I believe it was very important for the world and for those of us in the USA who DO have hope, that he got it as a demonstration of good faith in his and our abilities to carry on with the plans he promised. It would be NICE if EVERYONE would, Democrats included, remember that the President cannot do anything without Congress. If you don't like the way things are going, bitch about Congress and write/call your reps and senators and tell them to WORK WITH THE MAN...the WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING and Full of Hope.

I reckon if Americans could actually get it together, we'd get back that huge amount of support from the world which was just waiting for us after 9/11 when the shrub fucked things up so badly we lost it all. wow, what must that be like. Does anyone remember...before the long eight years of...