Keep in mind also, that Clinton signed into law the banking regulations which lead to the housing bubble. Keep in mind that DEMS took over congress AND the senate in 2006 and were WARNED of the housing bubble in 2006. McCain was one of the senators to warn them. The housing market crashed under Barney Frank's reign on the Banking Committee. So, it was NOT all Bush's fault. It really was Both parties. It all started with the "free trade agreements" of the 1990's. From there we gave China in 1998 under Clinton "Most favored nation trading status" Then from there our manufacturing base was erroded. We went from no. 1 in the world in manufacturing to no. 7 last year under Obama's watch. I agree, the war didn't help, but neigher has Obamacare which is another $1 trillion that we can't afford.