Infographic of the Day: Obama Says "I Inherited This Mess" With a Chart

A chart marking the first anniversary of the stimulus package makes a case for the Obama administration's effectiveness at saving jobs.

It was exactly one year ago today that Barack Obama signed the $787 economic stimulus package, officially known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, into law. With the unemployment rate hovering around 10 percent, the White House continues to battle public perception and Republican attacks that the stimulus plan has been ineffective in creating...