A Disconnect

Here is a better article on how he is already starting to do this:
http://jrichter.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/12/1567632-can-barack-really-deliver-on-his-promises-he-already-started

And his recent actions regarding the flooding in the midwest compared with Bush's Katrina is not even focused in this article. He brought immediate attention to the issue by goign there, rolling up his sleeves showing seriousness for those thrown out of home and immediately beginning a fund raiser on his site as well as advocating grass roots actions given his current limited powers.

They were going show Bush in 2006? Are you dumb or stupid? Who here understands what this statement means? Its like reading a post by HANDIMAN

What's going to change it? (next to the last line of your article). The very thhing you saw the 20,000 respond to---hope. With hope America can do anything.

Kind of depressing to agree with you but I do. The Washington ways will not be changed by Obama or anyone else in my lifetime. The system is the problem and the reason the people in it won't and can't change. Fifty states all trying to get more for themselves. Hundreds of representatives eager to make a deal, thousands of businesses willing to pay for influence and favors, and millions of voters fooled by campaign manipulation into thinking they all work for their benefit instead of their own.. Our system is geared to self destruction as we head to third world status. The other peoples money being transferred by Washington so rapidly to multi national corporations and foreign governments has already changed the balance of power in the world. For America , globalization equals mounting debt and more weakness. I know this comment is the equivalent of standing on a street corner with an " end is near sign". The cocktail party crowd can laugh it off with ease. I hope they know what they are doing. I am not betting that they do.

This article is extremely well-written and provides a great point: Obama is promising for the ever-ambiguous word of "change," but probably will not be able to completely deliver this "change" since Washington is too deep into the status quo. And to the person who commented below me with "Why are these people afraid of this multiracial man?," this article mentioned absolutely nothing about race. I feel as if Obama supporters' minds have been blurred with this concept of "change" and those against Obama don't want this "change" are either racist or Republican. Obama's following is so secure that they don't care if they had to embrace his mistake with Rev. Wright because they are such avid supporters for an unattainable "change."

Hi LuLuBelle!

LuLuBelle is a TROLL..HE/SHE posts meanness and hate on Slate too.

Naughty Republican..no donut.

Anyone want to see EXACTLY what will happen to YOUR TAXES under each candidate.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/11/news/economy/candidates_taxproposals_tpc/?postversion=2008061111

I am sure Obama can change it - look what he did for Chicago. He can make DC even crookeder than before, since he is just another crook. He has it perfected to a fine art.

This cant --uttered like a prayer --that no one can change Washington is emprically nonsense. Reagan changed Washington. G.W. Bush certain;y changed it. There is debate about whether these ,en changed it for better or worse. There is almost no debate that they changed it.

The thinking seems to be --many people can "accidentally" or at least, undetected by the pundits --change the nation in ways that damage the economy or the value of the dollar, or our standing in the world, or the Constitution.

But, say these self appointed wisdom ones, NO ONE can intentionally change it for the better.

The gradual decline is not our fault, they say, it is a force of nature, or God's will, or entropy.

I am unimpressed: "The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves...."

This article is dead on. I have been trying to put it into words, most of them ugly, but deep down inside this is my concern. Although I like his message and I agree he is inspiring, it's the talk of "changing washington" that gets in my crawl at night. I think if it were that easy, someone would have thought of it before. It seems a simple statement for a very complex system. Most say no you don't understand him he is an idealist, but if you are a realist how do you even begin to buy in. I admire him, I like him, but I don't think he "gets it." Before the wave of "you're so negative" starts, this is just my gut reaction. I speak for no one but myself.

Maybe it isn't so much the people or the power they hold it's whether or not they have an ounce of integrity. Maybe it seems out of this world to want to change anything - change of any kind has to start somewhere with some leadership and vision. We need some politicians who are decent, honest and work for the people they represent.

YEA! WELL ALL YOU POWER BROKERS BETTER GET A GRIP!!OTHER WISE THE PEOPLE WILL TAKE BACK THE GOOD OLE USA! YOU WILL NOT HAVE A POT TO PI$$ IN! WHAT? YOU DO NOT GET IT?WE THE PEOLE ARE TIRED OF THE BS AND WERE NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE!!AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE LAST REAL ELECTIONS . NEW PEOPLE ARE COMMING IN! MOSTLY DEMOCRATES!!!

WOW !! Washington works on another level? i didnt know had no clue........