I strongly suspect that three key states have just moved into the Republican camp.
BTW, Gold - in which I hope all of you are heavily invested - is up nearly $75/oz since this morning. Its protracted bull-market retracement is now over. Look for a new all-time high in a matter of weeks. Things are coming apart so quickly now that even the densest of you will be aware of them. Well, probably not the DENSEST - since calling him 'dumb as a post' does a disservice to the post. But all the others will see Obummer looking pretty darn useless in the coming weeks as events well beyond his grasp start to unfold.
June 1, 2012, 2:33 p.m. ET
Jobs Slowdown Adds to Global Fears
Payrolls Rise by Just 69,000; Jobless Rate Ticks Up to 8.2%
Feeble hiring by U.S. employers in May added gloom to an already darkening picture of the economy, which appears to be joining Europe and Asia in a spreading slowdown.
Employers added a seasonally adjusted 69,000 jobs last month, the smallest increase in a year, while numbers for the two prior months were clipped by a combined 49,000. The politically salient jobless rate ticked up—to 8.2% from 8.1% in April—and the report quickly became a flash point for a presidential election focused on the job-creating bona fides of the candidates.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303552104577440023931752902.html?mod=WSJ_Home_largeHeadline
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