Reagan did have one of the best economic booms in history, in spite of a democratic congress. Bill Clinton also had one of the best economic booms in history, entirely due to republicans taking control of the house in Jan. 1995. Republicans cut spending and after a veto or two, actually, with the help of polling, caused Clinton to go along with republican ideas on Welfare reform and a host of other ideas that worked to get us 4 years of surpluses. I will give Clinton credit for going along with a number of  republican initiatives to greatly improve the economy. The economy under Bush didn't crumble at all until early 2008. That was after the democrats blew up the annual deficits from 161 billion in FY 2007 to 458 Billion, with Bush's help, in FY2008. In case you have trouble with that time frame, that was in one year. It was democrats gaining control of the house in Jan. 2007 that blew up the economy. Facts are such pesky things, aren't they Rodney?