Unemployment drop, GOP obstruction, & the problem with bipartisanship

Obama could have said something like this in the debate, but didn't for some reason.

He enacted a stimulus that was half full of the same conservative solutions from the Bush era and the previous three decades of Reaganomics that got us into this mess.

It would have been nice if Obama had governed as a New Deal Democrat instead of a GOP halfacrat. Then we'd see which ideas actually work, and if they didn't Republicans would a legitimate criticism.

As it is, someone could legitimately say we don't know whether it was the Republican or Democratic part that help or hurt.

I'm trying to figure out how this would look to a thoughtful swing voter as well as to Democrats trying to get excited about the election.