The graphs that prove Obama is set to suffer a presidential scandal SOON

President Obama's administration is set to be rocked by scandal - at least, according to one political scientist's mathematical formula.

A newly-released report by scholar Brendan Nyhan predicts the reputation of the 44th U.S. president will soon be marred by controversy.

Where Are the Obama Scandals? calls the odds of scandal 'high and rising' after two years in office, based on his interpretation of data from presidential scandals between 1977 and 2008.

Nyhan, a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar in Health Policy Research at the University of Michigan who will serve as assistant professor at the Department of Government at Dartmouth College in July, released the report to website Center for Politics on Thursday.

Serving as a guest columnist, he presented detailed graphs illustrating the likelihood of a scandal to unfold before the 2012 presidential election - rising between 95 and 100 per cent by June of next year.


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