the most valuable thing Obama has done is staying the course on attempting to save the financial system. "bailouts" are never popular, and you don't get credit for helping to divert a disaster most people can not imagine, but they were necessary else we would have lost the banks just like we did during the Great Depression. Even as far back as Sept/Oct 2008, the Democrats have been the adults willing to do what is necessary (though the Republicans did manage enough votes after the Dow lost 777 points in a single day in reaction to the House initially rejecting TARP on the first round of voting).
