tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post7199410463785206836..comments2023-08-16T11:31:32.142-04:00Comments on The nitty gritty: A Place Where all Things Are PossibleIrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15898506777750053830noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-34687385744573932832008-11-05T23:49:00.000-05:002008-11-05T23:49:00.000-05:00Brian,My fervent hope is that Obama's election mea...Brian,<BR/><BR/>My fervent hope is that Obama's election means that the Palestinian leadership, weak and stupid as it is, can figure out to lie low and give him the cover needed to actually make some progress.<BR/><BR/>Domestically, the economic crisis will give Obama cover to not attempt politically risky new programs.<BR/><BR/>The guy is golden.Irahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15898506777750053830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-34296494731066582312008-11-05T07:38:00.000-05:002008-11-05T07:38:00.000-05:00Ira and Jon,Thanks for summarizing things so well....Ira and Jon,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for summarizing things so well.<BR/><BR/>No novelist could have written such a story and been taken seriously. <BR/><BR/>My wife and I were in tears of joy last night. For those of us who grew to adulthood in the late'60s, it will take a while to fully absorb how we feel. Perhaps our feelings will be governed to some degree by the expectations we had for America inDavid S. Fishbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04884862616025669173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3717485.post-26471259664107691542008-11-05T07:09:00.000-05:002008-11-05T07:09:00.000-05:00I am, of course, delighted with Obama's victory an...I am, of course, delighted with Obama's victory and I sat up until 3am UK time, until I was sure he had made it. America has an amazing capacity to renew itself. From one of the most reactionary administrations which has, I believe, brought shame on America's image abroad with its criminal war and its fascist concentration camps on Cuba, it has, overnight, changed the picture incredibly to a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com