December payroll employment rises (+155,000); unemployment rate unchanged (7.8%)

[progree]

10. The recession ended June 2009 according to the NBER, 5 months after Obama took office

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/111622439#post3 for more info on that

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/111622439#post1 and http://www.democraticunderground.com/111622439#post2 for the calamity Obama inherited and the improvement since the bottom.

I think what Obama and the Dems have done for the economy is a miracle given that they've been filibustered and obstructed for the last 2 years by the RepubliCONs.

Would Romney have been better? Yes, he was a genius at creating jobs in China, but I'm not so sure that a 20% across the board tax rates cut and $2 trillion additional in core defense spending, all paid for by closing some unspecified "loopholes", was a plan. More like an utter disaster.