Joe Nocera, "While the Markets Swoon ...": Bush Is Still to Blame

Voicing discontent with Obama's "uninspired" speech on Monday, Joe Nocera, in his latest New York Times op-ed, "While the Markets Swoon ... (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/opinion/nocera-while-the-markets-swoon.html?hp), would have us know that the economic crisis is the fault of George W. Bush:

"Has any president in American history left behind as much lasting damage as George W. Bush? In addition to two unfinished wars, he also set us on the path to our current financial mess."

Okay, Bush is to blame, but Obama was elected to end the wars and guide us out of the morass. This hasn't happened.

In its editorial entitled "Past Time for a New Agenda" (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/09/opinion/past-time-for-a-new-agenda.html?_r=1&hp), The New York Times today rails against the Republicans in its efforts to shift the blame for the economic debacle. Is "I didn't do it" shaping up to be the theme of the 2012 Obama reelection campaign?

What a shame that Obama is not being challenged in the primaries by Hillary.