I must disagree here. The 2006 election had a huge impact on the economic collapse, as did the oversight (or lack thereof) of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac and the resultant packaging and reselling of loans on wall street. Bush warned congress 17 times about the impending economic collapse, and Barney Frank went on T.V. crowing loudly about how wrong Bush was. What more could Bush, who at that point, thanks mightily by the Lame Stream Media, had little support from anyone.
I dont remember him doing that once till the TARP vote when it was way too late/
I do remember this though:
President Bush Mortgage Speech 2002(Helping those w bad credit buy houses)
Early in George W. Bush’s first administration, a home ownership initiative was introduced, sometimes referred to as the Blueprint for the American Dream, to close the homeownership gap by 5.5 million minority families. Along with this homeownership initiative, there were other policies implemented to dismantle barriers to homeownership in minority communities.” from :
The Great American Mortgage Scam & The Latino Community