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I never kidded myself about what Obama was - neoliberal to the right of the Clintons. So all my chagrin was during the primaries when I saw how people were thinking this guy was going to offer a huge change I was upset. It almst seemed like McCain might win after Palin and I grew despondent , prepared for the worse. I was never a fan.
Only after Obama became president did I let myself feel joy. I cried and cried - I didn't realize how much sorrow the last 8 , or 50 years had marked me with - the hopelessness of being in a country that had never included my dreams. - he is still a thousand times over an improvement over Bush and I have grown to admire his temperament and cool, his intent to coalesce the party ( yes even tho' I despise liebeman) and to hold a tiny corner in my heart where I pray that these people recognize the opportunity they have to craft any real changes they'd ever wished they could make , because this time we have a majority.
I also realize the natives are skittish , so it wouldn't really behoove Obama to scare them with anything wild and crazy at this point in time, but to let them adjust slowly. We've all been through a traumatic time and we've been made to feel incidental to our own country But I
think he gets that.
