In DUers and DU as a whole. There has been so much whining, moaning, and groaning lately, I'd begun to think that most DUers had lost faith in good that comes from taking the high road and doing the right thing. It seemed to me that many here were insistent that Obama be as brutally greedy and selfish as the last administration. That broke my heart. I don't want to be associated with people who are so negative that they feel the end justifies the means. I don't want Obama to be anything like Bush and his cronies. This poll helped me to see that I'm not as alone as I thought I was.

From my POV, BushCo set the US on course to go over the Niagara Falls in an oceanliner... that we haven't crashed onto the rocks below is a miracle. That gives me faith that the current administration is doing something right. We don't have Obama's perspective, nor do we have his sources of intelligence.

This doesn't mean I agree with everything Obama has done or said. I think there are areas where he can be a lot tougher, but I think this first year of his first term really needed to be a laying of groundwork, a foundation of doing the right thing by at least attempting to get ALL of the people together on issues. I don't expect years 2 through 4 to be anything like year one... and universe willing, his next four years will be even better. If he doesn't try, we have no high ground whatsoever. Slow and cautious is ok by me... year one.

I pray to no one, however. I do put thoughts and hopes and dreams out to the universe. If there is a benevolent great spirit out there, I'm sure she will forgive me my naivete in such matters. I was raised a Fundy... out 30 years, and still recovering