Gmoney, good post. Bucco, in case you haven't noticed, the country is already in a downward spiral that will take many years to recover from, in large part thanks to Republicans controlling congress for 10 of the past 12 years, and 8 years of Bushenomics. Yet to each his/her own. I have great confidence in Obama's intelligence, his choice of running mate, and his advisors, so if anyone can dig this country out of the hole it is now in, it will be Obama's adminstration.