Keep that distorted crap on the Daily KOS please. Use BLS statistics. Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey Employment-Population RatioLabor force status: Employment-population ratioType of data: Percent or rateAge: 16 years and over
Very misleading chart because the economy was losing 750k jobs a month when Obama entered office. <IMG SRC=http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/fredgraph.png?&id=PAYEMS&scale=Left&range=Custom&cosd=2008-01-01&coed=2011-06-01&line_color=%230000ff&link_values=false&line_style=Solid&mark_type=NONE&mw=4&lw=1&ost=-99999&oet=99999&mma=0&fml=a&fq=Monthly&fam=avg&fgst=lin&transformation=chg&vintage_date=2011-07-18&revision_date=2011-07-18> It's like the Titanic hitting the iceberg and the captain giving control of the ship to the next in the chain of command when half the ship is underwater, then blaming the next inline for sinking the ship.
Steve Wynn would also object to any true conservative President as they would mostly likely come down hard on immigration which would impact Steve's bottom line.
"The captain of my team is better than the captain(s) of your team at convincing us - the great credulous mass of tribalistic half-wits - that structural and relatively coincident (un)employment was determined mostly (solely?) by the omnipotence of our captain; and here is a fancy graphic made/misconstrued by a cheerleader of my team to show how stupid you are for criticizing us." Does that sum it up?
It's more like two arsonists, the first strikes a match and the second throws the gas.... the second guy looks at the first and says, "well you started it!"
But after four years in office the electorate should cut him some AA slack ? The President now owns the economy and he admits as much. Independent voters will judge his performance over a four year period and rightly so. Killing businesses with more regulations and demogoguery, elevating crude oil prices by specific intent through policy design, raising taxes, and creating another entitlement program turns recessions into depressions.