barack obama took office. you can't blame that on george bush. >> dana: at what point do they have to take responsibility from an economist point of view? >> there has to be some kind of statute of limitations. president obama came in, remember in his first month or two in office he passed that stimulus bill. his economic program in place faster than most presidents do. president reagan didn't get his tax cut passed until the summer of his first year in office. the point is his policy was put in place immediately. >> dana: within weeks, two or three weeks. >> and 18 months later we still haven't had much job get. over that period we've lost jobs. one other point a few weeks ago president obama and vice president biden had this road to recovery tour, right because it looked like the economy was getting better. now all of a sudden signs are coming in consumer confidence