Saturday, October 25, 2008

This election is over, and not a moment too soon

I've come to the conclusion that this election is over, and it couldn't come a moment too soon. This election belongs to Obama. Unless he does something really stupid, in less than two weeks, we'll be calling him "Mr. President."

To tell you the truth, I think we could do worse than Obama as president. I don't think he's a socialist, as has been charged. And I don't think he'll do a lot of damage to our country. That's because, he's going to have Congress acting as a check on his ambitions, even if the Democrats win solid majorities in both houses, as expected. And given the state of our economy, I don't think he'll have a lot of money to start a lot of new programs. I think if he accomplishes anything, it will be to calm our country down, and maybe restore a measure of optimism.

To tell you the truth, I don't really care who wins this election anymore. Like everyone else, I'm tired of the whole process. I think two years is too long for any campaign. I think campaigns should be limited to a year, maybe six months. Maybe then, people would actually care and get out and vote.

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