How did Buh react?
Moved quickly to pump liquidity back into frozen markets, worked with Congress to pass TARP, initiated the bailout of the auto industry (which Obama mutated into a bailout of the UAW), worked with G20 leaders to craft a comprehensive worldwide response to the crisis. Appeared almost daily in front of the media to assure the financial markets and the American people that The US was prepared to do whatever would be necessary to return stability to the markets and the economy. In short...he LEAD. he didn't hide behind anyone, he didn't point fingers elsewhere...he dealt with the problem in the manner you expect a leader to...