> I just don't think a president with an opposition congress can be expected to do much. Perhaps not through legislation, but all of the 'pure bad' things I me

> I just don't think a president with an opposition congress can be expected to do much. Perhaps not through legislation, but all of the 'pure bad' things I mentioned -- with the exception of the deficit and lack of entitlement reform -- can be blamed primarily on Obama. Even interest rates/QE, as he appointed a Fed chairwoman who maintained the same policies and met with Obama quite frequently. > I think a surveillance society is 100% inevitable. I agree, but I don't think it's a good thing or that it makes the politicians who enable it any less bad -- it's just inevitable that the kind of people who run governments will like it.