The Bull Moose (Progressive) Party platform in 1912 read, in part, that the goal of the party was “To destroy this invisible Government, to dissolve the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics is the first task of the statesmanship of the day.” – attributed to Theodore Roosevelt
Seems to me they were on to something.
The good news of the 2008 presidential election is that America’s racial distrust showed real progress in the election of Barak Obama. The bad news is that neither candidate was/is in a good position to deliver on campaign promises, and that the new administration will be populated – as they always are now – by lawyers and pols.
Barak Obama’s leadership skills we be tested as never before in his life, and the presidency itself is undergoing a test not taken in the last 75 years. Let’s pray both tests come out better than Washington gives any of us reason to suspect.