The stimulus DID work. The hemorrhaging of jobs during the end of the Bush years has been stanched. The economy is now creating jobs. Had the stimulus bill been larger, job growth might well have been more robust.
According to exit polls on Tuesday, two-thirds of the Americans who voted said that the stimulus package was either harmful to the American economy or made no difference whatsoever.
Source: "Midwest at Dusk" By DAVID BROOKS - NY Times - November 4, 2010
NY Times - 11/5/10

Private sector jobs. Obama assumed office at the beginning of 2009.
Source: NY Times - 11/5/10

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