My first impression is, from the bottomless pool of cynicism you seem to swim in concerning BOTH political parties, i think it’s good for you to get this stuff off your chest – venting is good, or else in a few years you’ll just walk around talking to yourself like a crazy person. Trust me, when you know all the answers but have no control of the situation, it’s a long road to nowhere.

Secondly, how can you, given your sharp criticism of the recent Republican leadership, not be looking forward to the change Obama offers in his campaign? I realize you’re equally pessimistic about the Dems. ability to enact such a forward outlook that Obama proposes, but, given the alternative offered by the McCain/Palin ticket, how can you not give the Dems their go at it?

Now, it’s obvious that what scares you is the one sided approach that the Dems will be able to have at it. Unfortunately, this seems necessary because the Repubs are showing no signs of being capable of bipartisan compromise in solving any of our immediate problems. This was proven to me during the economic ‘bailout’ negotiations recently passed in congress.

I judge things for what I see, and the economic meltdown didn’t just happen to put Obama over the top in this election process, as you’ve suggested. It was not simply a matter of circumstance that will, as you put it: “Under this cloud the electorate will sweep the incumbent party out and the opposition party in.” Rather, it was how Mr. Obama handled the crisis compared to how Mr. McCain bungled it. I, as did the whole world, saw it for what it was and, without partisan spectacles on to screw up your vision, it became easy for me to see who may be able to best get us out of this mess. One can hope, anyway.