If Obma wanted to be real popular with the American people, in the first year he needed to do three things, stabilize the financial meltdown (unfortunately TARP and GM/Chrysler bailout was needed to do that to stem panic and adding 1 million to unemployment), two help businesses free up cash (less regs and less taxes) so they can pay down debt and employ people, and finally go after the Wall Street and gov officials responsible for the mortgage fraud and reckless behavior that caused the meltdown. Obama did the first because Wall Street bankers applied pressure and the unions applied pressure, but he made the second worst with more taxes and gov programs and finally hesitated to go after Wall Street and gov officials because he needed them for donations and under advisement from Treasury not to demoralize the banking industry with prosecutions in order to get their help to resolve the crisis. In the end we had higher unemployment and one hell of a pissed off public as the truth to the crisis unfolds.