The element that made England become a second rate power was the advent of coal.
What could do the same for America is oil. (Hello Libya).
The Keystone XL pipeline might be a defining moment in Obama's reelection.

Americans for Prosperity, the Koch Brothers and other corporate backers of the Tea Party are attempting a monopoly on the energy market and using these T.P. "brown shirts" as a tool to promote their agenda. They realize that religion is a rallying cry for grass roots fundamentalists as did Karl Rove in the election of Bush (Shrub).

Americans might be foolish enough to swallow Tea Party pablum and push a Perry into the White House. A lot will depend on election fraud, black boxes and who does the vote counting in 2012.

Obama can only go so far without becoming a martyr, gun-toting America prevails,
racism is rampant, terrorism is not Muslim but neo-Nazi white ring groups. Do you really think corporate America would really care about Obama's life? They might if he went along with their agenda.

Don't count on Obama changing by being more aggressive on the job front or anything else that will cross Wall Street.

Where are the tumbrels?