There is someone who made the very same promises Obama is making now in his great speeches--George W. Bush.

Promised compassion, unity, bi-partisanship.

Look where that lead.

Nope, a candidate has to have a lot more going than great rhetorical style for me to vote for them.

They have to have a record, and Obama's is pretty lightweight. Combine that with the money thing, and he will never win me over as a candidate.

Now, if he wins the White House and doesn't squander it the way Jimmy Carter did, I'll happily eat those words. But even if he wins the presidency, I'm not expecting much in the way of change from the current status quo. Mostly, a little less conservative judges. That's about it. Because when you read the fine print with Obama, you find he isn't really proposing much in the way of change to the US government. He is extremely ambitious for himself, but how that translates to the public welfare we should all be extremely cautious and skeptical about, especially in the wake of Bush Clinton Bush.