Though I still wondering how Bush ran into recession so fast. Markets apparently like his type of "dictatorship would be easier" leaders. How did Bush's election change overall economic activity so suddenly?
Clinton got far more credit for his economic stewardship than he deserves; he was the beneficiary of a bubble, and the recession which resulted is also his. Note taken also that the hard-right ideologue at the time in the fed, increasing interests throughout 2000, probably to undermine public confidence in the economy and strip Gore of a key selling point.
Bush's bubble, of course, will have far more long-lasting and severe consequences.
