It does make a difference which choices he makes. Sometimes, the conservative gesture–saving an economic system–involves some radical action–massive government intervention not seen in the US in decades. What constitues liberal, or conservative, or radical? Those are old labels from a passing time. The “liberal” saves something–that’s the very definition of a political conservative.

These are legitimate areas of concern. President Obama is very good at playing his cards close. His campaign showed that he runs a very loyal, very on-point support organization. I suspect the Obama White House will be less prone to leaks than even the Bush administrations were. This isn’t likely to be a repeat of the Clinton melodrama, because Obama is not that. Again, an Obama more concerned with righting the badly damaged ship of state is an Obama not likely to put gay issues at the top of the list unless it’s clearly a broadly shared stance. Only time will tell, but the campaign gave at least some insight into the M O of this new President.

Uhmm…yes? Invading Afghanistan was right. Invading Iraq was wrong. The Taliban and al Qaeda are the enemy. That’s been my opinion from the get go.