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Agence France-Presse
April 25, 2011
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/04/24/obamas-biggest-election-foe-may-be-economy-not-gop/
WASHINGTON (AFP) – Barack Obama does not yet know the identity of his 2012 Republican challenger, but his toughest reelection challenge could be to convince voters the economy is in steady hands.
In the two years since Obama took office, the US economy has improved dramatically. Growth has swung from -4.9 percent to plus 3.1 and firms are no longer bleeding jobs.
But the 44th president lacks a clear-cut economic victory that would propel him toward reelection and delay the arrival of number 45 for four more years.
Today, 13.5 million workers are still jobless, the government is running record budget deficits and the housing market still undergoing major renovations.