That's sure, unfortunately I have the right to vote from only 1 year...

Mark Rutte (the Netherlands)

The first non-christian non-socialist liberal prime-minister in a hundred years. Since I voted for him I support him. 

Though he did lie to me about the latest Greek bailout. 

Wikipedia says he is a Christian.

it's quite easy to get reelected when you control 5 of the 7 main television channels, and at least 3 or 4 newspapers, and when the opposition is shattered and full of internal divisions. i think the italian situation is a bit hard to understand for foreign people, but think of it as a "soft" dictatorship, driven by media control instead of violence.

BTW i'm italian too, berlusconi is my prime minister and i strongly disapprove him. i dislike him from both a political standpoit (i'm more of left wing ideals) and a personal one (he is a maschilist, an opportunist, a liar, a corruptor, a sex maniac, an homophobic, a racist, an ignorant and vulgar person). he is the person i despise the most in this world, i never voted for him and i will never do. many italian people feel the same as me, but unfortunately there is still a majority of people, mainly elder people or people with poor instruction that are literally brainwashed by his lies

I meant to say he's no Christian-Democrat or Social-Democrat who normally take the office.

The whole eastern bloc is still going through a period of anti-communist reaction, which is to say the whole thing is swinging to the right because the Left still reminds people of the dark times, it'll even out eventually.

Catastrophes blamed for one political wing usually put them out of power for a long time. The Republicans weren't really viable opposition for the Democrats until almost 40 years after 1929, but they came back eventually (much as i dislike them, the point is they swung back from a period of anti-Republican New Deal reactionism), or how the Democrats lacked real national leadership power in America since they were blamed for the Civil War, they weren't *really* in power for like 65 years

So it may take a while, but it'll even out.

As for me, i'm not sure how i feel about Obama. He didn't take advantage of the double-majority enough. Health Care bill was a pathetic baby-step, the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill is toothless, he couldn't end those idiotic Bush tax cuts, and he isn't telling the Republicans "you'll raise the debt ceiling under my terms or you'll get blamed for the default," which is what he should be doing right now.

Too soft. Democrats in this country are just Republican Lite since the 80s, and we need real Leftism back here.

your answer sounds similar to mine. that is why I said not sure. I think he doing a OK job. though looking at recent growth figures and then the inflation rate. i'm kind of worried.  think long term he has the right idea though.

so I am the only person who said not sure. 

how the hell am i supposed to dislike another cat person?!  (even if i thought he wasnt doing a good job, which i dont, 'cause he kicks ass)

Hola kompañero Laurel Aitken, yo al igual ke tú, también soy Mexicano, y a nadie nos gusta la situación de violencia ke se vive en la aktualidad en México, ni la manera en la ke se está kombatiendo este káncer, sin embargo, y a pesar de todo, si apruebo y apoyo a nuestro aktual presidente, por su valía y por su firme desición de tener un país libre de narkotráfiko, de drogas, de delinkuencia organizada, de adikciones, obviamente es imposible erradikar todos los grupos deliktivos, y eso no es solo el kaso de México, "la medicina es amarga, pero el enfermo la necesita", dice un dicho, y kreo ke ya era justo y necesario hacer algo al respekto, no olvidemos ke este problema no surgió por Calderón, sino ke se viene arrastrando desde los 60`s, 70`s, y ke fue kreciendo, al punto de infiltrarse en todos los sektores de gobierno e inkluso en la frontera de Estados Unidos, kienes no han mobido un meñike para kontrinuir a este problema, por el hecho de ke Estados Unidos es un país de adiktos y un gran merkado para los narkotrafikantes, bueno, esa es solo mi humilde opinión. Saludos!