Rush Limbaugh clarified his comments that he "Hopes Obama Fails". He stated that he didn't hope for the country to fail, of for the United States to fail economically to prove Obama wrong in his policies. He stated that he didn't like the direction President Obama was taking the country in, and hoped his policies failed to lead America into socialism or Marxism. He said he believed the country was going in the wrong direction, and that if Obama failed the country would win, by not following him into more government control over capitalistic institutions. To raise taxes, and take over banks, control corporations by government intervention, all these things are against his principles and would bring disaster upon America in his opinion.

He may be right. It is my hope that America will succeed, and to do that, it will have to now correct a left leaning ship of state. President Obama has succeeded in changing the country by leading it in a distinctly left direction. Is he right in his assertion that big government is the right answer to lead us out of a recession and into prosperity? No according to Limbaugh. He is doing the exact opposite of what the country needs to be doing. Who is right? Rush? Obama? Time will tell. The contrast is startling and unmistakable. Will President Obama's "New Deal" be the answer, or Rush's Republican Revolution scheduled for 2012? Rush is convinced that Obama's plans will only bring America down economically. He believes when that happens the door will open for a new Regan Revolution, and the Republican candidate can take the country back. The result of Obama's leadership will be apparent by then. If Obama is right, and the country is thriving, he will be vindicated. If the country is struggling and sinking into an economic quagmire, then Rush could be prophetic in his pronouncements. We won't have to wait long for an answer. The country wanted changed, and change it has gotten. How long it will be believed in depends upon the results it manifests. Stay tuned and don't blink!