There are some wealthy magnates out there who hope to cripple the US Dollar while chalking up massive debts with it, in order to collapse it and begin the new North American Union with its new currency 'the Amero', which will be unhinged to the dollar. They will give themselves a very favorable trade ratio wit the Dollar, or abandon America's old debts to China and foreign powers or banks, or replace them with inside deals.

These events will take place sometime between now and 2012, more probably during the depression that is approaching, and after the election, which has seemingly been swung as probable to a corporatist contendor.

Can depression be staved off until the vote? Probably... not. Serious economic downturns will be experienced or known before then.