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As a committed conservative, I find all this Obama-hype troubling (to put it kindly and politely). Not only because I see his liberal/radical big-govt. solutions as a threat to our nation as it was founded and prospered, but becaue of the silly cult-culture of it all. It's obviously a big-time hype-it-up blitz being promulgated by the radical, neo-Marxist media that placed him in office: Obama commemorative coins, fauning coverage, innauguration blow-up, et al. I think I'll either cancel my dish or take a long trip to the Bahamas January 15-30. Otherwise I'll have to order an extra strong dose of blood pressure medicine and purchase some of those little bags they give you on airplanes. Excuse me I have to run to the can . . .

It was the majority of the American people that VOTED Obama into office NOT the media. Get over it. You conservatives failed to show up for your guy and gal on voting day. In the market place of ideas, Obama had the best "product," "pitch," "price," and potential.

Conservatives want to blame everyone EXCEPT themselves and their failed philosophy.

I hope they collect a few of Nikos' rants to balance the :fawning adulation."

Yeah, Kuranes, that might bring a bit of coin into my coffers.

Yes, Jerry, I'll admit that it is ALWAYS the case that the losing party in a hot election wants to blameshift a bit - well, a lot. BUT - even though Obama did indeed have the best image and pitch routine, he needed LOTS of help to overcome the essentially right-of-center American electorate. It really did take the superifical image-making of the left-leaning Big three media outlets, Oprah and the rest of hte Hollywood elite to gather enough wool to pull over the eyes of the public. The fact that the DNC et al. worked so hard organizing and protecting O's leftist credentials PROVES it.

There is also no doubt that McCain was a tired, old, effete relic of Republican establishmentarianism. But inspite of this he almost moved ahead and won - and then the economy slumped and his chances went with it. Obama only won because of the plastic, hyped-up image he got from the media. He has no real ideas other than the tired old liberal big-gov dribble. He's a neo-Marxist, Anti-American who could care less about American traditions and only wants to let his radical cadre of Bosheviks in the compound to dismantle American capitalism and Christian morality.

Mark my words, you guys, it'll all come tumbling down in ruins ionly a few months hence - Maaaaaaaaybe a year. Socialism has never REALLY worked, and never will (remember the utter failure of The Great Society, the War on Poverty, Welfarism, and Amtrak. The Obama phenomenon is no exception. And I'm NO fan of Bush and the neocons either. There was no true conservatism in all eight years of his lackluster administration. Yes, you're right - this did contribute to Obama's success.

In some respects, I like Obama - young, idealistic, and earger. He's just a damn Marxist! You'll see. It's gonna be ugly.

I'm no Obama fan either, Nikos, and I don't share the widespread optimism about his presidency, but you left out two factors that I think were decisive. The first is the desire to make history. Am Obama victory symbolized the victory of American idealism, and the end of racism as a dominant strain in the national psyche, which was too tempting for especially young idealists to resist.
The second factor was Sarah Palin. I know personally more than one moderate who was seriously considering voting for McCain until he chose her as running mate. That made up their minds decisively; the thought of her ignorance and narrowness being a 72-year-old heartbeat away from the White House scared them to death.

Thank god I'm an Atheist -

One of the most important missions of libraries is to gather and store information. I think it's great that they thought to solicit and store the impressions of the leaders of religious communities at this most interesting event in the nation's history of race relations. I hope they get a wide range of responses, both positive and negative. That would be a major treasure for future historians.