Obama has been hindered by Republican intransigence. If the Democrats in Congress acted the same way under Bush, we might be a lot better off now, because so many of the foolish things he did might not have gotten done. Of course I agree with a lot of the things Obama wants to do and disagree with most of the things Bush did, so I would say that. But still, the lopsided intransigence of the Republicans has hindered Obama, so to say, "Let's vote for the Republicans because Obama has gotten so little done" is to reward evil with good.