I think Osama deserves some of the blame for some of the downturn, along with many of his cohorts (dumocrats). You can't go around blathering on and on about how bad the economy is, which he did during the campaign, without having some people believe it and making it a self fulfilling prophecy. I also believe that Rush Limbaugh is right when he says that if there were a Republican to blame for the lending, or credit crisis, the dumocrats would have the name/names all over the news. There are plenty of dumocrats to blame and their names are well known.
All the same, I don't think the Republicans have heaped any glory on themselves with the give aways/loans that are going down. The problem is that I don't think anyone knows what to do. At best, Osama's plans seem kind of feeble to me. Oh, I know, let's raise taxes on the rich and on gasoline--yeah, that'll help.