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Derek Thompson: The Chart That 'Proves' Obama Will Be Crushed in the Election

Derek Thompson is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where he oversees business coverage for the website.

How bad will Obama lose in November? Real bad. And people've got charts to prove it. There's this one, from Jim Pethokoukis, predicting a blood bath for incumbents based on a formula that incorporates both economic growth and military fatalities:

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Read the full article: http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/08/the-3-charts-that-prove-obama-will-be-crushed-in-the-election/260682/
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