While I offer a post earlier today from someone who objected to language used in talking about President Obama and offer to fuel discussion, you come on here and start with the immature insulting behavior....typical, BUT having said that...

A number of ways to measure what you have totally and completely oversimplified. I, personally, have never criticized his economic performance because I am more worried about how he has allowed the entire world to be lit up and on fire.

This is from 2014.....I will also provide a link more current for you reading. It is based primarily on an interview the President had with Steve Liesman of CNBC.

"As noted in an earlier post studying presidents by their records on poverty, the poverty rate has climbed since Mr. Obama took office. Through 2012, the most recent year available, the number of people in poverty had risen by 2.9 million."

"Studying presidents by their job creation record, also places Mr. Obama near the bottom of the pack. Since the presidency of Harry Truman, only three presidents have seen the level of employment grow by a smaller percent than Mr. Obama: the brief presidency of Gerald Ford, the one-term presidency of George H.W. Bush, and that of his son, George W. Bush which ended in the recession."

"Indeed, adjusted for inflation, incomes declined around the turn of the century and never quite regained their previous peak under President George W. Bush. Since Mr. Obama took office, the median income rate has continued to decline, according to Census Bureau data through 2012. The president agreed with Mr. Liesman that incomes have fallen and touted proposals to raise the minimum wage and invest in American infrastructure as policies that could reverse the decline."

Have Most Economic Indicators Improved Under Obama? - Real Time Economics - WSJ

I strongly suggest you read this link plus the next one if you wish to discuss economics of this President. You are doing more than skimming in your remarks....you are skimming the skim.

And again, it is not all bad...not meant to bash the President. It is an honest analysis of the economics while he was President. You opened this door so lets talk about it...

"The economy has done relatively well under Barack Obama. For most of this article, I’ve highlighted the good aspects of the economy. But there are some bad aspects as well. For example, income inequality has actually gotten worse under President Obama. Granted, this a trend that has been occurring in the United States since the late 1970’s, but this is an area that Barack Obama has tried to fix. So far, he has not succeeded."


- See more at: How Has the Economy Performed Under Barack Obama? - Equities.com - Global Financial Community

I highlighted in red what appears to be some sort of cornerstone for discussion with the Democratic party and one they will have a problem selling.

Lots of good and bad in these articles...i just feel if you are actually going to have a discussion, simply grazing over some headlines that help you and ignoring what actually has occurred is just not legit.