"For the national media, Barack Obama isn't merely the president of the United States.
He's so much more than that.
Obama is a celebrity, and he and his family are covered that way.
That means there is a heavy focus on the personal, making Obama the first "Entertainment Tonight president."
Add to that the "yes we can" screamers, the most irrational group of people ever to follow a US presidential candidate.
What do you have?
You have a very dangerous thing, i.e. a coming disillusionment!
"Now comes the interesting part: when it starts to become evident that Bush did not create rogue states, terrorist movements, Middle Eastern blood feuds or Russian belligerence -- and that shake-ups in U.S. diplomacy, however enlightened, might not have much impact on them."
Yes, the hard part is just around the corner.
Let's see what happens then!
We have elected a man who thinks that he can move nations with his rhetoric or smile. Worse than that, millions actually believe it!
