Originally Posted by Rochard

That pretty much sums it up right there.

The problem is American society - and the rest of the world - demands and expects instant gratification. Everyone seems to think this can be fixed over night, or at the very least in six months. If that was the case, why didn't Bush fix it in the last year of his administration? Could McCain have done any better? The only thing that is going to fix this problem is time, and patience is the one thing we lack right about now.