Re the Obama Presidency.

Like a lot of other people who voted for Barack Obama, I'm happy both for the historical precedent and the choice of sanity and rationality over "the hell with everyone else, let's keep what's ours."

I have no illusions that Obama will be the Great Liberal Hope, but I do look forward to seeing how he'll attempt to wriggle free from the economic/military/social spending straitjackets placed upon him by Butch Jr., Cheney and their assorted cronies.