[Crim]

bullcrap....it’s who hold congress that matters....

cross reference the unemployment rate with party control of congress and that will open your yes.

[wbill]

I could buy this.

Dems spend, spend, spend. Then, when things are utterly screwed up, Republicans get elected and need to dig the country out of the hole.

It's easy to look successful if you have snowshovelfulls of $100's to toss around.

[Gumdrop]

You are so correct. The economy ebbs and flows directly in regards to who is in control of the House and Senate. The President becomes important only to the degree that he/she allows the economy to grow and does not insist on policies that will derail it.

[cherry]

the Clintoon years were good only because there was a strong Pub congress in 1994.....by the end of his term, Clintoon managed to get us into recession...

all credit to the Pub congress and Clintoon gets only a nod for not interferring....

besides, those years were not great for many people who lived off wages, like us...my husband didn't get a raise for several years in a row and I got just a bit....state and local taxes went thru the roof....