Craig, I don't think governments can change what's happening....
Debateable dal.
What if the pres says hey, this week I'm going to take a twenty minute walk in downtown chicago, and I'm stopping for deep dish pizza. Next week maybe the same in inner city st louis for bbq, and the following week in compton for a mexican food sampler lunch.
Would you want to wager his entourage would have things 'cleaned up' a good bit before he shows up. Maybe, he could give the local law folks the little wink so that they can keep the ball rolling, after he leaves. Maybe, he could get up on his stump, identify enemies domestic and foreign, and signal to citizens that there won't be a negative stigma attached to ostracizing bad folks. You know, that same patriotic inspiration like for the lbgt-mouse priority.
What if he used his pen and phone to make it extremely distasteful for poor and minority kids to demand special considerations to skate through high school. How about the wanna be leader, what do you think the value of a 'free' college degree would be. A real feather in the ole cap, eh.
The road to nowhere, do I listen to you and take it? Ah, it could never happen. I have though heard tales of stopping all traffic, hundreds of frisks and neighborhood lockdowns for snow cones and high end dinners out on lavish Hawaiian vacations. Anyone up for a little golf?
If you could vote in the US, would you change from 'I don't think so' to 'yes I can'?