In the end, the price of an Obama endorsement will be voters associating her with his absurd economic theories that produced what the numbers showed us on Friday: an economy and job market that are barely growing and, most worrisome to Hillary, a possible recession.

Of course, things could improve; the latest GDP report and Friday’s poor job-growth numbers can always be revised upward. The Verizon strike may indeed have been the catalyst for the lousy jobs report, and businesses may be about to hire like there’s no tomorrow. And Trump could say something really stupid that would alienate even more possible supporters.

But the economic numbers could also get worse — a notion that’s no longer whispered even among super-cautious Wall Street analysts who don’t want to do anything to spook skittish investors.

Case in point: Barclays bank on Friday said that risks of a near- to medium-term recession have risen enough to put out a warning note on the subject.