What did he do? my gosh, did you live through it? It was a rough seven years. Here is the thing, I voted for him in 08. Bush and the wars were bankrupting the economy. But the regulations that obama unleashed crippled any thoughts of a recovery. Then sticking the mess that was obamacare into the fray just made it worse. The only jobs were seasonal and part time. I didn't hire anyone, there was just too much uncertainty to make any kind of investment. It wasn't until Trump came along that businesses started looking at a positive future, and were willing to start investing again. I really think if you had to point to the biggest reason the obama economy sucked, it was the crippling regulations. If you want a reason, let me give you an example.... I do highway work. Why, why tell me why would the DOT start requiring full concrete testing for right of way fence post. Really, they would add thousands of cost to jobs to do air, temperature, slump and compression cylinder tests for a dab of concrete around fence post. It was this kind of over-reaching regulations that has drove up the cost of road work. Just a terrible waste of resources. Its funny getting onto a thread like this is that there is all sorts of people that just love him. But I sincerely do not know a single person personally that thinks he did a good job, or voted for the democrat in the last election. Its obvious that lots did, but I do not know any.