ASU2003

Well, he got screwed by Rush, the Tea Party, and Fox News. They mounted a loud, unified opposition (with some lies thrown in) to get the base of the GOP riled up. The new "fiscal conservatives" weren't the old neocon social conservatives... and if you weren't with them, you were wrong.

Yes, I am a little disappointed in the fact that I thought that Americans could work together on solving the problems instead of "being right" when the trickle down polices have not and will not work. That for-profit healthcare is not the best care in the world. And people are working harder and more productivity, yet not getting ahead, requiring both parents to work, and still not having enough to retire in their 50s. I'm disappointed that we are still in Iraq as much as we are, that the military numbers and bases haven't been touched, and Gitmo is still there. (I wonder if the Cuban transition process got leaked on wikileaks...) I thought that we would be transitioning to more renewable power and less coal. The oil spill actually produced the result of stopping drilling for 7 years off the east coast (where they tried and could find oil before), but at a big cost to the gulf. (I don't blame him for the spill, Obama wasn't able to do everything, but we haven't seen any less dependency on foreign oil, or reduction in the amount of money we send overseas. And GM, even owned by a lot of taxpayers for a period of time couldn't get GM to design a 100% electric car that can be charged by solar shingles made in Michigan.

I thought that a gas tax would have been implemented along with other taxes to cover the spending, and he would of been against the tax breaks for people making over $250k. (Unless it is a political move that he would veto after he got some other stuff passed). The GOP played him on that by threating to block anything until they were passed, but there isn't any time to do anything else now.