Reply #11: I think many of us knew we had at best a huge clusterfuck facing us [View All]

[TheKentuckian]

and wanted to see our best and brightest lead the charge to restore some semblance of order. I think Obama has the highest ceiling of the options available and that's exactly why I wanted him in The Oval Office, even if he's honestly green.

I'm not saying he's our only chance but we've got to be close to the bone, so he may well be in reality.
I think we are in a place that requires nothing less than our very best and brightest and for my money that is Barack Obama and I'm glad, thankful even that he has the confidence and understanding of the gravity of the obstacles we face to surround himself with the smartest, most knowledgeable, and competent people he can find to implement his game plans.

Sure, I'd like to see a new order. In fact I believe we legitimately need a paradigm shift but I also recognize to some degree the utter fucked uppedness of our situation and know full well that before any kind of ground breaking change can happen we need a much greater level of stability and time for the general public to some degree catch up with liberal thinking again.

The President Elect is doing all that can be reasonably done at the moment and I suspect that he is laying the groundwork for better things for the American people in years to come. This shift just isn't happening overnight, the talent and gravitas simply isn't there.
We need a whole "generation" of inexperienced people to build some skills and credibility. I have little doubt that we will see some progressives and other sorts of outside the box thinkers being pipelined to take the baton from the likes of Clinton, Napolitano, Gates, Richardson, and company in future years.

The mess we're sitting in isn't a one President fix, certainly not an instant or even a one term deal. A twenty year turn around would be a minor miracle, considering how long we've been digging this monster hole.