Summary: With the United States at the height of election fervour, there's a shared anxiety that looms larger than the choice of leader. And both parties wish it would go away. It's a fear that America in 2012 and beyond is a nation in decline - a superpower no longer certain of its role in the world. Is this just another incarnation of declinist fear, or is Rome really burning? The Agenda examines how Americans are dealing with this malaise, and if it is killing American optimism and exceptionalism.
