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Let's say there's a hot mike or a camera Putin doesn't know about and the Russian president gets caught calling president Obama a very derogatory term. I don't know if there's something (in)appropriate in the Russian language that would work, or if maybe he uses an English term that he claims he didn't know the full connotation of.

Is this just a flash in the pan or could this cause an escalation?

Does this have any effect on domestic politics in Russia? (I'm guessing not.)

How does the world respond?

How does right-wing America respond? I'm guessing pretty vocally- in defense- of the president. I can see most of Fox News (up to but not including Hannity) willing to take this one to the parking lot to defend the president. Likewise most of the mainstream print columnists. Talk radio...might be more divided.

I'm betting this reaction among conservatives on there being a lot of..."territoriality" around bashing the president. That's *their* privilege! Who does Putin think he is?

What sort of a bump can Obama expect?
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