Ahh Politics

You take the good with the bad, I suppose.

And feel hopeful because of the good.

Taken from the conclusion of a recent slate.com piece by John Dickerson:

"I first saw Barack Obama announced to a crowd as a presidential candidate in a nearly identical venue several months ago, standing at the end of another basketball court in Columbia, S.C. Then, he was a long shot. He has since lost a cigarette habit, his church membership, and maybe a little of his innocence—in the early days, he barely even attacked George Bush. And he's gained a necktie, a flag pin, and the Democratic nomination."