Obama appears to be implementing the failed policies of the 1930's. Increasing taxes, imposing trade barriers, and appeasing enemies. I'm sure that he realizes that Roosevelt remained immensely popular even though his policies for ending the Great Depression failed. And Chamberlain was popular until Hitler attacked. Obama probably thinks that the Democrat's spin machine would save him should Islamic terrorists attack us again. That could be the outcome. After all, Democrat John Edwards, in answer to a question about what he would do in the event of a nuclear attack on the US, said he would form a commission to determine that it was George Bush's fault. Blaming everything wrong in the world on Bush has worked for several years now, and based on his recent speeches, Obama thinks it still works.