A Fox News poll finds that 58 percent believe that George W. Bush is more responsible for the current state of the economy than Barack Obama. Neither is fully responsible, of course. Presidents aren't that powerful. But the public fully understands that the roots of the crash go back a long way and it seems they are rightly patient in expecting Obama to work miracles.

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