Reply #22: I think people are being really subjective on this

[27inCali]

if their particular community is hurting really bad, they assume it's like that everywhere and if they are looking for work right now, they wont be satisfied with what Obama is doing until they themselves and the people around them starting getting jobs.

the irony is that a lot of the hardest hit places are suffering more because of the bad choices made by their state and local governments and have chronic economic problems that span back 20-30 sometimes a hundred years because of reasons that Obama only has limited power to address.

To some extent we have to accept some responsibility as Americans for letting the situation be so out of control for so long, we are just beginning to dig our way out. I don't think abject pessimism is helping at all though.

I have no doubt the Pres is on our side even if his approach thus far has been occasionally too cautious.