Fail to see why this is newsworthy, elected politicians take credit all the time for the success of the economy. The liberals in Canada have been doing it since they were elected but perhaps that seems to have passed by the chattering classes of journos. Perhaps its that they lack the critical analysis skills to understand that it can be expressed in a way other then syrupy and flower rhetoric. If he said the US economy was healing from the "heart out" they would be overjoyed.