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I'm not sure if I should go about defending Bush on these things or not....there is only one thing that is really attributable to Bush in your list
First of all, the surge is working. The mistake is that we didn't surge immediately upon invasion.
Secondly, Bush has nothing to do with the housing market. This was a private banking practice of sub prime loans that irresponsible people used to purchase a house and when the rates went up they couldn't pay.
Oil prices? How is that his fault? Is there something he should be doing to influence OPEC nations to increase production? Or for India and China to reduce their increasing demand? The best thing he could have done is blanketly opposed by dems - drill for domestic oil. But that's not his call either.
Impending recession? What should Bush do to influence the economy? How? Raise taxes? That never spurs economic growth.
Honestly, the only thing there that should be laid at the feet of Bush is Iraq. Disagreement on that point is valid, but on the other points, they are outside his scope of control, and they should be. The problem is that whenever there is a problem everyone expects the government to impose policies and pass laws to solve the problem, and more problems are created by the solution more often than not. It is not the job of the government to fix everything. It is the job of government to stay out of the way. Obama does not share this philosophy, and this is why I don't like him.
I don't currently like most Republicans for the same reason - it isn't just Obama.
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