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On MSNBC's PoliticsNation on Tuesday, host Al Sharpton touted liberal Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank making a "bold prediction" about the remainder of Barack Obama's presidency: "...you wrote, quote, 'If the economy continues on its current trajectory, as most expect, he'll leave office a popular president and leave the 2016 Democratic nominee with a relatively easy past to victory.'"
Milbank doubled down on the prediction made in his Friday column: "Well, it's not so surprising. He crossed fifty percent today. I think he's on his way up to fifty-five percent, that puts him in a category not with George W. Bush but with Ronald Reagan." Sharpton happily replied: "I'll leave it there, on the Reagan note."