THE LEGACY – AT 9:57 A.M. ET:  It's all legacy all the time.  Obama leaves office trying to convince us that he still walks on water, and never gets wet.  Ask the American worker about that.  From CNS: 

(CNSNews.com) - Barack Obama's presidency began with a record number of Americans not in the labor force, and it's ending the same way.

The final jobs report of the Obama presidency, released Friday, shows that the number of Americans not in the labor force has increased by 14,573,000 (18.09 percent) since January 2009, when Obama took office, continuing a long-term trend that began well before Obama was sworn in.

In December, according to the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics, a record 95,102,000 Americans were not in the labor force, 47,000 more than in November; and the labor force participation rate was 62.7 percent, a tenth of a point higher than in November.

The participation rate dropped to a 38-year low of 62.4 percent on Obama's watch, in September 2015. It was only 3-tenths of a point higher than that last month.

COMMENT:  This is what the Obama administration calls a great economic record.  It shows dramatically how detached the modern Democratic Party is from its traditional base, America's working families.  It's unlikely that most Democrats in Washington ever met anyone who wears a blue collar that wasn't designed in Paris.  This detachment is one of the most powerful reasons for Donald Trump's election.

January 6,  2017