Sooo, whose fault IS the continuing recession? We have the consensus opinion, here.

Question: how in the world do we quantify "blame?" On his first day in office, certainly, Obama was not to "blame" for any of it except as he shared in the Keynesian theory (read "idiocy") of economics. Does the blame factor increase with the second or third or fourth day of his presidency? But, then, that is not the question asked in this web pop-up.

Look carefully at what is being asked. It really is a pretty clever question. Is Obama to blame for the "lack of economic recovery?" Being that the average recession of the recent past lasts 18 months, perhaps the question is legitimate. But, you say, this is not an average recession. Indeed, you are correct, Sir. Nothing "average" about this one.

The Democrats enjoyed the blame game for more than two years. Rather than going with the accepted definition of "recession," [two negative GDP quarters in a row] , they appealed to a radically weakened economy, and carried the beginnings of the recession back to the opening days of 2008. Problem: using the same type of numbers, a "radically weakened economy," we have not been out of recession since then.

Instead of moving into “recovery” before the end of 2009, as was typical to past recessions, the current “crisis’ extended through all of 2009, through 2010, and, now, through 2011. Obama is the person who forecast “recovery” when he pushed for his trillion dollar Stimulus bill only 29 days into his first term.

Understand that the question in the pop-up is not, who is to blame for the recession. Rather, who is to blame for the “lack of economic recovery.” You have my predictable answer even before I put it in writing. Yes !!!

Now, here is Obama's opinion on this matter. Using Obama’s own words, measuring his theory of recovery against the facts of the continued recession, knowing that he intended the recession to be on the mend before the end of 2009, there is but one answer to the questions and, as it turns out, it is a consensus answer . . . . me AND Obama:

Listen as he agrees with my conclusion:

Case closed. Btw, during the primaries, I am not a Romney fan. The words of Obama are what matters, here.