Obama After Six Months

Somehow folks seem to forget, especially those nuts shouting down Democratic representatives at health care reform town meetings, that this entire mess--deficits, banking collapse, unemployment, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the recession--are the aftermath of the Bush administration. Not that greed is partisan. The greed that withdrew funding from the manufacturing segment of the economy was both Democratic and Republican. When a 5% profit margin isn't enough, and most investment bankers want a higher return on their money, we know we are screwed. So, yes we are screwed.

Rolling Stone has an interesting piece on just how Obama has worked out during the first six months of his presidency. The three commentators are Paul Krugman, the Nobel Prize winning economist and columnist for the New York Times, David Gergen, former aide to both Republican and Democratic presidents, and Michael Moore, the rebel filmmaker. It's an interesting read, so take a moment to check it out.