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Once again, the press is asking the wrong question.

The fact that the public blames the Republicans doesn’t mean they will continue to give the Democrats a pass for not cleaning it up. The question should be “What percentage of Americans don’t blame the Democrats for not improving the economy.”

We’re in a similar situation to the 1970s. The public blamed Ford for the economic mess. For a while after he was elected, the public gave Carter a pass for not cleaning it up, but by the end of his 4 years their patience ran out. The public never blamed Carter for creating the economic problems, but they blamed him for not improving the economy.

The public will always blame the Repbulicans (because it started on Bush’s watch), but there will come a point where their patience will run out with Obama not improving the economy.

Well,I think you're right. I certainly hope you're right. But I think back to the 1930's. Everyone blamed Hoover for starting the Great Depression. FDR came in and spent years working on the problem and really made precious little progress until WWII came along changed everything. And here we are 70 years later, and an awful lot of people hate Hoover for getting us in, and praise FDR for getting us out. Hmmmmmmmm.

I do think that Obama is screwing up so badly that he cannot avoid the blame, but these things can be unpredictable.