That being said, I think the Senator from Illinois will be our next
President. I wonder if we are really ready for the change we seek.
Our priorities are wide apart on many issues. As I read The Audacity
of Hope I am impressed with his grasp of the conflicting factors of
various issues. His grasp of globalization seems definitive. Divided
we fall. It will take strong unity in Congress to lessen the pain that
many Americans will feel as we transition to a nation of social
classes with a big void in the middle. The top tier, those the current
president gave the big tax break to, is growing, but at a slower pace
than the bottom class. Unless we do better at higher education we are
destined to become a nation of the wealthy and the service classes,
with the production class in developing nations.