Compared to who?
I sat here and listened to people telling me for eight years how crappy the economy was, while the economic numbers were in ranges that Obama would give an arm to see on his watch. Newspapers pulled out obscure statistics showing how "bad" things "really" were.
Now I'm listening to the media shout "recovery! recovery!" while the statistics continue to move in "unexpected" directions. It's become a standing joke.
You did catch this survey I posted on a few weeks back?
Two points. Nobody actually commented on the substance of that post, and I can imagine why.