Visual aid: The economy flatlined under Bush

Going into the general election, the Democrats had better remind voters that by any rational measure the economic performance of the administration of George W. Bush was the worst of any president at least since Herbert Hoover, maybe ever,

and that those'll be the good old days compared to what Speaker Boehner and President Gingrich (or whoever) have in store for us. (Source: Aughts were a lost decade for U.S. economy, workers by Neil Irwin; Washington Post 2010-01-02).