i mean if your options were , a ) you have $ 20 in your bank account but an entire nation of 350 million or whatever is expecting you to somehow pay $ 1000 worth of bills with it , and to balance your budget you would have to cut off the funding on a bunch of programs you didnt sign up for but which were handed to you , or b ) just hem and haw for four years and pass the buck to the next guy , i think its pretty obvious which route almost every person alive would take if they were in his shoes .