I meant the ‘easing of the recession’, not the recession itself. BTW, if your point is that we are in a recovery, I know that the definition of a recession is 3 quarters of no growth, and that the ‘official’ data (that is always downwards adjusted later) shows positive growth, but I question that. Also, we have a lot of growth to do to get back to where we were when Obama took office, and that is where I consider this recession over.
It has to be BETTER than “when Bush took over”, because liberals were howling about how bad 7.7% unemployment was.