Obama trying pretty hard to explain away his economic record

One thing political reporters are forever doing to annoy me is ascribing motives to things politicians do. If this or that president talks about his record on something, it's because he's got his "eye on his legacy" or whatever. You don't know that and neither do I, unless the president says so himself. All you know is what he said. And when Barack Obama presents his economic record as some sort of positive achievement, it doesn't matter what motivated him to do so. The only thing that matters is whether his statements present an accurate picture of what actually happened as a result of his policies. Do they? Obama spokesman Josh Earnest tried to make the case during a visit to Elkhart, Indiana: