Reply #48: I can't believe my first thread in years did so well :P

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Honestly, if you ask me now, I'm glad Obama won (the primary). It's his time. He is the right President for right now and I would be a liar if I said I wasn't deeply moved by having someone quite literally like myself as President.

I do have trust that he wants to do the right thing but god knows, a lot of them start out that way. Politics is ugly and governing is worse.

But I think, and this is coming from someone who toned down my expectations to "just don't fuck up", he has done amazingly well. No, I don't agree with everything he has done but the fact that I have a list of shit he has gotten done in only four weeks is pretty outstanding for any new President.

He has earned an extended honeymoon, as far as I am concerned.

I am very worried about Afghanistan but I am less nervous about his ability to recalculate any moves he may make and change direction if he needs to. But I really can't tell yet, it's up in the air, still.