Two years of bad news. (Devil In The Details).(George W. Bush administration)(Brief Article)

WITH THE ELECTION UPON us, it's a good time to take a look at how Americans' lives have changed in the two years since George W. Bush stormed into power on the strength of U.S. Supreme Court Justices Anthony Kennedy and Sandra Day O'Connor's swing votes. Los Angeles Democratic Congressman Henry Waxman has compiled some figures to help us along: * Since October 2000, when the unemployment rate stood at a 30-year-low of 3.9 percent, the number of unemployed Americans has risen by 2.5 million, and the unemployment rate has bounced back up to 5.7 percent. * The economy has ...