Is the Bush Administration responsible for the economic crisis?

Our monetary system requires exponentially more debt to stay alive. Each bubble has been an order of magnitude greater than the last and if there is another, it will truly be the mother of all bubbles. The Bush admin. did not create the problem (certainly hasn't done anything to stem the tide, though). It's been festering for many years, republican and democrat. No, I don't believe that Obama or McCain will do anything to change the trend... their statements prove them both to be economically clueless.

I don't think that Bush alone is to blame for the economic status, but we're definitely in a bigger hole than we were the previous eight years before him. Before that, I can't say I remember much. All I know is billions of dollars went to the war effort. A huge chunk of American revenue went out the door when he sent our jobs to China, Mexico, and Canada. The biggest problem was, even though he wasn't spending, spending, spending (besides on the war), we just weren't getting in any new revenue. For instance, one time he cited that the job market was starting to increase and people were starting to get more jobs. If you looked at the studies, those jobs were part-time jobs or McDonald's-like jobs. Don't get me wrong; a job is a job, but we need new careers in the US.

I DO!!!

I don't blame him entirely. We (as a country) have been living beyond our means for years.

No I do not blame just Bush. If Congress would quit putting bullshit that costs us taxpayers millions of dollars in every damn good bill that is passed, we may actually be doing better.

I do too! The President has more to do with this than what people are aware of! Are you mad?

The President DOESN'T MAKE THE LAWS ... Congress does. THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS has been running this country into a recession for the last 4 years.
We enjoyed prosperity during the Clinton terms because THE REPUBLICANS WERE RUNNING CONGRESS! We enjoyed a housing boom during the first 4 years of Pres Bush (current) term because THE REPUBLICANS WERE RUNNING CONGRESS.
The Democrats get their hands in the money and recession hits. Look at the 80s during Pres Reagan's term. We had a slowing of the economy back then as well BECAUSE THE DEMOCRATS WERER RUNNING CONGRESS.
See the trend??
Our economy has NOTHING to do with who is in the White House, it has everything to do with who is running Congress.
Do the research! I have.

Oh, please don't do the whole Democrat/Republican thing. The Dems have had the House and the Senate for two years, and things were slipping extremely quickly before that. I don't know why, I'm not a politician, but I can tell you this: it doesn't matter what the freak the political party is! We are all human, we're those ones who vote, if you wanna place blame, blame everyone.

Someone need to take another look Democrats won the House and Senate in the 2006 elections but didn't "take control" until January 2007. Wow thats 4 years???? I dont see it..