If Ron Paul had won the election instead of Obama he would have been in possession of the same set of problems Obama now has. BHO wanted to ‘bring ‘em all back’ too but now that he’s faced with the task he’s taken a somewhat different tack. Ron Paul would have been equally unable to simply ‘bring ‘em back.’
But - and this is an interesting “but” - Ron Paul would have put more pressure on the financial secto0r to clean up its act, perhaps even balancing the budget and reducing the national debt. Obama won’t. You can take that to the bank.
Oh, I agree that when rhetoric meets reality reality eventually wins. Fortunately Iraq is secure and we will not need as many troops there so Zero can pull some out claiming he is fulfilling his promise.
But if another massive terrorist attack hits then what?
Given this electorate it is unlikely that any Hands Off approach to the economy can be undertaken and a balanced budget in a recession is almost impossible. Plus, there are different ways to balance the budget not all good.