“Yet one has to question……will he change after being elected”

Change, indeed!

Which way will he move? Well left, like the Clintons did (deserving the 1994 election and consequent muzzling), or closer toward the center (a la Brookings if the lefty fringe call him “centrist” or even “right wing”)? He has made promises to everybody. It will be interesting where he positions himself eventually; who he brings into his Cabinet and other top positions will likely tell the tale early. (It remains to be seen how much he will work with or be forced to conced to the Dem establishment in DC.)

Then he arrives at their door step………and according to this article appears to snub the Palestinians to get back to campaigning.

The point is that Obama has predisposed himself to a rigid set of negotiating positions that could only change as a president and not as a candidate. Yet one has to question……will he change after being elected, and if so is that not a betrayal of a larger trust the people have put in him? Or Will he NOT change and therefore the great expectations that he can indeed impact the mess that is the Palestine/Israeli conflict with his superb people skills.

Time will tell. But I have said from day one that his statements shows that the Good Senator is very uneasy with the concepts of foreign affairs and international diplomacy. He has done and said some things that has boxed him into a corner and now the candidate is defining himself for votes but the president will have to live with those definitions or change to be the great healer that he claims.

The question is how much will that image hurt him as he moves from candidate to president.

I'm apparently in Super Snark mode lately.