On the other hand, should Mitt Romney (or an Republican) prevail, we'll just have 4-8 years of his (their) unabashed servitude to the 1%, without any real pretense to the contrary.
The only problem with these two scenarios is that this country can't endure much more of the status quo, economically, militarily, or otherwise. So, not long into 2013, I believe we'll start to see the complete unraveling of this once great nation, and perhaps the world.
As Bill Moyers recently said before declaring our system to be "totally corrupt", I too get no pleasure in stating the above.