As most folks know, Bush has been busy making history more accurate by revising the GDP numbers posted over the years.
http://www.bea.doc.gov/bea/dn/home/gdp.htmI thought it might be fun to see what the results were at this point based on 12/31 to 12/31 compounded rates of growth after inflation is removed by using constant year 2000 dollars - as shown at BEA,DOC.GOV.com)
So for 3 years Bush has (10397.2/0817) 1.9%
and Clinton's 8 years (9817/7336.6) 3.7%
and Reagan/Bush 12 years (7336.6/5161.7) 2.9% (yea tax cuts)
with Bush 4 yrs (7336.6/6742.7) 2.1%
and Reagan 8 y (6742.7/5161.7) 3.3963% (up from 3.33 before Bush chgs)
and Carter 4 yr (5167.7/4540.9) 3.2854%
and Nixon/Ford 8 yrs (4540.9/3652.7) 2.7581%
and JFK/Johnson 8 yrs (3652.7/2501.8) 4.84%
Wonder if the financial media will notice?
:-)