Into the light

I saw Obama on the Meet the Press, and he was swell. Tom Brokaw wasn't as annoying as he usually is, but I can't believe that they turned over the venerable MTP to that bore David Gregory. Obama was very relaxed, and talked about many things, including that the White House is the peoples house, foriegn affairs, the economy, and that science and culture will make a comeback. It seemed so strange to think that he is actually going to be President, I still can't believe it. In my lifetime there has been such a history of electing idiots and psychos that it almost seems unimaginable that there is going to be someone in the White House with a brain. Yes, I know Clinton was extraordinarily smart, but in many ways his flaws crippled his Presidency. And I guess, too that Poppy Bush was not as horrible as Junior, and in fact, even though he had sold his soul, seemed a step up from Reagan. So there wasn't that feeling of coming out of the darkness. There also seems to be some feeling among the gas bags that politics is not sport, that it has real consequences, the times are too horrible to focus on the usual innanities, and that they want Obama to succeed. I heard Kathleen Parker on the Chris Matthews show and she almost gushed over Obama.