I received an email from the Democratic party today, arguing on behalf of President Obama, that “this is what a successful Presidency looks like (see below):
| President Obama Took Office (January 2009) |
Today | |
| 7,949 | The Dow Jones Index | 17,573 |
| 7.8% | Unemployment | 5.8% |
| -5.4% | GDP Growth | 3.5% |
| 9.8% | Deficit GDP % | 2.8% |
| 37.7 | Consumer Confidence | 94.5 |
Okay, I don’t disagree with that, except that “consumer confidence” is a pretty subjective measure. But if it’s true — and I don’t have any reason to believe that it isn’t — why the F did the entire Democratic establishment spend virtually the entire 2014 election season running away from Obama’s record?
I mean on that score, they only have themselves to blame.