Obama inherited an economy that lost 750,000 jobs in his first month in office.

[bhikkhu]

14. About 2.7 million new jobs created so far

Which is very good. That current number from this article:

http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/rick-newman/2012/01/06/an-unexpected-boost-for-obama-on-jobs

Its also interesting to compare that to the initial predictions of the recession and how the stimulus spending should work as it happened; from before the inauguration: http://articles.cnn.com/2008-12-20/politics/obama.jobs_1_stimulus-plan-obama-camp-economic-team?_s=PM OLITICS

Nothing ever goes exactly like one wishes it would, and however predictable the repug obstruction was, its still a big obstacle to any progress; nevertheless, the numbers compare pretty well. Having heard the repug tales of the blind-sided miserable failure of administration policies since the inauguration, its good to look back and confirm that that was hardly the case. The recession was a huge hit, but we've been going in the right direction.