President Obama's Efforts and So-Called Achievement in the Economy

One post in the UrbanGrounds blog, published in July 23, 2012 by Robbie Cooper, comments that the effort of President Obama in trying to create "a perfectly egalitarian society" has not been in vain for America (Cooper).  Speaking of "hope" and "change", Cooper argues that President Obama has at least made one of the best efforts to have "most Americans on food stamps in the history of the program" (Cooper).
The information/evidence that Cooper is trying to argue against is Associated Press' article about the rising poverty rate in America.  The article states that, during Obama's term, the poverty rate has increased from 15.1 to 15.7 percent. 
Despite the provided evidence from Associated Press and economists, Cooper states that the poverty rate increase is not President Obama's fault. 
Cooper's intended audience are most likely citizens of Texas and America who have been hit rock bottom by the bad national economy.  Unemployed Americans are generally replying that their loss in employment is due to the President's fault in not achieving to build the perfect egalitarian society.  Since he is speaking on behalf of the Liberals, Cooper is working to reach out to Conservatives who believe that Obama has failed his term. 
Although Cooper is trying to make an effort to also reach out the viewers sentimentally about Obama, his argument is less credible as it should be.  Cooper's argument topics are generally opinionated and Liberal-based.  If only he had supplied more data and information from economists and other Liberals, then his argument would've been well supported. 
Since Cooper brought a good point about the rise in poverty levels in America, it can be understood that this also has got to do with the efforts of the President.  Perhaps if only President Obama were to add little more focus in fighting poverty, the level of unemployment in America would've decreased or maintained for a while.  Furthermore, it is not really effective to persuade individuals by repeating the phrase "it's not Obama's fault" that Obama had nothing to with the bad economy.