O Stratfor – famososo (ou infame) – site de análises estratégicas conhecido por focar na inteligência e temas de poder hoje fez uma dura análise da presidência Obama. Divirtam-se, em inglês como no original. On Obama and the Nature of Failed Presidencies By George Friedman We do not normally comment on domestic political affairs unless they affect international affairs. However, it is necessary to consider American political affairs because they are likely to have a particular effect on international relations. We have now entered the final phase of Barack Obama's presidency, and like those of several other presidents since World War II, it is ending in what we call a state of failure. This is not a judgment on his presidency so much as on the political configuration within it and surrounding it. The midterm elections are over, and Congress and the president are in gridlock. This in itself is not significant; presidents as popular as Dwight Eisenhower found themselves in ...