THE ONLY THING OBAMA HAS GOING FOR HIM IS THAT HE IS NOT A REPUBLICAN ... THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN LOOTING THE ECONOMY FOR DECADES... AND THE CLINTON YEARS WERE REALLY YEARS OF REPUBLICAN DOMINANCE...WITH NEWT AND GREENSPAN MORE OR LESS RUNNING THE SHOW...
CLINTON SOLD HIS PRESIDENCY TO GREENSPAN ON THE PROMISE OF BUBBLES GALORE...AND GREENSPAN DELIVERED...
CLINTON REALLY DID NOT HAVE TO GOVERN...HENCE THE MONICA SIDESHOW AT THE END...
TO FIND A DEMOCRAT WITH OBAMA'S EXPECTATIONS LEVEL...YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO KENNEDY/JOHNSON...AND MORE LIKELY TO FDR...OR TO THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TR/WILSON ERA...
I DON'T THINK OBAMA COULD DO "BUSINESS AS USUAL" EVEN IF HE WANTED TO AT THIS POINT...