ye gods This doesn't bode well. Anyone, everyone, knows that no administration can suit us all, all the time. But conclusions before an administration has actually begun is premature in a most juvenile way.

As long as Barack Obama chooses people on the basis of thinking power as evidenced by their own record - even if there is an occasional bobble - and surrounds himself with them in his administration we are way ahead of where we currently are. It will be a delicate feat to negotiate a path that all can traverse but Obama has shown clearly that if anyone can do it, he can.