Not quite as easy as Romney – in another lapse into Reagan nostalgia – would have you believe. Obama's current rate is 11.29. Carter's – in year 3 – was 17.07 heading to 20.76. Reagan's Misery Index rating was higher than Obama's for every year of his first term. Neither Carter nor Reagan inherited – I repeat, inherited – the sharpest downturn and worst finanical crisis since the 1930s. And what if the Index declines next year – as it well might?
Romnet remains one of the dumbest politicians on the national scene. It's goo to see him going nowhere fast so far (though this, of course, could change).
The Dish 