In an era of "change", why must we continue to discuss the past and want to focus on perceived shortcomings of past leaders when we possess only the power to change what lies ahead?  Thom Hartmann discussed prosecuting basically every individual associated with the George W. Bush administration and ultimately calling out our new forward-thinking president.  Talking of how irresponsible it is to let these people roam free, Hartmann talked of the Nuremburg Trials and bringing our former leaders down following that precedent.  If we really want to go that far, must we try the Senators themselves (Democrats included) that voted overwhelmingly for us to go to war?  

Personally, I think it's time to look forward, not backward, and see what kind of positive change we can make.  Healthcare is on the table (an issue to be discussed soon) as well as sweeping changes that can alter the look of this nation for years to come.  It's not time for our Senators to hold hearings and simply cast out blame for where we are; it's time for our Senators and the administration to move us forward.  People have been given bad situations before but as we've seen so many times before, Americans have an amazing ability to rise out of these situations and be successful.  This is what we call the American Dream.  It's time for our leaders to show us the American Dream on a much grander scale--to take a bad situation for the country as a whole and bring us out of it, re-affirming our place as the world's superpower.  It just remains to be seen whether or not we can hold our focus and look that far forward.