Well, here are a few questions, anyway...
Cap n trade might be, but what makes you so sure about healthcare?
Because if they could have passed it they would already. No, the Dums are running for the exits on this one. They will not take a bullet for Obama's presidency, no matter how urgently he begs.
I read a lot.
How has he "compounded" things again? What would realistically have been "fixed" by now under another Prez?
He passed an ineffective overly expensive "stimulus" package, promising that it would mean unemployment would stay below 8%. Now he has boosted the deficit, compounding that problem and making unemployment worse. He promised to close Gitmo and after a year has not. He compounded the problem by promising civilian trials in NYC for the 9/11 plotters. He diddled around on Afghanistan and then compounded the problem by choosing a course of action that his own commander said would have a small probability of success.
I could go on and on here.
How would a different president have fared? He would have suspended the payroll tax, pushed for tax cuts for corporations across the board to make it more profitable to employ workers. He would have suspended the minimum wage for 3 years. He would have continued to treat al Qaeda as an armed enemy and the war on terror as a war rather than a police matter. He would have strengthened relations with out allies, like the Czech Republuc and Poland, and put greater pressure on our enemies, like Iran.
In short, take whatever Obama has done and do the opposite.