Hey Kev
Hope springs eternal as they say but this guy has inspired more hope and will have higher expectations than any president ever. I’m not old enough to remember but I’d say Kennedy, who Obama is very much in the mold of did not have the same level of expectation. I seriously seriously hope that he lives up to it. I am by nature a political skeptic but I hope hope hope that Barack truly is the man.
The one thing I know for sure is the Intl relations will certainly improve. No more scoffing at “old europe”, no more of the unilateral approach.
I hope that he has the courage that the next time we have a Rwanda or a Darfur that he leads the world to solve that instead of trying to pillage some middle eastern oil fields.
Enjoy the honeymoon :-),
Diarmuid