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At least since 1947, the historical record seems to support a simple conclusion: If you want the American economy to grow, you ought to put a Democrat in the Oval Office.

— Cass Sunstein

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

President Obama is the kind of politician who puts promises on the record, and then calls that the record. But we are four years into this presidency. The issue is not the economy as Barack Obama inherited it, not the economy as he envisions it, but this economy as we are living it.

— Paul Ryan

From 1950 to 2000, the U.S. economy grew at an average rate of 3.5 percent. That generated a massive gain in real GDP per person from $16,000 to over $50,000. A huge win for the middle class.

— Lawrence Kudlow

An actual understanding of our economy is that our economy most depends on our rate of innovation... It's not actually understood by most of the people running for office, but it's not in fact disputed.

— Chris Gabrieli

If we didn't have the rest of the world growing, the United States economy would be in much worse shape than it is today.

— Fareed Zakaria

I think Republicans really need to be disciplined, to stay focused on sustained economic growth.

— Jeb Bush

I think back a little bit when President Bush was elected President and what kind of economy he inherited from the Clinton administration. The economy was going down. It was not doing well.

— Wayne Allard

JFK inherited three recessions from the Dwight D. Eisenhower years. And he wound up slashing tax rates across the board, for upper, middle and lower incomes as well as corporate investment. That's Kennedy the Democrat.

— Lawrence Kudlow

America needs a new approach to boost the economy - one that does not doom future generations to being saddled with paying off today's federal deficits.

— Elaine Chao

✗Opposing Perspectives

America's economy is resilient, and I am confident that Republican pro-growth policies will continue to keep our economy growing - just as it has since after the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

— Dennis Hastert

Our economy grew at double the rate of the nation. We created 1.3 million jobs. We led the nation seven out of those eight years. We were only one of two states that went to AAA bond rating. I cut taxes, $19 billion. If you do that and apply conservative principles the right way, you create an environment where everybody rises up.

— Jeb Bush