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firstread.msnbc.msn.com - 1/7/2009
The Bush years -- then and now
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From NBC's Mark MurrayWith President Bush set to leave the White House less than two weeks from now, here's a "Then and Now" to show what the United States looked like when Bush was entering office and what it looks like now as he's leaving. The "Then" is the best-available figure as Bush was taking office in 2001. The "Now" is the most recent figure. UNEMPLOYMENT RATEThen: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001)Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008) DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL...( ...

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thehill.com - 1/6/2009
Bush starts packing to leave White House
— thehill.com — The White House said Tuesday that President Bush, never one to procrastinate, has started the process of packing his belongings for when he leaves the White House later this month. White House press secretary Dana Perino said the president and the ... (more) Bush starts packing to leave White House

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President Bush Welcomes President-Elect Obama, Former President Clinton, Former President Bush ...
— whitehouse.gov — President Bush Welcomes President-Elect Obama, Former President Clinton, Former President Bush and Former President Carter to the White House WINDOWS (more) President Bush Welcomes President-Elect Obama, Former ...

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The Bush Years
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — NBC News compiles a devastating list of statistics to show what the United States looked like when George W. Bush entered office in January 2001 and what it looks like today as he's leaving. ...

Nothing is better after eight years of Bush
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — NBC's First Read did a "Then and Now" comparison of ten areas to see how things have fared after eight years of Bush and Cheney. Not good, as you can imagine (especially for Bush and Cheney themselves.) ...

Heckuva job, Georgy.
Upper Left — '01 v '08, via First Read... UNEMPLOYMENT RATE Then: 4.2% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, January 2001) Now: 6.7% (Bureau of Labor Statistics, November 2008)DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE Then: 10,587 (close of Friday, Jan. 19, 2001) Now: 9,015 (close of Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009)BUSH FAVORABILITY RATING Then: 50% (1/01 NBC/WSJ poll) Now: 31% (12/08 NBC/WSJ ...

Surveying the Wreckage
Matthew Yglesias — Here’s some numbers from NBC News on the Bush Legacy: And more: And this doesn’t really take into account how he’s devastated the American geopolitical situation, made tackling climate change incredibly more difficult, or the fact that he’s responsible for a humanitarian tragedy in Iraq that’s created millions of refugees and hundreds of thousands of casualties. ...

Failure quantified
Political Animal — FAILURE QUANTIFIED.... MSNBC ran an interesting " Then and Now " feature yesterday, comparing the current state of various benchmarks to where they were when Bush took office ( ...

A bunch of stuff
The Sideshow — ... and 'cheapskates?' Are conservatives really more generous? We had, and still have, no earthly idea - and as we fact-checked, we couldn't help wondering if Kristof knows the answer himself." 100 ways George Walker Bush doesn't know why you hate him. Neil in Chicago says this is the place to get all your Blago news. If I read this right, the Act Blue web infrastructure was maliciously hacked recently and they need your help to fix their security. The Bush Years - Then And Now. This photograph of the actor who plays Harry Potter may not ...

Assessing Bush: The Economy
BlueOregon — ... to a different cadre of ideologues who tested out different hypotheses: running deficits to put money in the hands of the very rich; further deregulation of industries; hobbling government regulators to allow for more free-wheeling, Darwinian markets. The results of the economic experiment was no more successful than the one Bush ran in Iraq. Let's start with a few key statistics, which rise like gravestones from the Bush economy, before working backward: Unemployment up from 4.2% to 6.7% Families in ...

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