let s be realistic. that was pretty clear. in that moment, you re like, okay then. all right. there s one she doesn t like. good luck with that. but, you know, david. chuck brings up a good point about election year politics in japan. that right now they re sort of taking hold, that everything the president is touching a failing. in foreign policy. we just don t really know. and we won t know for quite some time how all this is going to play out when the dust settles. obviously she s an intriguing figure. all of these people who were with president obama and now would like to see hillary run, i d be curious to see how the hillary camp embraces these folks that are with him. i suspect they ll accept their support. i ve been curious and maybe chuck can comment. on ukraine, there s been a lot of feeling that as time has gone on without teeing up this next
you talking about england? we will play ghana and we will win. we could tie portugal and we hope that germany will have tied up the group and we will be. we have to beat ghana. they were all different. america has a force in soccer. the queen of world football. the currency you believed in and it s taking hold. he wanted to show the world this was quite a test. it could be worse. it could be england. they are in a group with italy and uruguay. they will be home before their postcards. the only question sell they get a nasty sunburn or avoid it?
finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. i ll explain. but first, here s my take. the american economy seems to have picked up. the dow jones industrial average is hovering around 13,000, the highest since the financial crisis began in may 2008. the nasdaq is actually at its highest level since the technology bubble burst more than a decade ago. now, stock prices around everything, but data from the economy on the ground is also slowly getting better. jobless claims are down. housing starts are up. things do seem to be getting better, slowly, as i said, but surely. this is all good news for president obama because there is a very strong correlation between economic growth and a president s prospects for re-election. the unemployment numbers are still pretty high, but they are also falling. also, many models suggest that unemployment is not the crucial statistic to determine whether a president will win re-election. most people, after all, are employ
finally, if you thought american debt was worthless, think again. i ll explain. first, here is my take. the american economy seems to have picked up. the dow jones industrial average is hovering around 13,000. the highest since the financial crisis began in may 2008. things do seem to be getting better. this is good news for president obama because there s a strong co-correlation between economic growth and a president s prospects for re-election. the unemployment numbers are still pretty high, but they are also falling. also, many models issing that unemployment is not the crucial statistic to determine whether a president will win re-election. most people after all are employed. it is the rise in per capita gdp. the average person s income rise that determines whether they feel things are getting better and, thus, whether they will vote for the incumbent or seek a change. so does that mean that the economy and the president are in good shape? well, they re in better shape t