claim: "barack obama is in an economy that's only worsened since he's been president of the united states."
author: matthew dowd
evidence_1: jun 2, 2013 ... by that measure, what is clear is that obamanomics has produced the worst  recovery from a recession since the great depression, worse than what every  other president who ... that is how inconsistent with the prior history of the  american economy president obama's extended unemployment has been.
evidence_2: oct 28, 2014 ... tim stanley explains why america has fallen out of love with its president. ... is  totally gone. obama is the withholding boyfriend who knows that he's probably  on the way out and is just sending the odd friendly text message from the golf  course. ... but that's been shaped by political and economic reality.
evidence_3: may 10, 2016 ... u.s. president barack obama leaves after delivering a statement on the  economy at the press briefing room at the white house in washington, u.s. may  6, 2016. ... in a new huffpost/yougov poll, just one-third of americans said that  obama made things better for the economy after the financial crisis.
evidence_4: oct 29, 2013 ... virtually nothing barack obama has done has left america or the world better  since he became president. nearly everything he has touched has been made  worse. he did, however, promise before the 2008 election that “we are five days  away from fundamentally transforming the united states of america.
evidence_5: mar 13, 2016 ... why, when the united states is stronger and wealthier than it's been since the  great recession, are some voters suddenly receptive to nativist demagoguery?  how is trump—who has been described as a proto-fascist, if not an outright  fascist—just a few steps away from leading the grand old party?