Reply #3: 'inherited' the problem

[tomm2thumbs]

I can understand saying we are in a mess and things are bad and the President stepped into a mess, but the word 'inherited' implies it was from out of the blue when this goes with the office of Presidency no matter who takes the job. It would be no different than noting Bush 'inherited' 9/11 because it was already well underway in the planning when he started.

Let's just agree that no one inherits anything when you actively seek a job across several years of campaigning and when both candidates were one of 100 Senators who were active in the government up to the election.