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Originally Posted by Munchkin03
No president in recent history has taken office in such horrid economic conditions while funding a dual-front war. Clearly, some belt tightening was to be expected. I imagine McCain would have done the same. We're all familiar with FDR's first 100 days and the sweeping economic reforms that came about, so I won't bore anyone with the details; suffice it to say that none of the other presidents have had to take such a drastic step in their first weeks in office.
As far as Gitmo, that was also to be expected. Perhaps McCain would have waited a little bit longer, but still.
The people who find Obama's recent moves to be surprising or controversial must have had their heads in the sand for the past year or so.
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Since McCain isn't in office, you can't really say what he would have done.
Interesting to hear the viewpoints in this thread. Just kind of solidifies things for me.