Obama will dramatically change the way politics is conducted by ending the partisanship and anti-concensus approach used by Rove.

Obama will ride the wave of the current climate: the crisis will force opposition to join him in passing emergency measures. Otherwise, Obama would get the usual resistance

Honeymoon! Wait till the glow of 'history' and 'change' begin to fade&the people begin to demand quick solutions w/ little patience. Obama may be all rhetoric&personality

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