I do not defend the failure of Bush and his presidency... that said.... Can one man and one man alone delegate all the changes we have seen in the past eight years?
Much as Blago has or is being removed from his elected office because of the corruption could that have not been done to George Bush?
If you look at the growth and constitutional infringements that took place under Bush they were allowed by a House and Senate because it gave them more "pork" with which to manipulate the movers and shakers in their districts in order to return them to office.
We have checks and balances in our government but none of the branches of government want to exercise those checks and balances because they do not want to be held accountable by the branch of government that is trying to hold them accountable ...
"If you want me to do for you then you have to do for me" is the way government is run today and until we demand government respond to what WE THE PEOPLE want then just suck it up and take what ever they want to dish out or take away from you as the case may be.
Don Henderson

You are correct my friend. We the People are at fault for electing those to Congress who were supposed to represent us and not some money pandering force to watch what each branch of government does. Each branch has had a free hand during not only the last eight years but many years before to create pork projects and line the pockets of many a jacket to self serve themselves into positions of wealth and grandeur. They have used smoke and mirrors to accomplish this deed upon the American people. The totalitarian nations of the world have long kept the practice of keeping what they want and taking from the citizens to make a beneficial day for themselves. It seems that our leaders here have watched and picked up some ideas from those who they say that they distrust. And the people here have continued to place those in office who will carry on the same traditions of you scratch my back and I will scratch yours. There will come a time though when this will change and then those who have sowed their logic of take, take, take from the people will reap what is due them.