So, the Chinese politburo has chosen its next leader. And we know nothing about him. Xi Jinping at 57 has been announced (in characteristically sneaky way) as the leader of China to succeed Hu Jintao in 2012. This man is going to be the emperor of China, and the way China is going, one of the two most powerful people in the world, along with the American President. Immediately after the announcement Time Magazine, The Economist, Foreign Policy and all the other major new organizations in the world quickly published his profile. And they all had the same thing to say - we know nothing about this guy.
All we know about this enigmatic personality is that he oversaw the Olympics preparation in Beijing, at one time used to run Shanghai, has married a very popular Chinese singer and is son of a communist who was denounced during the Chinese Cultural Revolution of 1966. That's it. That's all we know about the man who in two years time might be in charge of the biggest economic and military powerhouse in the world! Lovely.
On the other hand, we may not know anything about the Yin to this Yang as well - the American President of 2012. From what is now becoming apparent, Obama is not going to survive till the next term. And the Democrats don't seem to have anyone better. So most likely the Republicans are coming back into White House in the 2012 Presidential Elections. According to the current polls, two favorites of Republicans are Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney. I feel that Romney is a little faint-hearted, always worrying about what if he loses. Therefore, it is likely that he might drop out of the election race if he feels that he can not win even before the campaigning. Palin on the other hand, is gonna run and gonna run big. Moreover, the new Tea Party movement has garnered her a lot of support and she might actually end up running the United States.Now with Sarah Palin the problem is not what we know about her - we know way too much with her family popping up on TV all the time - but what she knows about herself. She is a blank slate. So what she will do once she is the President is anyone's guess including her own.
This is the scary situation. We do not know anything about the two most powerful people our world may have in 2012. May be the Mayans were right.
Images: Xi Jinping, Sarah Palin
Image Credit: Time Magazine, Shank bone
a) Chance of Sarah Palin being elected President? Thankfully, nil.
ReplyDeleteb) "From what is now becoming apparent, Obama is not going to survive till the next term." Uhm, I'm not sure you actually mean this. Do you mean that he won't serve another term?
c) "So most likely the Republicans are coming back into White House in the 2012 Presidential Elections." Them's fightin words.
a) Chance of Sarah Palin getting elected are not nil - the woman is a force, she is gaining tremendous support in the Tea Party people who are in turn are gaining influence among Republicans (they made Rove say sorry) and Fox News is promoting her like anything.
ReplyDeleteb) Granted Obama does not have terrible approval rating but his legend is over. The change thing that got him elected is now a dead concept. What is gonna be his pitch in 2012.
Now of course it is a very weak speculation. Who knows what will happen in the next two years, but right now things are not looking good for Mr. President.