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Chart: Obama grows the economy

The U.S. economy just logged its fifth consecutive quarter of economic growth. You don't need a government report on gross domestic product to tell you the ec

The U.S. economy just logged its fifth consecutive quarter of economic growth. You don't need a government report on gross domestic product to tell you the economy's not growing fast enough, but as Steve Benen writes, it's still good news.Benen charts the recent annualized rate of growth in GDP -- red shows what happened President Bush, blue under President Obama.Bonus: Benen's famous bikini graph of job growth.