http://zfacts.com/metaPage/lib/National-Debt-GDP-L.gif
The decrease and then slowdown shown in the graph for GWB was when the Dems took control of Congress. The skyrocket is from the bailout that happened, at the request of the WH, with the passage of the TARP last fall. This information is at http://zfacts.com/p/318.html.

