Obama '08?

Obama was swept into power amidst messianic fervor, assigning to him godlike qualities of wisdom, charisma, foresight, hope, and change that we can believe in. Great multitudes worshipped at his feet, cried, swooned, and spread rose petals in his path.

Bush lied, people died, etc. and in their talking points they had absolved themselves of all culpability.

Obama was swept into power amidst messianic fervor, assigning to him godlike qualities of wisdom, charisma, foresight, hope, and change that we can believe in. Great multitudes worshipped at his feet, cried, swooned, and spread rose petals in his path.

Crowley on Obama: High approval ratings the first six months
January 14, 3:38 PM · Kim McIntyre - First 100 Days Examiner
After following Democratic Presidential candidates during the nearly two year 2008 election season, CNN Senior Political Correspondent Candy Crowley got up close and personal with President-elect Barack Obama. “He knows me and I know him,” she says.

As for predicting how the President-elect will perform during his first year in office, Crowley says Obama has been forthright with the public that there will be some highs and lows. She finds Obama an instinctively cautious man and believes he will receive a fairly high approval rating the first six months of his administration.

But she was not as sure about the Obama’s performance rating at the end of his first year. “I think by the end of the year, he owns the economy and if nothing has happened to change things, his numbers will fall.”

Crowley specializes in politics. She’s reported on Gubernatorial, Senate and Presidential races for two decades. The Missouri native has covered all but one national political convention since the nomination of Jimmy Carter and served as the White House correspondent for the Associated Press during President Ronald Reagan’s era.

CNN's Candy Crowley
Crowley then worked for NBC News before heading to CNN in 1987. The roster of Presidents and politicians she’s covered is extensive but even she admits Obama is the one she knows least.

Polling Data
....Poll........ Date... Sample..Approve ...Disapprove... Spread
RCP Average 6/23 - 7/8 -- 56.5....... 38.5....... +18.0
Gallup.......... 7/6 - 7/8 .1547 A 57.......... 36.......... +21
Rasmussen Rep 7/6 - 7/8..1500 LV.51..............48........... +3
Quinnipiac... 6/23 - 6/29 .......57.......... 33.......... +24
CNN/Opinion Res6/26 - 6/28 1026A61....... 37.......... +24
Democracy Corps (D) 6/19 - 6/22 56.......... 36.......... +20
Rasmussen Reports 6/19 - 6/21 54.......... 45........... +9
Gallup.......... 6/18 - 6/21 57........... 35.......... +22
ABC News/Wash Post6/18 - 6/21 65........... 31........... +34
CBS News/NY Times 6/12 - 6/16 63........... 26........... +37
NBC News/WSJ 6/12 - 6/15 56.......... 34........... +22
Pew Research 6/10 - 6/14 1502 A 61 30 +31
FOX News 6/9 - 6/10 900 RV 62 31 +31
Ipsos/McClatchy 6/4 - 6/8 1023 A 64 32 +32

WASHINGTON -- Much has been made of the religious tenor of Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
Reports of women weeping and swooning -- even of an audience applauding when The One cleared his proboscis (blew his nose for you mortals) -- have become frequent events in the heavenly realm of Obi-Wan Obama.
His rhetoric, meanwhile, drips with hints of resurrection, redemption and second comings. "We are the ones we've been waiting for," he said on Super Tuesday night. And his people were glad.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/02/obama_the_messiah_of_generatio.html

Yep, but not without foundation:

An honest perspective about Obama's presidency:

okie, You miss everything; Obama talks to our enemies as well as our allies; that's called diplomacy!

Thats not diplomacy, ci, thats "fraternizing." There is a big difference between the two.