Greater control over their economy allows the Chinese government to pull the economy out of recession a lot faster than in the democratic countries, but there is no free lunch.

FORBES: Getting Your Arms Around China And Japan

W. Bush lost against the recession begun on his watch and the second-best Democratic campaigner ever, Bill Clinton.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Why is support for social democratic parties falling everywhere in Europe, just when we are in a recession?

ECONOMIST: European politics

To lose, on a 43-point swing, a Senate seat that has been in Democratic hands since 1953 takes some doing, even in the teeth of the worst recession since the 1930s (see article).

ECONOMIST: The Massachusetts election

It is possible that a disastrous military intervention in Iraq, say, or another economic recession, or a catastrophic failure in the war against terrorism will give a Democratic candidate the electoral breakthrough they will need.

ECONOMIST: They’re off! | The

Unhappy that the Bush administration decisions had not already ended the worst recession since the Great Depression, voters had passed the baton to President Obama and the Democratic party, providing it also with control of both houses of Congress.

FORBES: Political Gridlock Can Prevent A Quick Solution To The Next Big Crisis