Night Owl
Thank for your response.
The USA is a strong nation. The state system is well working and self-tuning bot politically (strong and balanced branches of power)and economically (market). It is easy to govern this country because the subjective factor does not play a significant role (unlike in Russia). The system allows some zig-zaging but keeps the vector the same.
Yes, Obama is a risk. But McCain is dull and unpromising. McCain will be another George W. Bush,- don’t we have enough? Obama will not be able to mess up a lot, even in the worst case scenario. What may he do wrong, indeed? Socialism and communism are impossible in this country. American freedoms, you are worried about, are unshakable. Obama may loosen up the welfare requirements for the poor. He may advocate some subsidised health insurance to the self-employed low middle class, which they can not afford on their own. He may raise the taxes on the richer Americans, like it was when Clinton at the office. And that is gonna be it. Not that scary. Nothing to lose, the prices for gasoline are already too high.
Let the guy try. He is an exotic one for the position. It is just interesting what he will be able to do and to accomplish.
And he may certainly improve the today USA image (can not be worse) in the world if he becomes the first president after James Carter not to bomb any other nation.
For the last 8 years the USA political life has been boring like 0:1 score(we are loosing) in a soccer game.
It is time for energizing the game, time for change.
