Pretend it's Jan. 19th (end of Bush reign) - Dow at 8000, 700000+ jobs lost monthly, etc..

[Dawgs]

Fast forward to today (16 months later)...

If you knew that the Obama administration and the Democrats would have accomplished this much (see below), how would you have felt?

I think we would have all been pretty happy.

Stimulus passed by Democrats that created 2.5 million+ jobs
Saved Auto Industry
Passed HCR (I know, not perfect)
Started end to DADT
Dow over 10,000+
Largest monthly job growth in four years
Three months before all combat troops are gone from Iraq - hopefully!

FWIW, I agree that many things (Afghanistan, no public option, offshore drilling, etc.) could have been done better.

[mdmc]

1. If we are "out" of Iraq next year, then Bush was brilliant for waging war

The idea that we will have an easy victory in Iraq is flawed. I opposed the war because I knew that a stable, secular, unified, pro-west Iraq was at least 50 years of blood and treasure away.

If we can "mission accomplish" by next year then I was wrong (about the war requiring American blood and treasure for 50 years) and Bush was right to unseat a dictator and show the world what we do to our enemies..

[mdmc]

2. for the record I was very happy on 1-20-09

I knew that the dem ticket was better then the GOP ticket..

[FreakinDJ]

3. Some one will accuse you of being an Obama lover for that

ever since the TeaBaggers gained popularity so many folks feel they have to follow them down that path