Reply #18: It seems that many hardcore progressives on DU

[Kaleko]

are unable to distinguish between their dreams of what a President can do at this point and the reality facing the actual person who has to juggle the dozens of balls his predecessors have left up in the air.

It's all good, though. Everybody is playing their roles perfectly. The screamers scream, the observers watch, and the Obama appointees are trying to steer the Titanic. It's a constant nail biter if I get too attached to the outcome. We're all going to die, only that much is certain right now.