I don't blame Obama for the economy. (He inherited the mess from W Bush.)
I don't blame Obama for the debt ceiling political gridlock. (It takes BOTH sides for gridlock to happen.)
But I DO blame Obama for STOPPING his attempts at bipartisanship.
His first year, Obama reached out for reasonable compromise to the minority Republicans. The Republicans (emotionally crazy because they're not used to being depowered) had secret meetings saying, "No matter what Obama proposes, we will all vote against it."
So his second year, Obama decided "I'm not going to be able to work with these crazy Republicans, I'm just going to ram through as much legislation as I can, before I lose the majority in 2010 elections."
After the 2010 elections, Obama STOPPED trying to work with Republicans. He said "Well, Republicans were going to block me when they had no power, so now that they have the House, they're going to block me even more. Oh well, I guess nothing is going to get done for two years."
When Romney was (the Republican) governor of Massachusetts, he was able to work with (Democratic majority) legislators. So, there is hope that if Romney becomes president, he'll be able to work with (Democratic majority) Senators.
But if Obama wins re-election, what is to prevent another 4 years of gridlock?
Obama seems to think that if he wins re-election, Republicans will magically stop obstructing him, since they will have learned that doesn't help anyone.
It's possible they'll start being reasonable, but I'm not going to "hope" that Republicans will "Change."
Unlike Romney, Obama doesn't really need a "plan" for what he'll do if he wins the election. We can expect more of the same Obama, and he will pay for what he wants to do by borrowing from China.
Unlike Romney, Obama DOES need to explain how he will lead a bi-partisan legislature. If his plan is to hope the other side will change - that's not a presidential plan.
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