The unemployment numbers this morning were not only good news for the country. They were unquestionably good news for the President’s reelection efforts. A couple years ago, 8% unemployment was often the benchmark people referenced as what the President needed to be secure in his reelection efforts. By the middle of last year, that seemed wildly unrealistic. But now, with the news that the unemployment rate has fallen to 8.3%, we can’t rule out the possibility that it will cross the 8% threshold by November.
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Newt announces he won’t deliver a post-caucus speech, but will hold a presser instead.
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TPM’s Benjy Sarlin was in full-on Alexis de Tocqueville mode today. Check him out.