I am starting to sense that Barack Obama is going to turn into a fabulous president. If there’s one quality of his that excites me, it’s his insistence on developing practical, ideology-independent solutions intended to ease the suffering of the masses. He doesn't believe in trickle-down economics because there is no empirical evidence that it works.
It’s true that he has occasionally taken mild deference to public opinion on politically charged issues, like medical marijuana, universal healthcare, offshore drilling, etc. But if you want to look at it that way, it means he’s taken a practical, ideology-independent approach to getting elected — without sacrificing more than a shred of his integrity. No matter how you look at it, his campaign was much more honest than McCain's, and played to the electorate’s good qualities (hope and unity) rather than fear and division. It will become evident over the coming weeks that Obama is a benevolent, rational leader who has is deeply aware of when and why presidents before him have erred.
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