If you look at
this site and set the date range from January 2000 to January 2006 (when the Democrats took over Congress), real GDP growth had a mean of 2.48%, meaning that half the time GDP growth was above that and half below that mark. There was a 9/11-induced recession during that time too.
Now, change the date range to January 2006 - current month. Notice any difference?
This puts the lie to the Obama talking point that what was done during the Bush administration were the same old policies that brought us to this economic point.
Perhaps we should overlay unemployment rates and rates of recovery on this...