After reading this blog, I can certainly understand where the writer is coming from and I'm not commenting to try and change anyone's mind. I do, however, feel it should be pointed that out that all too often Obama comes under fire for his "inability to do anything" without any consideration for the hardship he faces with his legislation.
Too much of a good thing can easily go bad, so it makes sense that Congress should be well balanced, but as we all know, Republicans have been the dominate party and it appears they'll continue to be so at least through another term. But people tend to forget that anything Obama has tried to do has been shot down. Our problems with the recession and war, healthcare and jobs are problems that have been there all along but are more apparent now that our Nation is in such economic turmoil. I don't care if Superman had been voted in as President, national problems of this magnitude can't just be cleaned up and fixed as easily as a garbage disposal. It took years for us to get here and so it only makes sense it's going to take longer to get out. I know the 4 year terms are set in place with the idea of being able to add or remove someone we don't feel is doing an adequate job, but when none of us have the full story are we really capable of placing blame on just that one person and removing him office before he's even had a fair shot at doing anything.
I'd like to see things more evenly divided, though just wishing it won't make it happen. At the rate we're going, it appears that unless Obama is re-elected, we'll most likely be looking at a Republican president and I don't feel like that would be the answer to our problems either. The GOP nominees all seem too eager to simply appease the Republican party by telling them what they want to hear and what they think will get them elected. It just doesn't seem all that different from what people say about Obama and his arguments.
However this next election goes, I do sincerely hope that our nation gets a President who is as passionate as Obama is to change things and hope that he/she is received in a more welcoming manner than our current President.
