the random oracle

What a historic election!  In one short night the image of America as a land of war-mongering pronunciation-challenged oil-grubbing unilateral imperialists vanished and the hope of an America living up to its promise of liberty and equality replaced the bitter taste left by the last eight years of the Bush administration.

I was originally a Hillary supporter and I still am; I think practically speaking she would have made a more experienced president and would have hit the ground running even faster.  But there’s no denying that Obama is more inspirational, and what he really brings to the presidency that Hillary could not is the ability to mobilize such a vast base to the country’s service, and that in itself is quite the accomplishment.  Let’s hope that the excitement he stirs up lasts past the election itself.