The GDP does not tell us how Americans are doing.
It informs us how the economy is doing.
They're not remotely the same thing.
If you want to know how Americans are doing look to the indices that descibe their plight.
Bankruptsies, foreclosures, emplyment statistics, suicides, crime stats, give us a clearer picture of what's happening on Main Street than the GDP ever did.
Employment is alway the last thing to recover.
It will come back.
Yes, after Obama is voted out of office.