At TAP Online, Paul Waldman says today marks the end of our speculation about how Obama will govern:
In the months since he won the Democratic nomination, a series of images of Obama have been constructed by his admirers and foes, assembled out of bits and pieces of reality. Out of an offhand statement here, a policy proposal there, and mostly the observer's own hunches, hopes, and fears, they offer radically different interpretations of the man whom as of today we can finally stop calling "president-elect."
So will Obama be the president of your dreams? Will he betray you and leave you heartbroken? Or will it be somewhere in between?
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--The Editors
