The Republicans in Congress have effectively blockaded almost every legislation that might have helped the economy.

Companies that do, or could, benefit from Republican policies have, according to numerous reports, adopted a policy of NOT CREATING jobs until the Republicans are back.

The US Chamber of Commerce is reported to have sent a "recommendation" to all it's larger members advocating that job creation be "postponed" until Obama is replaced (by a Republican). This was at least several months before the last election.

During the pre-campaign primaries, I happened to hear, within the space of about two weeks, three separate Republican "candidates" make IDENTICALLY the same statement:

"I promise that NOTHING will pass in Congress while that *** man *** is the President."

The first *** is a "poignant pause" deliberately intended to allow the audience to insert "nigger" if they want, and the second *** is so that they'll have time to think "he wanted to say nigger." The statement was identical from all three, since neither parrots nor puppets are allowed to deviate from "the party line."

Tax breaks were given to the wealthy before Obama had anything to do with it, and they've produced virtually ZERO job production or replacement. The argument that not taxing the rich will produce jobs has been incontrovertibly refuted by that alone. The decision to obstruct (including obstruction of economic recovery) was fully demonstrated BEFORE "Obamacare" was passed by Congress, and the health act cannot be claimed as a legitimate reason for continued obstruction by Republican followers and sympathisers, since it hasn't changed what they (don't) do.

The main appeal that Romney might have had for those not already brainwashed to the TeaPublican party line was that he actually appeared to "think" about what he said - occasionally. His switch from trying to explain the Supreme Court decision to squawking the parroted "It's a TAX" line demolished that assumption, amply showing that election of ANY REPUBLICAN as President means that all we'll have is a puppet for some unknown person/agency that secretely pulls ALL OF THE STRINGS, and who is one that NO Republican can object to or resist.

Welcome back to 1938.

John