Mdororo wa uchumi, mgogoro wa kifedha, serikali kuchukua umiliki wa biashara zilizomilikiwa na watu binafsi, na kuporomoka kwa uchumi wa mtandaoni vinaufanya mfumo mzima wa kisiasa na kiuchumi wa biashara huria na ubinafsi mkali kuwa mfumo ulioharibika. Kuna makubaliano karibu ya kila mtu kwamba mabadiliko ya msingi katika mfumo wa sasa wa kisiasa na kiuchumi yanahitajika kwa haraka. Mabadiliko haya yameonekana katika vyombo vya habari kwa namna mbalimbali na kauli mbiu mbalimbali. Mojawapo ya kauli mbiu hizi ilichukuliwa kutoka kwa maneno ya Obama, "kuijenga upya Amerika," ambayo ilirudiwa katika kurasa za mbele za New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times, na magazeti mengine mengi127.

The economic meltdown, the financial crisis, the government takeover of privately owned enterprise, and the implosion of the virtual economy render the entire politico-economic model of free enterprise and rugged individualism a broken one. There is almost unanimous agreement that a fundamental change to the current politico-economic model is urgently needed. This change appeared in the media in various forms and slogans. One of these slogans was borrowed from Obama’s words, “remaking America,” which was repeated in the front pages of the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, LA Times, and many more127.