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This may just be me but I don't remember republicans asking if someone was a democrat if that person had criticisms for Bush.

ETA: It's not surprising to me that there are a lot of criticisms for Obama right now. The economy is still in the shitter (something Obama couldn't have avoided but the President always gets blamed) and people are coming down from the high energy and high hopes of the campaign. We're not patient people, so combining all that with the fact that almost all of the things Obama said he would accomplish have not been accomplished, people are getting restless and are not content.

Besides that, all Presidents always face criticism. Sometimes it's not valid (OMG HE HAD A BEER HE HAD A BEER DRINKING ON THE JOB!) and other times it is. We don't make excuses for other Presidents, and we shouldn't make them for Obama.