Kudlow Pushes Back On Obama Taking Credit For Economic Boom

“When I walked into office 10 years ago, we were in the middle of the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes,” Obama said. “By the time I left office, wages were rising, the uninsurance rate was falling, poverty was falling, and that’s what I handed off to the next guy.”Show more

“So when you hear all this talk about economic miracles right now, remember who started it,” Obama added.

But Kudlow was not convinced, pointing to the highest consumer confidence the U.S. experienced in 18 years in September.

“Look at the confidence metric. Obama had nothing like that, with all due respect, again,” he said. “I don’t want to get tied up in personal attacks. Just saying, almost from the day of the election, consumer sentiment and small business confidence has soared. It had been falling.”