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And, it was 7.8% when the president took office. and, no president since fdr has won re-election when the jobless rate was above 7.2%, what does it mean for the president s bid to keep his own job? joining me, charlie hurt, columnist for the washington times. good to see you, charlie. good to be with you, jamie. jamie: everybody quotes the fact that reagan won re-election, with a 7.2% unemployment. but, if president obama were to win a re-election, in 2012, with 9.1% or even anything close to it, would it be considered historic? i think, absolutely. it would be considered historic. you know, the rate of unemployment we see now, is something that his administration guaranteed we d never see and, as frustrated as i know a lot of g.o.p. voters are with the g.o.p. field, i think that no matter how bad the g.o.p. field is, or the eventual nominee may be or how ....

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