Chuck S.,

I don't know that Obama is a joke, but he's been more than mildly disappointing to this slightly left of center hippie. His main qualification for office is that he isn't Bush, and that was enough, initially. Health care reform was an overdue idea, but I can't tell if the bungling was the result of inept legislation writing by Dems or the extreme partisanship where anything the Ds are for, the Rs are against.

Dogfish has it closest to correct as I see it. I think both Romney and Obama care, but that's ultimately irrelevant because they are owned by the combination of partisan agendas and Wall St. A balanced approach is the furthest thing from the agendas of those who wield control. The American middle class is screwed.

Sg