Hope this isn't going to be a trend: Obama losing financial backing of big S.F. donor

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56. The environment is one of my main issues. I care deeply about it.

But these are not normal times. The very wealthy, like this donor, are not feeling the pain. Robert Redford, too. They are activists for A cause. One cause. That's great. But we have been in a severe recession for three years, with millions of people unemployed, and millions more underemployed. People getting sick and dying from lack of insurance. Our economic system in danger with our banks having been on the edge of a breakdown and the possible loss of what little manufacturing we have. Add to that a coupe of wars, terrorism, European economy possible collapse, and a host of other issues.

Still, in the midst of all that, Obama has done quite a bit for the environment. He has not made it front and center, that's true. But gas mileage requirements have been instituted that are the strongest, and quickest, ever passed. He's set aside millions of acres of land for public preservation. He has pushed alternative fuels, including solar and electric cars. Stricter clean air requirements have been passed And more.

These are not normal times. A balance had to be hit among all the serious threats facing our country. The environment was one of them, but there were many others equally or more important.

Now that were are gradually coming out of the recession, maybe her pet project, whatever it is, can be addressed. But I think that Obama handled the problems he was facing with pretty good skill, and prioritized pretty darn well.