At least we can thank God we are here and not where we would have been under McCain who supported continuing in Iraq, Astan, and another war with Iran.
And there is no comparison as to where we would be had we elected the destroyer of corporations - Mitt. Eleminating Medicare and Social Security so he could give more tax breaks to the rich.
I've put up the chart showing jobs loss or gain since 2004 so many times , no use to . We are gaining jobs at about 150,000 a month now, instead of loosing 80,000/month under Bush. If you think that is not progress and we are going in the right direction, then you are too damm dumb for me to even try with.
Something else, that you "forgot" to mention is that while the private sector is adding all those jobs, two additional things are happening at the same time. The population is adding about 120,000 new, young people to the roles looking for jobs each month, and at the same time , the Republicans in Congress, led by the teabagger bunch , has been cutting government jobs .
Now , John Boner got 98% or every thing he wanted when we got "his" sequester, and the affects of that have hurt jobs everywhere, and it is going to progressively get worse as his sequester zaps more and more jobs , many in private industry that depend upon government contracts .
I know you just overlooked those things, but Bush, and the Republican congress caused this mess, and as I have said before, before the affects of Bush's rein of ruin is over, many of us will be dead. He screwed up the world like no one else ever did .