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Originally Posted by whell
No, that's not the inference. The inference is that states like OH, PA and CA voted for Obama. They voted to continue "the new normal" of high deficits, sluggish growth and high unemployment. The president, who said that the second half of his first term was going to have a laser-like focus on new jobs, was re-elected. So, I hope those folks in states like OH, PA and CA continue to enjoy the new normal.
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Utter BS. They voted not to return to the policies that got us in so deep in the first place.
When Obama was elected there were economists all over the place saying that winning the '08 election was a Pyrrhic victory because the sad state of the economy was such that it seemed impossible to gain recovery within four years. Remember the Onion headline - "Black Man Hired for World's Worst Job." The fact that the economy has survived is remarkable. No one other than defeatists, obstructionists, or cynical spin doctors suggest that the current state of growth is the new normal.