Wysiwyg-I can't believe you think that Obama would be a puppethead? Regardless of if you would vote for him or not, the man is more intelligent in his sleep than Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld, etc. have been there entire life. Look at the other Obama thread on here for his response to whether he read a certain philosopher-he does, and he had an answer to an off the cuff question about that philosopher! I doubt Bush could even name 5 philosophers!