He can and will be blamed for the economic situation. Hoover was not the cause of the great depression, but the people living at the time sure did blame him and hate him for it. He lost the reelection by a landslide.
@FP: I disagree with you. People are expecting Obama to magically fix all of their problems, which is retarded and impossible. Also, Rush wants Obama to fail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ETnzur7oVA
If people seriously believe all that, they need to grow up. Anyone who thinks this one man, can magically fix every problem with the U.S is retarded. And that's not a joke.
Don't get me wrong, I expect him to fix some problems, hopefully all the ones he said he would, but I don't expect it over night, and I don't expect it over the course of a year or so. Hopefully by the time his reign is over, whether it be 4 or 8 years, he will have fixed most, or all of the U.S problems.
Also, about that video, i saw the fox news thing in the bottom corner of it, so I didn't watch it, because Fox news is terrible. But I'm going to assume that he said he want's Obama to fail, in which case, which gives me further reason not to watch it. Why WOULD you want Obama to fail? So you can continue to live in a ****ty country? I mean, is that what these Americans who want Obama to fail want? Do they want to continue to live in a terrible country in a recession, with no jobs, minimum wage, unfair treatment etc?
People need to stop talking about his skin color, and start talking about his actual attributes. His skin color is irrelevant to anything, if I honestly thought he was going to be a terrible president, I wouldn't have voted for him. I don't care if he's black, white, green, yellow or purple. If I hate his views, I'll hate him. There are plenty of black people I hate, and they damn well know it. They, and I, know it's not because of their race, but because they're just overall douchebags.
Now, I know there are people out there who hate Obama only because of his skin, but to want him to fail, just so they can laugh for 15 seconds, and continue on with their miserable lives, is asinine.