No great feat of imagination is needed to see how the whole project could end in tears. The stimulus fails. Things continue to fall apart. A new Great Depression ensues. And Obama is blamed and soon enough finds himself out on the speaking circuit with pal (ahem) Bill Clinton. Yet the astonishing thing about this moment is that virtually no one is yearning for that outcome. Perhaps it's because the exogenous circumstances are so dire, but the desire to see Obama succeed is broad and deep among citizens of all persuasions. After the past two decades of politics as total war, what a blessed and glorious relief. A president almost everyone is rooting for? That may be the newest thing of all."
John Heilemann in New York Magazine.
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