The point is that we will never know... and perhaps Obama "screwing up" is the best that can be done considering the circumstances, and maybe someone else would have done a lot worse, or not. Playing this game of hypotheticals is a senseless exercise in futility. But lets remember one thing - part of the reason that Obama did so well, and the reason that we are in this mess in the first place, can be directly attributed to the horrendous performance of the previous administration, and that is a FACT.