Was the American economy doing well the day before the Democrats took control of Congress?

I think it's going to be difficult for the GOP to get anything done. They've turned the Senate into a completely dysfunctional entity with the insistence on 60 votes required to pass virtually anything. That said, I do believe it to be eminently fair to the GOP to demand that they perform in the same time-frame that they've allowed Obama.

True fairness? The GOP had 30+ years to show that "trickle-down" economics is a miserable failure. It stands to reason, then, that Democrats would be granted more than 20 months or so to correct 30+ years of failed economic policies.

We have given Obama more than 18 months, not 2 weeks, and he is making it worse. Total incompetence or doing it on purpose?

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.