True, pdq. The greatest problem is massive debt. But that's far less a question of Mr Obama (and his supposed management or mismanagement of the situation) than it is a question of the entire prevailing system of finances and governance as it presently exists. Obama is just a temporary "happy face" PR sticker that has been briefly stuck on the front of a very large, hungry, dangerous, and ugly beast. Remove Obama, and the large ugly beast will still be standing there. And then they'll find another temporary face to stick on it...meaning the next president.

Keep people and commentators obsessed with these stick-on faces, though, and they hopefully won't notice the ravening beast that stands behind them. That's how it works.

A leader simply cannot practice real leadership when he is in fact just a puppet.

(And no, I'm not planning to argue with any of you about it now. I just felt like saying something myself briefly, that's all, because like the rest of you, I like to express myself now and then. Arguing about it with others here on this forum would be completely futile and would change nothing...it would merely cause shared stress and ill will. I wanted to express a thought. I did. It doesn't matter if it doesn't dovetail with your thoughts. Don't worry about it.)