...optimistic about the future.

Maybe I'm expecting too much of Barack Obama. After all, he's human. Prone to mistakes. Imperfections. I doubt that there ever has been a perfect human being. Like the rest of us, he'll blunder along the way. But I think he's decent. More decent than most of us. Maybe that's the primary reason I voted for him. When I see candidates for public office, I'm starting to evaluate them on degree of decency. The most decent one generally gets my vote. It's quite possible that Obama is the most decent man I ever voted for. That's why I'm optimistic about the future. --Jim Broede