Peter Ferrara, Contributor I cover public policy, particularly
concerning economics. The record of President Obama’s first
three years in office is in, and nothing that happens now can go
back and change that. What that record shows is that President
Obama, with his throwback, old-fashioned, 1970s Keynesian
economics, has put America through the worst recovery from a
recession since the Great Depression. The recession started in
December, 2007. Go to the website of the National Bureau of
Economic Research (www.nber.org) to see the complete history of
America’s recessions. What that history reveals is that before
this last recession, since the Great Depression recessions in
America have lasted an average of 10 months, with the longest
previously lasting 16 months. When President Obama entered
office in January, 2009, the recession was already in its 13th
month. His responsibility was to manage a timely, robust
recovery to get America back on track again. Based on the
historical record, that recovery was immine