Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20120408:11:06:00
Months that we've highlighted here, the unemployment rate was rising. and according to his theory, it was that impression that voters took to the polls. president jimmy carter, the unemployment rate was headed down in the leadup, but in the april, may, june, springtime frame, unemployment was rising. we all know carter lost his re-election bid despite an improving jobs picture. one more. let's look at a trend lien for a president who won a second term. ronald reagan despite a punishing unemployment rate, the top 10% during his first term because it was heading in the right direction, downward,...