OK, lets be fair about the issue. If you want to blame the republican majority in congress for the slow recovery while democrats held the presidency and a majority in the senate you have to consider who was in charge during the 2nd half of Bush's second term. Democrats held the majority in both houses of congress in the second half of Bush's second term when democrat Barney Frank became chairperson of the House Banking Committee which had oversight responsibility for Fannie Mae. Democrats told America that Fannie was fine and solvent when it was on the verge of collapse. So if you accept the theory that the in-fighting between the Obama administration and the republican party had something to do with the slow economic growth you certainly have to consider that the democrat party intentionally or through gross negligence, caused the collapse of Fannie Mae which brought down the entire freaking economy as history's biggest October surprise.
Total Pub BS. Dems were unable to pass a gd thing against Pub obstruction and vetoes 2007-09. And for that matter since 2/4/20010 duh.
Fanny had nothing to do with the meltdown, got in very late under Pub pressure. You can tell because their portion of the bailout was 25-30% of the total. Their percentage of the market fell from 75% to 25% in 2003 when Pub pals took over, giving crap loans to anyone with a pulse, brainwashed drone.