http://www.lbnelert.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/2012-PRES-ELECTION.jpgJOB WEAKNESS STARTS TO SHAPE ELECTION TONE: It is increasingly apparent what the economy will look like when President Obama faces voters in November: pretty much what it looks like today.  And that picture, a report from the Labor Department made clear on Friday, is far from the booming job growth that prevailed only a few months ago. In June, the economy added a meager 80,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate remained at 8.2 percent.  Early this year, optimists buzzed that the jobless rate might touch below 8 percent by the election, a milestone that would be a major symbolic victory for the incumbent. Then employment growth slowed in March and took a turn toward the paltry in April and May. With Friday’s report, what looked like a blip has now become a streak. And with a gridlocked Congress unlikely to pass any additional stimulus measures before the election, the president is stuck again with an economy in stall mode.