Well Mick, I will admit I admire your optimism if not your way of expressing it. You are still in attack mode I see. A shame.

You are setting the bar pretty high for President Elect Obama. I hope he doesn't disappoint you.

If "change" is defined as something different from the Bush administration, then Obama will certainly bring it. But then so would have McCain, Clinton, Biden, Dodd, Richardson, or anyone else on either ticket. So far, I see little evidence of real change in any of the appointments he has made so far, and that is not intended as criticism of any of the appointees. Most of them are very experienced. They all know, with the possible exception of Napalotano, know how "Washington works."

DougR