OK, calling him "Messiah" is ridiculous after we're just coming off of the Bush presidency.
Why, are you trying to claim that Bush worked miracles or are you saying that because Obama isn't a American god won't work miracles through him?
You should clarify your position somewhat.
If nothing else, Obama is a pragmatist (which is not necessarily the same as a moderate).
Yeah, it's really pragmatic to throw a hundred billion dollars at a failed car company and tell it to straighten up or face receivership. Made perfect sense to every single dumb-**** that voted for the Messiah, I suppose.
Those of us with perfect sense didn't see any sense in it at all, though.
Foreign policy - Much better.
Already worse.
He couldn't force Netanyahu to go along with the moronic two-state plan, he's coddling I'madaboutdajihad in Iran, he's doing just swell with the North Koreans, and the Chinese are making deals with other countries to stop trading in dollars. But the morons in Europe like him.
I have no illusions that the rest of the world will continue to love Obama forever,
How silly you are. As long as Obama is doing everything in his power to do as much damage to the United States as he's doing now, he's going continue being the world's favorite president. You're not trying to say that you expect sometime in the far distant future in a galaxy far far away that Obama might eventually stop his deliberate efforts to destroy this country, are you?
Health care - Much better. At long last, it looks like we're going to get a sane health care system in this country,
No, we're not. Obama is doing everything he can to prevent the free market reforms needed to fix the problems with the health care industry in the United States. Those reforms require the US stop interfering in the industry.
Deficit - Better than it is now, but probably worse than prior to the recession. The current recession is so severe that I think it can be regarded as an anomaly.
Nothing anomalous about a financial crash caused by too much government. That's the cause of most financial crashes.
Since the crash was caused by too much government, it's clear even more government won't make things better.
The deficit will undoubtedly come under some control after it ends.
It can't end until the deficit spending stops, ergo, in your scenario, it never gets better.
However, merely allowing the Bush tax cuts to expire will not generate enough revenue to pay for health care and cap-and-trade, let alone the deficit we already have.
Yeah, considering that Obama's raising taxes (call it what it really is) will crash the economy before it can get out of the recession the government caused.
Gee, and you didn't say a word about the inflation that has to be coming simply because your Messiah and the liberal that preceded him pumped litteral trillions of dollars of cash into the economy.
Needless to say, tax-and-trade is one of the stupidest ideas to come down the road in a long time and it's going to do it's part, a major role, in stifling the economy once the traitors enact it.
Trade - About the same. Obama has shown no serious desire to roll back free trade agreements, and would probably put up a fight with congressional Democrats if they tried to do so. However, he does not seem particularly eager to form new agreements either.
Trade doesn't grow when the national economy is in the shambles Obama it trying to put it into.
Worse. The Messiah refuses to consider the proven technological tools we have, oil, coal, and nuclear, and wants to hang the national hopes on magically industries relying heavily on Unobtanium for the technological breakthroughs to make them economically feasible....when the nation's industries are withering on the vine for want of reliably cheap energy sources...and all we need to really do is drill and dig in our own backyard for the solutions.
Labor - Worse. Much to my dismay, Obama seems to be much more in the pocket of the unions than I imagined. His giving Chrysler to the UAW was disgusting, as is his (probable) course of action for GM, as was his refusal to allow California to deal with the SEIU.
Your Messiah is an absolutely 100% totally TYPICAL Democrat here. Sorry, I don't buy the sudden disdain for unions from people dishonest enough to vote for Democrats.
Taxation - Better. Count on the tax level in eight years to be more progressive and higher...although probably not high enough to pay our bills, as I mentioned above.
You mean worse. Higher taxes will kill the economy, and the people that should be taxed are the poor, who don't pay taxes. They want the benefits, let them pay the price.
Also by "progressive" you mean "socialist", which naturally means "regressive back to the time of feudal lords and privileged elites". If you wish the honest people such as myself to have some other vision of what you're trying to say, you have to stop using the recognized socialist buzz words and propaganda phrases.