Actually, John, I have withheld judgement on Obama for the most part. He just seemed far too good to be true, and I have learned to be deeply suspicious of that in my lifetime.



Watching how he had conducted himself so far, I must conclude that you are correct about that, at least. He IS brilliant - and it gives me hope that he finally seems to be willing to actually entertain some of the REAL liberal viewpoints that have been scarce on the ground in this White House so far (the hysterical shrieks of his fervent critics notwithstanding).



There is hope.