2012 Elections results finally in US officially applies 4 Banana Republic status @ UN

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meaningless? Well, if Obama had lost it, you wouldn't have heard the end of it, it would've been all over Fokkks news,

This gives Obama huge bragging rights, but more importantly, it's a mandate to keep his foot down on the debt ceiling.
Here's to hoping he does.

Obama is going to raise the debt ceiling. I don't think there is any indication that he's concerned with it at all. In fact with a compromise on the fiscal cliff it's pretty much impossible we aren't going to have heaps of more debt.