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The problem is that there will be a certain segment of the population whose lives have not significantly improved during the last 4 years and whom will somehow believe that that is President Obama's fault despite the actual complexities and nuances of the situation and will vote for somebody "different" thinking (hoping) that they will do a better job somehow- sort of like what happened in 2010. President Obama will have to work hard to show how everything he has done has benefited everybody in some way and how disastrous the policies that the GOP plans to implement under a R.MONEY "autopen" Presidency would be to the economic recovery and the well-being of middle class voters in general. I think that, given that the Republicans are not offering anything other than failed Bush economic policies (or worse), it should not be an incredibly hard case to make as long as most people still hold Bush accountable for the state of the economy that President Obama inherited. President Obama needs to also make the case that Republican obstructionism is largely to blame for more not getting more done in Congress, which shouldn't be too hard of a case to make either. I don't quite understand where the "magical thinking" that R.MONEY would be "better" for the economy comes from- though, I guess, the default assumption in our society is that businessmen are somehow better equipped to manage the economy than anybody else despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

Bush? Pleas, someone, ask him.

All I've heard is that he would have let everyone go bankrupt and let the market take care of everything. Like Bush, he would cut taxes more for the wealthy and do away with more regulations. I have heard him say nothing that would not make everything worse than it is now. He would be a true disaster.

1) Get control (leveraged buyout, buy election, etc.)
2) Crank up the debt
3) Sell off the assets
4) Crank up some more debt
5) Cut wages
6) Take out a few loans
7) Raid the pension and benefit funds
8) Rehypothecate for another round of debt
9) Leave someone else holding the bag.

The only question remaining is: Is there much left in the United States that hasn't been squeezed already?