Ezra Klein points out that the US economy is set to grow. He also points out that the 2012 President will get the credit.
As Larry Bartels, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University, has written, globally, the pattern is clear: Whichever party was in power when the Great Depression hit was booted out of office, and whichever party was in power when the global recovery took hold reaped huge political benefits.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ry-presidency/2011/08/25/gIQArAPA3P_blog.html
As Larry Bartels, a political scientist at Vanderbilt University, has written, globally, the pattern is clear: Whichever party was in power when the Great Depression hit was booted out of office, and whichever party was in power when the global recovery took hold reaped huge political benefits.
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...ry-presidency/2011/08/25/gIQArAPA3P_blog.html
