We're screwed

[RedHeadGal]

Originally Posted by Archaea

The really fun part of this exercise is supporters of Obama will sluff off any failure as Bush's fault. When Bush did that for Clinton, it was considered ludicrous, but now that Obama is in power, Bush is the Boogeyman.

Obama is a teflon man as the media is giving him a free pass.

The free pass thing is ludicrous. For the most part, any benefit he gets is based on the fact that we realize we couldn't expect instant results to the tough situation he inherited. Yes, he did inherit, whether you want to attribute that to Bush or Bush and Clinton and on back. That's just the way it goes. All new presidents have to balance being responsible for their own adminstaration with the fact that they are still affected by the choices of the past. Our patience recedes with time, of course, because the effect of the past becomes less in that balance.

Oh, and that chart--what it doesn't say (indeed, what it cannot say) is what the effect would have been without any measures Obama has taken. The projections were wrong? Big deal. Maybe things are better than they would have been. Maybe not. We don't know, which is why that chart is so meaningless.