“It’s the economy, stupid!”
In fact, when Carville beat daddy Bush focused on the economy, it wasn’t 1/10th as bad as it is now.
Do all of you all realize that if a Republican was president today, every newspaper in the nation would be running stories about “Depression Deepens”, “McCain Depresion sees more job losses”, “Grim Times in McCain Depression”.
The gift Obama gave us was to win the presidency at the start of an economic depression. Anybody running on Obama vs. The Economy is going to beat him. Anybody. Santorum. Ron Paul. Ru Paul. Anybody.
You make an excellent point about what would happen were a Republican in office now. We all know it, but it bears repeating!