A new age of enlightenment.

A man of action. A man who looks at the big picture. And tries to deal with it. In constructive, positive ways. That's what I see happening. Yes, Barack Obama. A take-charge guy. Willing to take chances. And willing to compromise a little bit with Republicans. Yes, willing to be a nice guy. Imagine that. A decent politician. And highly intelligent. What a pleasant change. After 8 years of George Bush and obstinate neo-conservatives running the show in Washington. Of course, many Republicans will drag their feet. Wishing and plotting for Obama to fail. So they can regain power. And lead us to even more colassal failure. Under the old trickle-down politics designed to make the rich richer and the poor poorer. Yes, the make-a-buck Republicans out to make greed the byword of American-style capitalism. Took a long time for America to give equal rights to women and to blacks. Yes, almost two centuries to wake up. The privileged elites of a white supremecist society would like to cling to power forever. But just maybe we are entering into a new age of enlightenment. Thank gawd. --Jim Broede