Everyone worries but I think that as soon as we start staring down the barrel of the General Election and start getting some debates between Obama and McCain we are really going to see something special. Let's see that McCain temper, let us see him fluster and flub on National TV live. PS John, I'm not your friend.

If you've been paying attention to the latest global warming numbers, you know that if we don't put some massive new spending on replacing our energy infrastructures, there is serious question as to whether there is going to be a USA in 20 years. $4/gallon gas is a warning, and not an early warning. Rumor has it that it'll be $8 by election day.

Then, look at the $1.7T spending on civil infrastructure the ASCE is calling for to replace/maintain America's roads, bridges, sewers, and other unglamorous things we are going to need if we're going to keep doing business in America. What happens if we don't? Remember that bridge collapse in MN? Consider that a warning.

At this point, the two biggest things America as a nation pisses away money on are the War on Iraq and what passes for a national health care system. You know, the one that costs twice per capita what the rest of the First World is spending to provide 1/2 the access.

The next president will have to be GREAT -- not just good.  Even a great president will face a situation that will make the Great Depression look like a walk in the park.  During the Depression we weren't utterly dependent on oil, and we weren't trapped in a war.