If I remember correctly the last quarter of Bush the First growth was 2.8 and it gave us Clinton. However, it’s got to be worse than they’re saying. If a republican was in they’d tell the truth and say unemployment is 20% and growth is nagative.
I think that's right. I believe unemployment was around 7.3-7.4% on election day, 1992. But, it had fallen from a 8-year (or more) high of 7.8%. Of course, only 18mos earlier, it was only 6.4%, but then they raised the minimum wage and - shocking - unemployment went up. Who could have seen that coming? /s.