Simplistic Reality

The Obama express careens down the highway, betting it can stop in time
Posted: April 07, 2009, 10:00 AM By Ken Coates and Bill Morrison
To describe the past six months as baffling is to understate the obvious. Last fall America was on a high: the presidency of the stunningly unpopular George Bush was drawing to an ignominious end, and the election of Barak Obama seemed to break the highest barrier of race in American politics. America wallowed in hope, change, and optimism. Even with a gathering financial storm on the horizon, all seemed possible; real change seemed inevitable, at least to the non-cynical.
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