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Dionys -- As it happens, politics is politics; this is real life now. In any political contest, a candidate will say what he/she thinks is necessary to be elected. No knock on anyone; that 's just the rather sordid nature of the occupation. Whether what is said is actually believed can run anywhere along the spectrum from unbelief to strong belief. I (and I assume others) heard McC say things that didn't sound like him. I'm not familiar with Obama (who is?) ; but I wouldn't be surprised at all if some of the same was heard in his camp.

Now GWB at the time of the election was immensely unpopular. So candidate Obama's tactics included painting McC as another Bush (remember McSame?). This in spite of the two of them being considerably different people. Nothing unusual here, just standard politics-- yucky, but that's politics by nature I'm afraid. McC's unlike him statements were meant to pull in voters from the right; candidate O'babma's, from the left.

Anyway, when all was said and done, everyone heard what they wanted to hear and candidate Obama was elected. Now he has to govern. It doesn't surprise me that some of his more leftish constituency seem to be dismayed because he doesn't now seem to be as far along their path as they thought he was. At the risk of being very cynical-sounding, nothing is impossible if you don't have to do it yourself.

Seems to me that at this juncture we need is something that works. IMHO, ideology (of either the left or right) is going to be more a hinderance than a help. Obama seems to me to be a decent type, certainly not the devil incarnate, though he's woefully inexperienced (again not a problem to those who never have had to lead anything) and doesn't mesh with all my beliefs. So smile and cheer up. Lack of hosannas doesn't necessarily mean hostility.

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