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Immune?

by David Kurtz
07.21.11 | 6:53 am

I still think the slow pace of economic recovery and the dismal job situation are a political booby trap waiting to snare President Obama at any moment, but Gallup’s editor in chief says no President in the history of their polling has polled as well as Obama when the public is as unhappy with the economy.

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