Look how bad Argentina got before the people rebelled against their politicians.
O will only fall if he loses the news media, and he has enough backers on the net to perhaps overcome even that.
Only a chauvinistic fool refuses to learn from the mistakes of other countries. "It can't happen here", like maybe humans are not humans? Unfortunately, the left is full of chauvinistic fools.
Colon Powell? He just came out in support of Sotomayor's fire fighter decision.
The General supported someone who has the same body language and smile as the crooks who hang out around military bases, looking for boots with their first paycheck, and he supports someone who makes decisions based on irrelevancies, never mind deciding to support something against the regs (or Constitution, in this case).
I don't think much of Powell's judgment. I'm glad he is no longer in the military, or in a position to effect the military.