angry at Obama is because he became juts like the clintons!

[pnwmom]

2. And we don't know what sort of federal work program or

economic stimulus that Obama will promote and the Democrats will push for -- and the Rethugs will work to stop. I hope, if levels remain high, they all go on record opposing a work program months before the election.

[franzia99]

37. I don't see the dems pushing for anything. If you ask me the dem status quo needs to go and be

replaced with a new generation of dems with good ideas re fixing the economy who actually have the courage to do something for regular people instead of their donors.

[randr]

5. That is why the dems need to make a case as to how the republlicans

have made destroying the economy and job outlook their priority.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Except that Roosevelt was re-elected in 1936 with over 14% unemployment.

[TheWraith]

25. That too.

A good example of why it's hard to say "never" in American politics.

[franzia99]

38. FDR was a lot more proactive on the economy than Obama has been.

[Drale]

9. I'm pretty sure FDR was reelected with 30% unemployment

or at least somewhere in that area.

[Kolesar]

11. FDR was elected with 45% unemployment

[Wednesdays]

30. Actually, it was 145% unemployment

[lumberjack_jeff]

46. Is that all? Let me tell you about *my* childhood... n/t

[msongs]

10. number one enemy? US corporations have been outlawed? wishful thinking lol nt

[LLStarks]

12. I don't think we should celebrate if Obama gets reelected with unemployment any higher. nt

[Marr]

14. Luckily for the top 1%, they've purchased both parties and can

supply and endless run of one-term presidents if need be. The new Bipartisan Party slogan is, "where you gonna go, sucker?".

[Mimosa]

15. What's to celebrate when jobless people are hurting?

This economy is genuinely the worst in my lifetime, which is well over 50 years.

There are many 'if onlys'. Corporations should be made to manufacture HERE at home.

[emilyg]

18. Worst in my lifetime, too. We have

nothing to celebrate

[ClarkUSA]

21. They'd be hurting alot more if Pres. Obama hasn't made a deal to extend UI back in December.

Doesn't stop some people from loudly bemoaning the extension of the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy, though.

[MannyGoldstein]

19. No monotremes or cephalopods either. Nt

[bemildred]

22. "Past performance is no guarantee of future results." nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

27. "The Green Bay Packers' season is done" "They can't possibly

make it to the Super Bowl with that many injuries to key players".

It's true.

[Dan]

28. As long as the elderly

believe that the GOP plan to make Medicare a voucher system - and potentially privatize Social Security if they get a majority - Obama has nothing to worry about.

[woo me with science]

34. No President has ever been elected promising to double seniors' out of pocket health care costs. nt

[franzia99]

39. It'll be sky high next year too. Economists predicted 8.5%. I doubt it could be lower.

[robcon]

41. Ever heard of FDR? Unemployment was 16.9% in 1936.

Fake facts. Fake conclusions. Fake thread.

[JoePhilly]

42. The OP is referring to a claim made all day yesterday in the media.

I bet I heard it on 5 different shows.

[Sheepshank]

43. Previous Presidents with 9% unemployment were the ones that caused the 9% unemployment n/a

I think the hemmoraghing of jobs to the tune of 700,000/month under the Bush is more widely known.

[robcon]

45. FDR caused the depression, Sheepshank?

I think he saved the country after Hoover.