all that matters is that it was 7.7% when Bush left office. If Obama can keep fudging the numbers, he can have it pretty damn close to that.
and this is designed for 2 things, guys -
1) win obama some donations as ppl look to get their money donated by Dec 31st for tax purposes.
2) cut back donating to Romney (the economic savior). this mean romney certainly can't win iowa and will have a long bloody fight with newt.