and with all the talk about adjusted expectations or predictions for future unemployment rates, it s important to point out that back in january of 2009, two of president obama s economic advisors, jared bernstein and kristina romer predicted if the $787 billion package became law, then the unemployment rate would not go above 8% but it did and it actually hit 10% in october of 2009. back to you in new york. thank you very much. we should point out that while mitt romney yesterday told mark helbern of time magazine bit by the end of his first term, that s not what he said in the first half. mitt romney said by the end of his first term they were projecting that unemployment would be at 5.9%. so that s pretty much 6%. congressional budget office also, though, the c.b.o., they projected the unemployment rate will drop to 5.3% by 2016. so that could be a number that