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Responding to this article is proof that I need to find something better to do with my time. The likelihood, given the times we are in, is that Barack Obama will have a very difficult presidency, saddled with a collapsing economy, occupations of two very difficult countries, global warming threatening to do away with our entire species, and a thoroughly corrupt political and business class.
He still has what I believe to be the only chance to begin the rescue of the country from all these ills. I say this because of the attitude, the manner, and the approach he takes.
Hillary Clinton would be in way over her head, relying on confrontation, anger, and threats. As "Commander in Chief" she would find the military joint chiefs to be an unending challenge, having to overcome the disrespect they would heap upon her at every chance. I think Bill would find the experience life-threatening. He would be in a powerless position in the building where he once ruled, having to sit by while his wife suffers through a heartbreaking tenure as president.
McCain would actually have a more disastrous presidency, and would likely die in office. He stands for nothing, is really a weak candidate, is ethically challenged, and has neither the intellectual talent nor the force of character to get anything done that needs to be done. He also carries a boatload of post-traumatic stress.
By default and by necessity being the mother of invention, Barack Obama is our only hope for rescuing ourselves from what promises to be a very dark future. Ihope he can pull it off.
