Carry this on out.
If Obamba, essentially throwing a “hail Mary” at the outset of his term, fails as it appears very likely.........what’s the public reaction?
From the get-go of his term he’s going big, risky, and marginally likely. If this time in 2010 things are the same or worse, how does he fare? Not good.......and it won’t matter about party ID. His stimulus will do nothing but send untold billions down the pike and and Congress will be complicent.
The American public, regardless of party ID, will not stand for nor be happy with the result and things will change. They will have to. Status quo will not survive no matter how fashionable it may have seemed a year previous.
I hope you are right, but judging from the 2006 and 2008 elections, I am not sure I have that kind of faith in the American electorate. Sure, FReepers know their stuff, we do the reading, calling, writing, but the average American doesn’t. They are content to watch American Idol, read People magazine, and get the government bennies whenever they can. The media has also been complacent, even cheering Hussein on, helping him get elected, and they will spin this and spin this until people are still believing that it is all Bush’s fault. Obama voters are a strange and yes, creepy, bunch - they literally do believe he is some sort of Messiah and hang on his every word.
I wish I could share your optimism and I am going to pray you are correct in your analysis, though.
He must fail, he will fail economically on the terms of people who think of success as recovery and prosperity. If his Stimulus bill passes finally the worst part of it for America is not the economic destruction it will effect. It is, after all, not even a lot of money compared to the $7 trillion Bush already obligated. The irreversible damage is in the medical clauses and in the ACORN money.