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2012-03-01 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

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Posted by Fred 2012-03-01 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 By my read of various MSM-Net Artics, Pootey's popular support remains subtantially larger than that of his opposition.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2012-03-01 00:35|| 2012-03-01 00:35|| Front Page Top

#2 His Old Skool use of USA as an external threat is starting to bore the educated.

Posted by Gruth McGurque5303 2012-03-01 07:18|| 2012-03-01 07:18|| Front Page Top

#3 He faces the same problems that every major leader before him has faced. He adequately maintained things, but he is not a builder. Russia needs to again decentralize and devolve power away from Moscow, then begin to rebuild and renew.

But Russia can only do this if Putin picks a successor capable enough to do these things, but strong enough to fend off the ambitious.

Posted by Anonymoose 2012-03-01 13:10|| 2012-03-01 13:10|| Front Page Top

#4 My Wash. Times today will vouch for that. Pootie-Poot is the only one that has the intestinal fortitude to dominate over the competition; who apparently are lacking in passion. Here, under a normal administration, we could take advantage of an obvious leadership vacuum.

Posted by Thosh Omugum4787 2012-03-01 23:24|| 2012-03-01 23:24|| Front Page Top

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