People made up their minds about the Carter Administration long ago.
Are we in the same place? Not really. Back then, there was stagflation, but not the kind of unemployment there has been of late, and less UNDERemployment. Back then, the cost of housing was not as big a percentage of household income as it was today. Back then, we had a permanent adversary (the old USSR) which was crumbling, and our snoops knew it, but our politicians kept insinuating that the Soviets were about to outpace us, militarily.
Back then, Democrats and Reputlicans were down on Carter, for different reasons. Most Democrats support Obama and what he's done. Obama's nowhere near as unpopular as Carter became.
My parents were staunch Carter supporters in '76 and '80 (especially '80 since my dad absolutely despises the Kennedys) and any time they hear someone speak ill of him, they'll usually just say, "At least he was honest." ... From JFK to Nixon, we had sixteen years of corrupt Presidents. Ford-Dole against Carter-Mondale was a very honest election. Ford made himself seem so trustworthy and moderate he lost to a very electable Carter after a very big scandal of lies and corruption by less than 75,000 votes.
