Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120106:20:25:00
Affect the president's battle plan for 2012? >> they will play right into it if they improve. there was one figure we often hear when it comes to politics and the jobless numbers. no president has been reelected with a rate b above 8% since 1984. the reason that reagan was reelected is it's a question of relativity. it was as high as 11% or over 11% in the years proceeding. that 84 election. the trend was ronald reagan's friend and in this instance, the trend is personal president obama's friend. he is obliged through economic and political prudence to say we are not out of the woods and we do...