believe african-americans in particular from getting to the polls. that s a dangerous game and it s our lead story tonight. plus, why does wall street hate president obama? hate him?! and that s the correct word, hate. some on wall street say it s because the president hates them and even business itself. really? let s get into that one. and joe maginnis new book on s sarah palin, the rogue. the sarah palin does get into the race, will this book hurt her chances. and let s finish with the hard test president obama faces. we ll start with what texas miracle, and we re asking that question, what texas miracle? david corn is a msnbc political analyst, and the delightful dana mi milbank joins us. let s take a look at these numbers here. if you look at the numbers this way, the unemployment rate is rising, up to 8.5% in texas. texas. but it s coming down nationally,
here s a guy who s lived by conditions, attacked obama by conditions, and now finds himself, dana milbank, suffering the consequences. because presidents and governments don t necessarily control the unemployment rates. no, right. you ve got the texas miracle meeting at of the texas chainsaw massacre right now. and the massacre is this nationwide economy. now, it s not rick perry s fault that he has 8.5% unemployment. was it his fault was it his claim to fame that it was lower? it shouldn t have been. and it s not barack obama s fault that there s 9.1% unemployment nationwide. look, the president s going to get blamed for the economy no matter what, so he ll suffer from that regardless. but i think this is another lesson here, that these guys don t actually control anything. the trend in texas has been this way for 20 years, as mitt romney loves to point out, the job growth rate was triple under ann richards and george w. bush. it just happens the iss it s k of the draw. when