[Cobra64]

I track these things.

The recession began when Obama took the lead in the 2008 Presidential Polls, (justifiably) scaring the bejesus out of business.

I track 'em too.

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[FormerACLUmember]

Outstanding demonstration of the Obama Effect:

(definition)

The Obama Effect is the crushing effect on the economy of putting an arrogant dogmatic narcissistic mental-midget-who-thinks-he-is-a-genius into a postition of great power.

[The Cajun]

My oh my, someone should show OBummer and the MSM that graph and ask him/them to interpret it.
I certainly don't recall seeing it anywhere, even on Fox ;^)

[Little Pig]

It might even be instructive to add a second ictus in early 2007 marking the election of the Dem congress, as that is where all the lines start trending upwards. Technically, the Zer0 is right. It’s easy to forget that the 2006 midterm election is where the trouble started.