"The key to understanding Obama's predicament is to realize that while he ran convincingly as a repudiation of Bush, he is in fact doubling down on his predecessor's big-government policies and perpetual crisis-mongering. From the indefinite detention of alleged terrorists to gays in the military to bailing out industries large and small, Obama has been little more than the keeper of the Bush flame. Indeed, it took the two of them to create the disaster that is the 2009 budget, racking up a deficit that has already crossed the historic $1 trillion mark with almost three months left in the fiscal year. "

If that is so, BB, it confirms exactly what I have long felt which is that the Republicans and Democrats unfailingly serve the very same entrenched powers and interests...not the public...and that no matter which one of them you elect, the same basic agenda inevitably goes forward.

What do you think?