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Originally Posted by EDBTZ12
I'm certainly not blaming Obama for any of the problems. None of the current problems are his fault and i certainly didn't suggest that.
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I was just clarifying that, because it was implied earlier in the thread by someone (I don't recall who now, and I'm too lazy to go look) that he was a failure because these problems existed.
I tend to think you won't know the true impact a president has until at least halfway into his first term, because with the way things go in this country, it takes about that long to get anything done. I'm reserving judgment until he's truly had a chance to make an impact on life as I know it.
I end up detached from a lot of the current economic struggle, however--Pittsburgh/South Western Pennsylvania hit it's huge economic crisis 20 years ago when the steel mills all closed. We've been rebuilding ever since--and now, this current economic downturn hasn't really affected us as much, because we already know how to deal with it.