Well let's see. Last Republican President entered office with a balanced budget, a minor recession, and no wars. In his terms we were hit by terrorists to the tune of 3000 dead Americans on American soil. And at the end of his terms, 7 years later, the mastermind of that deed was still alive and well. That President started a war on the basis of lies he himself told, that cost us trillions of dollars, and over 4000 American lives, and neither we nor the Iraqies gained anything from it. After going into Afghanistan, that Republican President abandoned it to the point the Taliban became a major force once again there.
In the meantime, back at home, that President turned a once booming economy into what was almost the Second Great Republican Depression.
When President Obama was handed the baton and took office, we were losing 500,000 jobs a month, the market was headed for 6000, and it looked like '29 all over again. Today, the market is around 16,000, the jobs are coming back, in spite of the GOP doing everything in it's power to prevent any economic progress.
Abject failure, that is your tune, boy. 2008

2012