For a true sense of which party is better on the economy and unemployment, I recommend the following chart. For any progressives who might be reading this, unemployment is kinda like golf—-you want the number to be low:
The GOP was the majority party in the House from 1995 through 2006 (pink). Democrats have had control since January of 2007 (blue). And, as Doug Powers points out, Senate control follows (more or less) the same pattern.
The secret to getting unemployment down from the 10% range would seem to be giving the Democrats the bum’s rush.
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I don’t think anyone is fooled by this. It’s ridiculous to suggest the Republicans weren’t in charge during the crash and that it was in fact Bush who initiated the bailout.
Posted 12 Jul 2010 at 6:37 am ¶False Correlation: Bush I & Bush II war efforts started the waves of business uncertainty in 2000 and 2007.
US Presidents have a veto authority. So look at historys recent record -
Posted 18 Aug 2011 at 1:08 pm ¶http://zfacts.com/p/318.html
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