What an utterly ridiculous question! As a campaign technique, it may have worked in 1980 against Jimmy Carter and in 1984 against Walter Mondale. But its completely absurd now.
At the end of the Bush administration, the US was losing 800,000 jobs a month. Since President Obama took office, those losses have stopped and our economy has added private sector jobs for 29 straight months.
On December 31, 2008, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was 8,776, resulting in devastating losses for pension funds and Individual Retirement Accounts. Today, the Dow has soared to more than 13,300.
When President Obama took office, General Motors and Chrysler were on the verge of bankruptcy, jeopardizing more than a million jobs. Now both automakers are thriving, and General Motors has reclaimed the title of worlds largest automaker.
Four years ago, we were immersed in two lengthy and costly wars. Since then, President Obama has ended the war in Iraq, ordered the killing of Osama bin Laden, and placed an end date on the war in Afghanistan.
In 2008, healthcare costs were soaring out of control, sending many American families into bankruptcy and costing those who could not afford insurance their lives. In 2010, President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act which has stemmed the rising cost of healthcare and given more than 30 million people access to health insurance.
I could go on. But, seriously, do I really need to?
If you cant see that our nation is a whole lot better off since the beginning of the Obama administration, youve been spending far too much time watching the Fox News Channel and listening to conservative hate radio.