Breeze: No question that Obama brings considerable intellectual horsepower to the equation, and his academic record speaks for itself.
The unanswered question is the one posed by the article that started this thread: Where is the “change” and the break with the status quo ante we’ve been promised? His appointments, starting with Rahm Emanuel, look to be more of the same and many of them are intimately tied to the very mess they’ve been tasked to fix.
Also, most true conservatives loath Bush as much as you do.
I’d be curious to hear your thoughts about Rubin, Emanuel, et al.
