YOU are the culprit, my friend. According to the exit polls it is your statement that was the reason why many voted for Obama.
I'm NO big fan of GW Bush especially his second term. But your statment is what gave us Obama in 2008 and it gave us Obama in 2012.
Here's the truth
... From 2002 through 2006 Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid continuously called 4.7% unemployment under Bush, the GOP led Senate and the GOP led House as the worst economy since Herbert Hoover. They spent 2 years campaigning with this mantra.The democrats spent 2 years campaigning against the "terrible economic" numbers threatening to raise taxes on businesses. They won.
The day after the democrats won both the Senate and House is when the economic downturn really started. Busnesses started tightening their belts the day after the elections. Just like to see the reaction of the stock market today.
Unfortunately Bush's silence on these accusations and some republicans including Romney who publically accept this false narrative as truth (because they hope to get some democrats to move to their side and vote for them)the American people have no reason to doubt that Obama's economy was Bush's doing. This is a democrat economy that started after the democrats won both houses.
Your statement is the primary reason why we lost last night. The exit polls show that.
Lame duck Bush's bailouts didn't help either. But if the economy was good under Pelosi/Reid, there would be no need for a bailout in the first place.