The White House's Economic Case for Reelection in 13 Charts

[Portsider]

Whether you love the president, hate the president, or think he's just in over his head, you'll want to see this. It's the Treasury Department's visual slideshow of the state of the economy, called simply The U.S. Economy in Charts (now that's my kind of Department report).

If you're a fan of the Obama administration, you'll want to see these graphs because they represent the White House's case for another term -- in easy picture form. The case is: The economy is better than you think. The bailouts and stimulus worked better than you think. And government is smaller than you think. If you hate the Obama administration, you'll want to see these graphs because it's going to be an economics-focused election, and you'd better understand the argument your side will be running against.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...charts/253806/

I'll await the spin from the Rethugs on this board-this usually consists of an attack the messenger because they don't like the message.Faux Newsand Limprag tells them otherwise. LMFAO

[bigfatfurrytexan]

I've got no spin for you (and do not vote GOP). But one of the main things i disliked about Obama was his continuation of the Bush stimulus/tax plan. It was one of the things that made me dislike Bush, honestly. And of all the things that Obama blames Bush for, he doesn't blame him for handing him the template for affecting the current change in the economy. It isn't like he concocted the whole plan on his own. It was a final gift from Bush (and one I still disagree with).

I mean, can't we all just simply borrow money to address our persistent cash flow issues? If our government is any indication, you improve cash position by leveraging credit and then just simply live payday to payday off your credit.

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[dngnb8]

I'll await the spin

You dont have to wait. The spin is in your link

Im laughing at you boy

[bigfatfurrytexan]

BINGO!!!

Just like i was saying....

[Portsider]

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[txradioguy]

The 3 economic charts that could crash Obama’s reelection hopes
Vice President Joe Biden is telling Ohio voters today that “things really are starting to come back.”

Is one of those “things” the U.S. economy? Because as the following three charts show, the U.S. economy is struggling through an abysmal recovery not really worth the name:






Well, at least we’re doing better than Europe, right? Maybe not. German first-quarter GDP came in at 2.1%, and many economists now think U.S first-quarter GDP will be revised downward below 2%.

Anyway, perhaps President Obama can somehow argue things are going about as well as can be expected after a financial crisis. Then again, a recent CBS-New York Times poll found that 67% of Americans think the economy is “bad” and gave Mitt Romney a 46-43 lead over the president.

So far voters don’t seem to be really buying Biden’s — or Obama’s — comeback story. They may not have seen these three charts, but they sure are feeling them, unfortunately, in their everyday lives. From Gallup:







http://blog.american.com/2012/05/the...lection-hopes/