Now What?

I have spent the day watching the Obamathon. The oath has been taken and the speech has been made. Now it is time to get down to business. If Morphy's law applies any place in the universe it is in the Presidents office. Nothing is ever as easy as it looks especially form the outside. Campaigning is easy governing is an entirely different thing. When you campaign (and I have) you can say just about anything you want to say in order to get elected (I did Not) and your words have no real consequences. But when you become president your words carry a lot of weight. Lives are at stake and the world may hang in the balance depending on you to make a decision. George Bush believed that he was correct and Barack Obama believes that he is correct. I believe that they are both men of conviction. Both men have expressed themselves on how things should be done, circumstances however can take the best laid plans and turn them on their head. Promises made and notions held are often left behind when the realities of the world jump up in your face. Many demonized George Bush and made light of him as a man and as President. What if Barack Obama strolls into the Oval Office tomorrow morning and discovers that George Bush was doing what he had to do and not necessarily what he wanted to do. When the weight of responsibility fully settles on him tomorrow morning I pray that he has the wisdom to make the decisions he may not want to make. I know that he is going to sit down behind that desk with the responsibility to keep 300 million people safe give the realities of the world, take a deep breath and say to himself, NOW WHAT?