I think his record of disappointments is simply explained and no brain damage or vast conspiracies are required. He is simply doing what’s best for himself and his cronies. The ones who helped him get to and keep him in office.
The rest of the country be damned.
Forget about the next two years, it’s going to be a long rest of our lives.
I hold no more hope for Congress in the future than I have for the past several years. The institution has been neutered and rendered obsolete by corrupt people in the executive branch.
My hope lies in the states being able to hold onto and regain their individual power, and perhaps someday things will get so bad that another decent individual might get elected as president. That's not going to be 2016, as the machine is already maneuvering to assure that the GOP nominate (again) someone who is certain to lose.
I'm afraid that this country is going to have to hit bottom before people will wake up and start back on the road to recovery... and we still have a long way to go before we really hit bottom.