Campaigns are glamorous, politics is not.

Don't give up faith though, we're not even through the first six months. Sure he could have come in and been like, "BANG! Healthcare reform. BANG! Infrastructure. etc." and been a hero (for a while anyway)...but do you really think those problems can be solved in five months? We don't need a knee-jerk liberal president any more than we needed a knee-jerk conservative president. What we need is someone who will take the time to thoughtfully and pragmatically implement real change. That's why I voted for this man.

I think this work on Guantanamo is a good bet. It is a very symbolic break from the past and we desperately need to change the tone of our relationship with the Middle East if there's to be any hope for a diplomatic resolution to our problems with Muslim radicals there (that are draining the SHIT out of our economy).

Let's not start the hand-wringing yet.

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