After a long drawn out nomination campaign, we now know that the Republican candidate who will challenge President Barack Obama in the coming presidential election is Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts. Romney still remains a somewhat unpopular candidate - for many Republicans, he is just not conservative enough. Nevertheless, they all share a common interest in seeing President Obama voted out of office. But whoever wins in November will have to face the fact that the U.S. is going to face huge challenges for a long time to come.