It isn't. You are watching the beginning of a roller coaster ride. It won't be Obama's fault, but it will be happening.
I think people may now disregard most of your prophetic statements as they have, thankfully not bore any fruit tonight.
It isn't. You are watching the beginning of a roller coaster ride. It won't be Obama's fault, but it will be happening.
I think people may now disregard most of your prophetic statements as they have, thankfully not bore any fruit tonight.
Oh, I've been saying these things since before I had any idea who I'd be voting for (or who the candidates would be). I'd be saying the same things had there been two other candidates in this race. I spoke about the problems prior to the recent economic downturn.
Sorry if you don't like it, but the problems are still there.
Right now we're facing a recession (global), a resurgent Russia, a terrorist organization bent on destroying us, the Iranian situation, and those are the things marked "urgent." Saying, "Yes, we can," doesn't answer "How." (Nor does "Reform" for that matter.)
I think you underestimate how much of our problem is psychological.
Reagan and Roosevelt improved the economy just as much, if not moreso, by the confidence and optimism they gave Americans through their words as opposed to their policies. Obama so far shows signs of being similar, though time will tell. I think he is likely to avoid Clinton's mistakes as he, while supremely confident, is not an arrogant man like Clinton (who, like most arrogant people, used it to cover up his personal feelings of inadequacy which manifested themselves in his martial fidelity...always feeling he must prove himself and seek self affirmation and reassurance wherever possible). He is, I think, nearly the perfect personality balance, confident yet humble, detached enough to be rational in his policy making and inquisitive enough to learn that which he does not know rather than pretending he has critical information that he does not.
Above all, Obama's ability to inspire and bring out the best in us is the one thing that I think most enables him to lead us through this critical and difficult time.
It's easy for policy wonks like us to not see the forest for the trees and think marginal tax rates affect the economy more than true confidence and the health of the human condition.
Not to say that Democratic policies don't do far more for the economy than Republican ones (as past history as shown to be the case) but Obama's effect on his supporters and listeners is a key component of his potential success, and also I'm sure engenders much of the potential hatred of him.
