Right at the outset when President Barack Obama and Congressional Democrats successfully passed the stimulus bill and streched out its implementation, thus delaying its effect despite the Republican's insistence that it be used entirely for immediate job creation, it became clear that an ideal opportunity for bipartisan co-peration between the Dems and the GOP for a serious job creation effort was missed by Obama and his fellow Democrats. It was like watching a passenger bus hanging precariously over the edge and there was nothing I could do to prevent its final plunge. To be sure, had the Obama Administration devoted the entire stimulus money to projects that were exclusively condusive to the immediate creation of employment opportunities he would have effectively started his administration on a strong economic footing, gaining momentum for his grand legislative agenda, he would have been unstoppable. Now he has to juggle the economic recession as he struggles to make what's left of his health care reform agenda a reality. A calamity he would never have had to deal with had he done things properly from the get go. Without doubt Obama was given bad advise by his economic advisors and his chief of staff who saw this crisis as an opportunity for a sweeping legislative agenda. Having said this, I hope my assessment is all wrong because I really want President Obama to succeed.