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ucrdem

(15,720 posts)
14. Also: unemployment DOWN, housing starts UP, consumer confidence UP, approval ratings UP
Tue May 21, 2013, 10:23 PM
May 2013

good grief, even optimism is up:

For the first time since the 100-day mark of Obama’s first term, most say they are optimistic about the direction of the economy. More than half, 56 percent, say the economy is on the mend, the most to say so in polls since 2009.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obamas-rating-steady-amid-controversies-likely-buoyed-by-rising-economic-hopes/2013/05/20/5509c03e-c17f-11e2-bfdb-3886a561c1ff_story.html?hpid=z2


And is the economy ever on the mend. From your Forbes link sheshe -- unemployment down, consumer confidence up:




. . . and markets up, up, UP!



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Depends on whose economy you're talking about. PDJane May 2013 #1
Indeed, take a look at the unemployment rates...they still suck aristocles May 2013 #2
This is the Barack Obama Group. sheshe2 May 2013 #4
It's better than when I graduated from high school and college...eom Kolesar May 2013 #5
Given how badly LostOne4Ever May 2013 #9
I am. IrishAyes May 2013 #10
If you measure the economy by the wealth of wall street investors, and corporate exectuives... Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #3
Have you no respect for a group's standards? IrishAyes May 2013 #11
Actually that group could use a little banging, however I appologize... Agnosticsherbet May 2013 #13
"By all measures, President Obama has outperformed every modern President." Cha May 2013 #6
TOD and Forbes have it right, Cha. sheshe2 May 2013 #7
I doubt some would stop at metaphors, given half a chance. No honor among them. None. IrishAyes May 2013 #12
clinton=great stock market; shrub=terrible stock market; obama=great stock market unblock May 2013 #8
Not just the stock market. ucrdem May 2013 #15
Also: unemployment DOWN, housing starts UP, consumer confidence UP, approval ratings UP ucrdem May 2013 #14
For the life of me, sheshe2 May 2013 #16
Thanks sheshe! ucrdem May 2013 #17
isn't "thanks sheshe" redundant? unblock May 2013 #18
This post would not be met well ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #20
Exactamundo. ucrdem May 2013 #21
I no longer can tell ... 1StrongBlackMan May 2013 #22
One of the best of all time. May his agenda continue forever. graham4anything May 2013 #19
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