2012 U.S. Presidential Election

[Leon-IH]

Well I could go in how that the economy was doing pretty well into around 1990 when a number of factors including the Gulf War slowed it down. Or the fact that Reagan actually lifted the economy after the steaming pile left by Jimmy Carter.

Reagan sent the bill to the next generation by tripling the debt, and his policies (which Bush Sr continued early in his term) created the 1990-1991 recession.

Or that Bush warned Congress repeatedly about the Subprime Crisis, only for Democrats to rebuff him multiple times.

The largest causes of the subprime crisis were CFMA -- which was passed by bipartisan effort, albeit primarily republican -- and the SEC deregulating the industry in 2004.

You realize that the Republicans got the House and the Senate midway through Clinton's first term, and that the only big policy that he really tried to get through before that to my memory was Hillarycare.

OBRA-93 was significant in terms of reducing the deficit.

It's funny you mention Hillarycare though, because the Republican proposal at the time was very similar to Obamacare.

Proof?

The vast majority of his veto's were overridden (even Republicans voted against him routinely late in his term), and if you look at the policies passed at that time and the one's he's campaigning on now -- night and day difference.