Barack Obama: “I think that part of the way to think about it is things could be worse. We could have seen a lot more bank failures…”

“I think that part of the way to think about it is things could be worse. We could have seen a lot more bank failures over the last several months. We could have seen even more rapid deterioration of the economy, even a bigger drop in the stock market. So part of what we have to measure against is what didn't happen, not just what has happened.”