[SBR_John]

Unemployment 12%, try 7% the day he took office. By '82 it went up to nearly 10% http://www.presidentreagan.info/unemployment.cfm

Home loans rates 25%, try 16% http://vagabondsandvillians.wordpres...nterest-rates/

One auto company was in real trouble the others weren't doing great but they weren't knocking on the Oval Office door looking for a hand out either.

I have no illusions that Obama is great but he was handed a much larger shit sandwich then Reagan. Reagan upped the debt and deficit. He also increased taxes when it became obvious it was the right thing to do. Reagan had the luxury of having adults in the opposing party to work with rather then cry babies who would bitch if he found a cure for cancer. That's really not new with Obama, Bush and Clinton had much the same problems, seems to get worse every election. I have no reason to believe Romney will enjoy any bi-partisan work environment.

The point is Reagan in fact did inherit much worse and turned it around by uniting all of us. He reached across party lines an enacted legislation that stopped inflation, brought down rates and put the country back to work. Sound familiar? It should. Obama promised to unite us, cut unemployment and cut wasteful government spending AND lower taxes. Has he united us? I won't even ask about unemployment or the deficit. He is slowly destroying the Democratic party. In 140 days they will lose the Senate to go along with the losing the House 18 months ago. IF he is elected the Demo will lose even more seats in 14. You will sink with Obama because he is over matched and has no answers.