I've waded through most of this trying to figure out what many of you seem to see as being the your solution to the problem. What seems to come from this is that we should elect the ex-governor of the most rural state in the U.S. (
http://www.vtchamber.com/about_vt/106.html) to the presidency. You and he tout his claim to experience and ability to govern to the fact that he was once the Governor of the State of Vermont. Not attempting to belittle the state of Vermont in the least, because about all I know about it is that maple syrup is produced there, but I don't see how governing a huge population such as this - approx. 600,000 people (
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/50000.html) gives him anything approaching the ability to head the government of the most powerful nation on earth. His expression of his ability to deal with foreign policy, as was expressed today, might hint that a return to Vermont might be best for all concerned.