Obama will loose the Presidency if:

The unemployment rate.  Threshold number: over 9 percent.

The price of gas.   Threshold number: over $3.75 per gallon

The Dow Jones average.   Threshold number: under 12,832

Here are three numbers that will indicate whether voters are feeling more comfortable when they head for the polls on Election Day, and are therefore likely to reelect Obama, or are feeling increasingly dissatisfied and are more likely to tap his Republican opponent.

By Rick Newman | U.S.News & World Report LP – Thu, Jan 19, 2012 1:29 PM EST

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