Sometimes I think that not increasing taxes for the extremely wealthy and corporations, etc was his first concession to the powers that be. On the other hand why did his predecessor get away with doubling the debt in such a short period of time? obviously there is either an entirely blind agenda operating here or one that is engineered like a Swiss watch. Whatever is going on has been doing so for some time. It doesn't seem to be an issue of intelligence on his part but of design which he may simply not be able to overcome. Here is an interesting link that may prove to contain some actual, factual material. But, What, me worry?