When did the recession begin?

"The economy has lost more than 8 million jobs since the recession began in December 2007." This from AP CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer.

Remember: George Bush was president then and Obama was running for nomination, but no one at that time seemed to take him seriously.

Obama won the 2008 election, but was not sworn in until January, 2009--a little over two years after the Bush regime did it's best with conservative assistance to destroy our country.