Politics. On Point.

With the The National Bureau of Economic Research reporting America's recession ended in June 2009, President Obama refuted those claims on Tuesday during a town hall meeting at the Newseum in Washington. "Even though economists may say that the recession officially ended last year, obviously for the millions of people who are still out of work, people who have seen their home values decline, people who are struggling to pay the bills day to day, it’s still very real for them," said the president. The president came face-to-face with an American who couldn't have articulated that quote any better. During the THM an AmVets CFO, who had been openly praised the president after he was elected, said she had grown "exhausted of defending" his administration. "I’m exhausted of defending you, defending your administration, defending the mantle of change that I voted for", asking Obama "is this my new reality?" The audience member, a mot...