Bloomberg BusinessWeek:  "Whether it's Barack Obama or Mitt Romney taking the presidential oath of office in January, someone will have the misfortune of overseeing an economy that looks a lot like the one we have today: low growth, persistently high unemployment, and huge amounts of debt. Depending on what happens with the ‘fiscal cliff,' there's at least a chance the U.S. will be in recession."  http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-09-13/face-it-2013-is-gonna-be-a-bummer