Obama has managed to to remove any certainty from the economy.
For example:
Nobody knows what will result from the healthcare legislation.
Nobody knows what will result from the financial reform legislation.
Nobody knows what is coming next.
Obama could cut taxes in half next week and this economy will not move forward until the people have confidence in what the future holds.
That's exactly right.
And it will take more than regime change to end that. For example, if we were to suddenly get Sarah Palin as POTUS, people would still be as unsure, if not more so.