The Weight of Expectations.

As I have said before I actually like a lot of things about Barack Obama. I think he is extremely intelligent and will be able to quickly grasp important ideas in areas where he has very little experience, and he is a fantastic speaker.

But one of the other things I really like about him, that he has drawn people into the political process that until now have either not given much though to voting or undervalued their own participation, may turn into a significant problem for him.

Living conditions and societal problems in places like urban LA, Detroit, and DC are not going to magically start improving on January 20, 2009. These places are not going to improve magically in 4 years for that matter. The building process for areas such as these are decades. I just hope that people don't turn on Obama when they realize that there are a hell of a lot of things that need to be done to improve things and the President is actually only a small part of it.