{"id":50005,"date":"2015-04-06T15:20:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T21:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/06\/the-obama-numbers.html"},"modified":"2015-05-07T07:03:56","modified_gmt":"2015-05-07T13:03:56","slug":"the-obama-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/06\/the-obama-numbers.html","title":{"rendered":"The Obama Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"

A look at how various numbers have gone up and down since January 2009. For the most part, they look pretty darned good (as simple numbers; reality is often more nuanced, but political discussions rarely are). There are things I could ask for more of, or less, but that's always going to be the case.<\/p>\n

One thing to consider in the numbers over the broad range given is that Obama took office with the economy in near free-fall — which will make some numbers look a lot better than they might otherwise (on the other hand, helping bring a stop to that free-fall is a meaningful achievement). And, of course, one can always argue the extent to which a president can take credit (or blame) for some, even many, of these items (not to mention folk who will suggest that the good numbers look good "in spite of" the president's actions, or that the numbers would look even better if someone else had been in the White House).<\/p>\n

Still, as a snap shot — interesting stuff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nObama’s Numbers (April 2015 Update)<\/a><\/span>
\nJobs, earnings, health insurance, oil production, exports and more. Our latest installment of the Obama scorecard.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A look at how various numbers have gone up and down since January 2009. For the most part, they look pretty darned good (as simple numbers; reality is often more nuanced, but political discussions rarely are). 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