Bill and Hill didn't have to deal with the one thing Obama's dealing with. The Teabaggers and their insanity coupled with the resultant mass hysteria of the entire Republican Party. Back then, in the old days of Newt (as opposed to these new days of Newt), the Moral Majority and all that ilk were pussycats compared to the nutcases today.
Obama will do what he can with the budget to salvage social programs. Just like health care reform. Once the dems take over the House next year; and believe me, they will!, things can be righted.
I believe they will take it back, but I don't believe it will be much different. (Hopefully they get Pelosi back, say what you want, but she got her people to do what she wanted instead of the other way around....) Also, you will still have the tea-baggers and regular GOP members who can't have a dem victory even if it is good for the country, a dem caucus who aren't sheep like the GOP and a President who wants to look like compromiser in chief more than dem leader in chief..
unless he lets loose in the hopes of salvaging his legacy and finally pushes and holds his own to get what he wants done 100% instead of throwing most of it away and being happy with getting 15% of what he wanted..
then, it might be interesting..
