Putin has already endorsed Obama, so don’t worry.
I can see Putin’s thinking here. He wants to be the next Stalin, have people cheer his name, build his statues, and have a portrait of him on their walls. How will he achieve glory by defeating a weak loser like Bozo? He needs a challenge. Someone who will stand up to him. Hopefully he’ll get more than he bargains for when Romney wins.
I agree. Communists need a boogey man the way the old Soviet Union had the Americans and the DemocRATS have the Republicans. Without being able to convince the unwashed masses that the “government” is protecting them from the boogey man, the communists have nothing to offer.
I don’t see that, is he authoritarian, yes, but I certainly don’t see him wanting the “Cult of Personality” that Stalin had. No more so than Obama, at least.