Pessimism

I found myself really excited that the Democrats took a Republican seat in the special election in the 48th SD, leaving them one seat short of a majority.

Then I remembered that Shelly Silver's Assembly is as corrupt as Joe Bruno's Senate, only it corruptly does things I agree with from time to time.

I find myself really excited about this Barack Obama character, what with is charisma and his changes and his whatnot.

Then I remembered how Spitzer was going to change everything on day one, which was over 400 days ago, but still hasn't exactly pulled it off. It could be that one individual might not be able to single-handedly dislodge centuries of entrenched greed.

One thing hasn't changed. We still can't do worse than Bush. I guess that's a plus.