There is no evidence to the notion that "that is all the change you were looking for".

Nothing has been removed from the list of interesting and inspiring goals the Obama campaign articulated.

IT should be obvious that the dense entangled atmosphere of imp[lementation are going to be a very different amphitheater than the scintillating auditoriums of the campaign; but let us suspend judgements until we see how it rolls out in practice. He hasn't even assembled his team yet.

The fact that someone learned his trade during the Clinton years is no evidence that that particular person will be interested in or able to operate on Clintonian principles, whatever they are. Mister Obama has a little more grit to his backbone than that, I am quite sure.

They may throw swings at him, but he ain't rolled yet by good measure. Just because he has a lean and thoughtful look is no reason to misunderestimate him.

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