Well south...the 2007 Congress has pretty much been described as a "do nothing" Congress...that being the case, perhaps you could cite NOT what the economy did, but what the DEMOCRATS did to make the economy do what it was doing...after all, if they did nothing, the glory of the Bush years should have kept on truckin'.
Also...one thing I find interesting is that when democrats are in Congress under a republican president, everything bad is layed at their feet. Witness your post. But when some real sheyat is passed, such as NAFTA and the Gramm/Leach/Bliley Act, both championed for years by the republicans....when the results of those acts hits the fan, the typical reply from the right is "Well....look who signed it".