President Obama’s approval ratings are plummeting along with the Dow, and he’s just lost his stare-down with House Speaker John Boehner while presiding over a historic downgrade of U.S. credit.

I don’t know about peak oil theory, but it seems clear that we must have passed peak hope some time ago. The Chris Matthews-style “thrill up the leg” is rarer these days.

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