Weaknesses

We are confronted with a fascinating political situation in the United States, or at least, a quite interesting one. President Obama is less populat than ever, as any American president would be under the circumstances.

The "circumstances" are that the United States is a bankrupt empire, which must soon make the same painful decision made by the British after World War Two: to no longer be and maintain an empire, but rather to contract back into a democratic republic content to be contained, for the most part, within its own borders.

The American manufacturing base is gone to countries with cheaper labor markets in the global corporate plutocracy, and the pooring of America abides apace. So, it really isnt' very likely that any president of the USA will be popular very long, no matter what his or her policies.

If you're a womanizer, be careful about running for president. Cain is learning this, and Gingrich might not be far behind in the learning curve. Mitt Romney will be ripped apart because of his history of changing views, and his socialistic statd health care system. The Republicans will have a weak candidate to run against a weak president, the American people will select the lesser of two evils, and the American empire will either withdraw gracefully from the world stage, or it will withdraw the hard waythrough internal collapse and economic chaos. Stay tuned.