He's a relief after GWB but I remain sceptical. I don't turn my socks inside out and call it 'change'. His choice of Rahn Israel Emanuel for chief of staff is disconcerting to say the least. He'll want to draw Canada into a longer committment in Afghanistan and quite likely Pakistan. He'll be tested early on (Biden's prediction) and will have to hit hard to show resolve.
Time will tell, we won't have to wait that long to see the true colours. Criticizing him will be tricky, much the same way that any critic of Israel's policies is usually smeared as a racist, deserving or not.
I wish him the best, he's inherited a mess and I really hope that in a few years we're not looking back on the Bush-era as the 'good old days'