Office. 7.5 for ronald reagan and 7.6 for barack obama. and something interesting happens to the men a year into the presidencies, unemployment spikes, it goes up to about 9.8 for president obama and goes up to, if you can believe it 10.8 for president reagan. president reagan was able to incrementally bring that number down every quarter. in a way that president obama hasn't been able to. what was the difference in strategy? >> you're right they came in with similar numbers, but by '81, ronald reagan lowered, cut business taxes, estate tax and by reelection day it was down into the five and c...