Another Factor

摘要

That will hit the new President hard about his current ideology will be the rapidly deteriorating world scene. Central and eastern Europe are reeling economically and politically, as are the Baltics. Ukraine is experiencing devastating bank runs. Russia, sensing U.S. weakness, will push to reestablish itself as master of those countries that broke awayrnfrom the old Soviet Union in 1991. The magnitude of the global economic disaster will eventually force President Obama to reexamine some of his basic premises. If he doesn't, he will be a one-termer and will be judged by future generations as on a par with his predecessor (regarding the economy) and with Hoover, Carter, Buchanan and Pierce.