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ProDigit, your opinions are understandable... surely many people voted for McCain for those same reasons. Unfortunately, the sudden economic crash seems to suggest that the strategy of leaving business to essentially run the economy as it saw fit was just not working on a lot of levels--economic and environmental, especially--and this is one of the reasons why many Republicans voted for Obama.
It's always hard to weigh your impression of what's good for the country against what's good for you, as they may not be the same thing. I admit that, in order to enact serious environmental and energy-related change in America, I expect to be put-out in a number of areas (many of which I have been proactive on, but not all), and not enjoy some of the prospects much. In the future, I could conceivably lose my job, be forced to move, give up my personal vehicle, see the serious devaluation of my currency... none of which would bode well for me personally.
Should this cause me to reverse my decision to support energy independence and environmental cleanup? I don't think so, because those things will result in a better America, which is bigger than me and my needs.
I think a lot of people in other countries supported Obama because they saw the same damage being done to the global economy that has happened here, due to America's influence, as well as America's drain on global economy and resources, which needs to change. They saw a different party as being better suited to enact that change, and Obama as being capable to lead the charge. I do not believe most of them hope Obama will just drag us down... for if America just collapsed, how would that bode well for the rest of the world? They expect him to restore sanity to our government, to bring America back to the global family again, not continue to be that mooching bully everyone hates.
No question, it's going to be hard in that new America. But if it didn't seem to be hard before, I believe that's only because we've been burying the hard stuff in our attic, and eventually, the roof would suddenly cave in under the weight, and we'd all be surprised that we let it get that full.
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