It strikes me as odd--if not obscene--that the most virulent critics of Obama's presidency seem incapable of identifying specific sins with any detail, and resort instead to sweeping descriptions that are asbout as clear as the middle of a frenetic squall in a dark night.

My impression, backed up by a lot of charts and statistics I have seen, is that the overall condition of the country is improving in spite of heavy obstructionism and almost psychotic reactionary stopping.

Here are a number of telling statistical charts that paint the picture.