So, how does this expansion compare to other expansions with the addition to today's number?  Bush still has the worst record of job creation of any expansion in the last 40 years.

2/61 - 12/69

Beginning number of jobs: 53,556,000

Ending number of jobs: 71,240,000

Total Jobs Created: 17,684,000

Compound rate of establishment job growth: 3.283%

11/70 - 11/73

Beginning number of jobs: 70,409,000

Ending number of jobs: 77,909,000

Total Jobs Created: 7,500,000

Compound rate of establishment job growth: 3.43%

3/75 - 1/80

Beginning number of jobs: 76,649,000

Ending number of jobs: 90,800,000

Total Jobs Created: 14,151,000

Compound rate of establishment job growth: 3.56%

11/82 - 7/90

Beginning number of jobs: 88,770,000

Ending number of jobs: 109,773,000

Total Jobs Created: 21,003,000

Compound rate of establishment job growth: 2.8%

3/91 - 3/01

Beginning number of jobs: 108,542,000

Ending number of jobs: 132,504,000

Total Jobs Created: 23,962,000

Compound rate of establishment job growth: 2.01%

11/01 - ?

Beginning number of jobs: 130,883,000

Ending number of jobs: 135,409,000

Total Jobs Created: 4,526,000

Compound rate of establishment job growth: .71%

Now, there is a new wrinkle in the figures.  Both CBSMarketwatch and Bloomberg are reporting the Bureau of Labor Statistics are revising their estimates from the last year up by 810,000.  However -- even if we add that increase into the figures -- we still get the worst job growth of the last 40 years -- by a wide margin.