Economic Genius

It's a good thing we have an economic giant like Barack Obama representing us at the G8 summit. What would we do without this sort of leadership:

"Hopefully we'll get some stuff done," Obama told Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti as he and other summit participants arrived for Friday evening dinner at a lodge at the secluded presidential retreat.

How can we go wrong with Captain Obvious running the show. Tell me again how this is the brightest bulb around?