If you read through this blog's history, you'll see that I was definitely not a supporter of Hillary Clinton in 2008. I was rooting for Obama to run for President from the day I listened to his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, and I was elated when he won both the nomination and election. It's been a tough seven (going on eight) years, with plenty of successes, but plenty of disappointments as well. All in all, however, I am happy with the President, and feel that he has restored a modicum of competence to an office that was a disaster in the hands of George W. Bush.
I also think it's crucial that a Democrat gets to follow an outgoing Democrat in office, the first since Truman replaced Roosevelt in 1945. Doing so will better entrench the gains we've made over the Obama administration, plus it's imperative that any Supreme Court vacancies go to jurists who aren't of the Rehnquist/Scalia/Roberts/Alito mold. It's unlikely that Congress and the President will work together, provided the President is a Democrat. As such, it will take ingenuity and strength to solve many of our outstanding issues in a way that won't require Congressional legislation.
