Republicans were in control of congress 12 of the last 14 years until January 2007. The quagmires that the Republicans created will take DECADES for the Democrats to fix. If you need a reminder of some of the wonderful things we can thank the Republicans for, try this:

Iraq war, record foreclosures, gas prices sky rocket, Katrina mismanagement, Enron (Bush's pals), Abu Graib, largest federal deficit in history.....