November 2009 UTC The 10 2 unemployment figure is the highest in 26 years Throughout his entire first year in office Obama has seen unemployment figures higher than they ever were under Bush His economic stimulus plan has done absolutely nothing to control the rising unemployment and he is seen as ineffective Pretending that it will or even might have no effect on history s perception of the man is disingenuous at best I was WP BOLD and added a brief phrase on the 10 2 unemployment figure sourced to The New York Times 21 09 17