The stimulus saved the economy. Plus Obama saved the auto industry if hae hadn't, there would have been millions of auto workers, spare parts workers, car salesmen, etc that would have been unemployed. The Republicans were explicitly against this "big government" intervention.

The Dow Jones went from 8000 to 20,000 under Obama. Unemployment went from 11 percent to 4.8 percent under Obama. 20 million ADDITIONAL persons got health care (if you don't think that is important, try going without yours for the rest of your life). And oil production increased from 5 million barrels per day to 9 million under his watch.

He was a lousy socialist. He created more jobs than Reagan.