Personally, I feel too many bought into this mascot representing "hope" because they cannot stir it up from within themselves. Change starts with us -- don't expect it to come from Obama.
We've been involved in the mid east for a long long time. We installed Saddam Hussein after we helped overthrow a democratically elected government -- much like we tried to do in Venezuela -- and helped end a blooming democracy.. remember: "If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier" -- and oftentimes it's easier to deal with a corrupt dictator that'll side with wealth than to actually convince a well educated democratic public.
Obama dances to the same drums of war and songs of the US dominated multinational corporations. He's a kinder, gentler, face on the same US dominance and western led globalization. We shouldn't expect a whole lot from him.
The game is stacked against the public. There is a state sanctioned 2 party system that makes it next to impossible for 3rd party candidates to be heard -- they cannot even get into the debates unless welcomed by the two dominant parties. We are being played by the two party duopoly by some twisted good-cop/bad-cop scheme. They blatantly run things into the ground under the Republicans allowing everyone to see the evil, and then clean things up with their 'good' democrat and continue the same policies, hoping no one will notice.
Expecting change from Obama is like expecting Single Payer Healthcare Reform, or real energy independence through mandated solar installations -- it's not going to happen.
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