Donuel, are you suggesting that voting Democratic will reverse the dismaying state of the environment and miraculously solve the challenges to our survival on this planet?

Man, there ARE some naive people in this forum!

For the record, those of us who have seen both Democrat and Republican presidents and Congresses come and go, realize the political institutions are the problem, and the reason we find ourselves in the mess we are in today.

So criticizing Obama is no different than criticizing Bush/Clinton/Bush/Reagan/Carter on the environment--there is plenty to criticize for all of them, and the Congress even more so.

Maybe you all should follow the advice of the Dalai Lama:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kn6tv38jFRI

You can always vote for McKinney or Nader.

I won't, but it is a legitimate alternative to Obama, especially if you want to vote to break the race and gender barriers, and focus the national agenda on the need to truly rid ourselves of Anglo American cultural and political hegemony, and start making our leaders look and act like us, rather than the Skull and Bones Society.