Wrong Direction

I was flipping by The Charlie Rose Show earlier, and some 200 year-old guy was talking. I didn't catch who he was as I was frantically switching back to BH 90210, but he said something pretty interesting. Barack Obama is entering the office under the most dire of circumstances since FDR in 1932, what with two wars and a colossal financial meltdown greeting him at the door. Meanwhile, 8 years ago George Bush's biggest problem was deciding what to do with the humongous surplus that was left to him. Ain't that some shit.