President Barack Obama, in particular, has been able to attract support as a liberal-left idealist and as a centrist-realist at the same time, which enabled him to win re-election in the face of a weak economy and an even weaker labor market.
Néanmoins sans de profondes réformes socio-économiques, la croissance du PIB aux Etats-Unis sera probablement lente, au mieux, tandis que son système politique semble paralysé.