Obama was very vague about what “change” was during the campaign. And then some of his appointments were completely ridiculous (Geithner, Summers, Salazar, etc).

Also closing Gitmo but leaving Bagram as is so all they have to do is move the prisoners (w/o trial no less, something a law professor should consider ironic).

And still throwing money down the financial hole for investment houses no one needs (Citi, etc).

I sometimes wonder if he’s a smoother version of GWB.

Still waiting for “change” (whatever that is).
Dex

Martin,
what do you propose we do with these terrorists? Put them back onto the battlefield? That’s what will happen. It sounds so easy to just close it up or completely leave. People suffering from BDS can’t possibly imagine that there was some thought given to these things,and yet the liberal messiah can’t come up with any better solutions.

No doubt this new administration has been a disaster, this will be a one-and-done presidency a la Jimmy Carter. You can’t be surprised though, he’s doing what he was elected to do – New Deal 2.0. With no meaningful accomplishments and lack of experience, empty suit obama is nothing more than the salesman for the left-wing perspective.

You can’t ignore that the start of the stock market collapse started when obama locked up the nomination June ‘08, and accelerated after he took office. The good news is at least we can’t go below zero.

Hopefully we can nominate a Libertarian President in ‘12 and get this country innovating and returning to a better standard of living. The dimocrats are not the party of creativity and are not the ones interested in moving the country in the right direction, only in increasing the populations dependence on them and keeping them in power.

I won’t go down the road of arguing points with you, except to say I don’t believe I’m any more naive than you in terms of faith and hope. Just see the possibilities differently.

But I want to echo your last paragraph. Obama needs to have an active constituency out here — supporting the things we support, pushing for things we want to happen, arguing against the things we don’t like. No politician or leader can make change, or even govern, without popular support. Real change comes from the bottom. If Obama is to be something different, he needs us to push.