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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel
Well I think it will also give us the political benefit of having the country/economy get worse and the Democrats not having anyone to blame it on (what with controlling Congress and the White House). That gives the Republican party - if they can find an identity and decent candidates - a chance to come sweeping in and clean house in the next elections.
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In the short term, I think things will get better. A small part of the economic problems could be somewhat self-healing, consumer confidence, some stock buying behavior, etc. I expect the media to start selling those aspects hard as soon as Obama clinches. I expect them to being to minimize the scale of the crisis and to report more positively on small gains.
I also expect to see positive coverage of any Bush policies the Obama intends to carry over, and I think there will be more of them that Obama is presently claiming. For instance, I don't think he will be in any hurry to get out of Iraq if the perception was that things were improving when he won the election. Small changes will be played up, large similarities played down.
So, because most people won't perceive the county as being in crisis or will perceive this as improving because that's the news they will get, it will be harder for Republicans to do what you are suggesting.
And some of that will be great. I'm all about economic recovery. I don't want the country to suffer because it helps the GOP.