Events and trends over the next four years?

[Kevin]

What would the political effects in the United States be if any of these events or trends occur over the next four years.

-Current economic recession becomes a depression

-Oil and fuel prices shoot up higher then before

-The big three American auto corporations go bankrupt

- There is a major scandal in the Obama Administration or among the Democrats in general

- Another terrorist attack occurs on US interests at home or aboard

-The sititution in central/South Asia gets worse

 and so much more

So what could happen politically under these conditions?