Numerous formulations can be concocted to show how and why Barack Obama has come to be president.  But economic crisis, conspiracies, unhappy liberals, and a seething mainstream media refusing to report missteps on the new president's journey to the White House can't compare with Vladimir Anokhin's article (evidently translated from Russian) on Pravda's website:USA's new President Barack Obama is taking office January 20. George W. Bush was a big headache for the whole world, although his successor does not seem to be a man who can become the savior of the great nation. Those thinking that the USA will have many positive changes in its politics after Obama comes to power think it wrong. It touches upon the US-Russian relations too. It would be wrong to think that Obama will mark the beginning of the new era in US politics. Obama became the president because one needed a scapegoat during hard times of the crisis and the new economic model, which the crisis may eventually trigger....(Read Full Post)