In the short term I don't think the election will have an impact either way. The president can only do so much to help or screw things up. The statement that got my attention in the previous debate was Romney stating that if the Chinese didn't behave with their monetary policy that he would consider tariffs against China. Yikes. Tariffs are what fueled the Great Depression. All he would do is motivate China to help Brazil improve their infrastructure and leave us with too much grain. I know that Brazil has been talking about building roads and railroads for decades but China may be more able to get the job done.
I do think that whoever is elected president will wish they would've lost the election in a year. Our country is now addicted to deficit spending and no one will be able to stop the spending. Defense spending, interest expense, medicare, and social security will be next to impossible to cut. You would think we would learn by Greece's example, but we won't.
