Hope

All sorts of good stuff in this NYT/CBS News poll regarding Americans’ expectations regarding Barack Obama, but I like this nugget best:

By contrast, 79 percent were optimistic about the next four years under Mr. Obama, a level of good will for a new chief executive that exceeds that measured for any of the past five incoming presidents. And it cuts across party lines: 58 percent of the respondents who said they voted for Mr. Obama’s opponent in the general election, Senator John McCain of Arizona, said they were optimistic about the country in an Obama administration.

★ Sunday, 18 January 2009