the economy and the employment where Bush left it,
You mean when everyone - myself included - was worried about bank runs and general financial collapse? The last months of 2008 were a scary time, but maybe you’re an amnesiac?
Let me refresh your memory.
Bush inherited a Recession when he came into office.
How did Bush possibly create such a marvelous economy with a 4.2% unemployment rate going through 9/11, a recession, the economic fallout of the 9/11 attacks and such.
Then you had about 5 of the largest costing natural disasters in history happen under his presidency.
Then you had the Lebanon / Israel situation, the war in Iraq, etc. Despite all that, still a great economy under that republican.
The economic " meltdown " as democrats like to call it, was created BY democrats. Who was it that wanted anyone to have a home during the past few decades? Who was it that started manhandling banks and prodding them to allow sub-prime loans to become premium business practice? That's right, Democrats.
Bush did a good job given the hand that he was dealt. The Obama administration made a difficult situation much worse. They were trying to re-inflate a bubble while the economy was trying to self-correct.