kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-19-10 02:19 PM
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How much progress have we made since Bush left?
This is how I measure the Presidency and the Congress.
We were in a very deep hole when the prodigal son departed Washington.
We are still in a deep hole. Although we have had some notable victories, we are not making the progress needed to recover from the Bush years.
It's like as if we take a pain pill and we feel much better but the cancer is still there.
Is this the wrong way to measure success or failure?
But, what would I know? I am a member of the left wing of the Party. Everybody knows we are unrealistic and unappreciative.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x40135This chart will show the progress made. The bolded part is during Barry's time as POTUS.
http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?series_id=LNS14000000Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
2000 4.0 4.1 4.0 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9 3.9 3.9 3.9
2001 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.5 4.6 4.9 5.0 5.3 5.5 5.7
2002 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.7 5.7 5.9 6.0
2003 5.8 5.9 5.9 6.0 6.1 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.1 6.0 5.8 5.7
2004 5.7 5.6 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.5 5.4 5.4 5.5 5.4 5.4
2005 5.3 5.4 5.2 5.2 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.9 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.9
2006 4.7 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4
2007 4.6 4.5 4.4 4.5 4.4 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.7 5.0
2008 5.0 4.8 5.1 5.0 5.4 5.5 5.8 6.1 6.2 6.6 6.9 7.4
2009 7.7
8.2 8.6 8.9 9.4 9.5 9.4 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.0 10.0
2010 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.6 9.8TBF Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-19-10 02:24 PM
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2. Repeal of DADT is a huge victory and I give credit to the president for that -
however, his economic policies still need a lot of work.
No kidding.
somone (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Sun Dec-19-10 02:26 PM
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3. We're in very bad shape
But life for the rich and elite couldn't be better