To become President of the USA all you need is loads of money to plug your message any where you can and especially on TV. From what I have seen of Romney he is a legend in his own mind [when he can find it] still it is all about the cash you splash around on the campaign trail and all the favours you can promise your rich self interest groups that invest in the campaign and lets face it they call the tune and not the people when that person is elected.
And if you are a Republican or Democrat. Remember Ross Perot?
Personally I think you are not cynical enough, the current dire situation of your economy is directly due to unrestricted capitalism and you want to elect a guy that thinks that is the way to go.
We live in a world where the middle class is taking an absolute pounding and yet we continue to elect millionaires and billionaires who tell us they understand the problems of the poor and middle class and that the answer is to make the rich richer.
If you let the poor and middle class rule you're in for a real disaster. I don't care if the rich get richer but I do care about my financials. If you squeeze the rich they'll leave together with their companies. Are you able to give the laborers a new job?
Whining about everything solves nothing. If you want to change something start with yourself.
My point of view is that politics should not mingle with the economy but they must set out rules so it won't become a jungle.