Other presidents, including Bush had recessions to deal with and not one of them took this long to get the country back on it's feet. Guess the loser is really Obama, for asking for a job he couldn't/still can't handle. The recession was made into the "Great Recession" by Obama and gang. Any other president would have been instrumental in the country bouncing back so fast that no one would have even realized that there had been a problem. How many still remember the recession after 9/11? 401ks dropped 50% and bounced back within a year. But, if Obama can't do it, then I guess he was/is not up for the job.