I think the problem with the American people is that we see whoever is in power at the time as having created the 13 trillion dollar deficit.
I predict that the next series of elections will follow the same path this one did: voting out whoever is in office. I have a bad feeling that even if our new Republican house does some great things, they won't get a lot of credit for it since they weren't able to completely flip the recession around.
People want to see sweeping change that balances the budget and pays off our debt. I don't think most people realize that there's not even enough money in the world right now to do that.
Also we have a lot of people like this, who tend to actually turn out and vote:
