His argument about the economy Bush inherited is disengenuous. It ignores the fact that 9/11 and the bursting of the dotcom bubble dramatically reduced federal revenues. It also ignores that the wonderful Clinton economy was largely an ilusion which was bound to collapse on its own eventually.
The economy he inherited was.....well as Rush put it when it seemed to be hitting on all cylinders.......was a result of the republicans taking over congress. It's only when the wheels fell off that it again became Clinton's faltering economy.