Helping "drive this recovery"?

Graph for the Day for February 5, 2011

Excerpt:

"The unemployment rate declined by 0.4 percent to 9.0 percent, down 0.8 percent in the last two months... And we continue to create jobs... I am encouraged by the drop in the unemployment rate and convinced that the actions taken by the administration have helped drive this recovery." Secretary of Labor, Hilda L. Solis, February 4, 2011.

Comment: Oh really?!