Inauguration Day 2009

Well, we’re finally here: the end of the Bush administration. The country survived, albeit significantly worse for wear, eight years of mismanagement from a incompetent, delusional, nepotistic faux everyman. So, it’ll be nice not to have to worry about that anymore.

Enter Obama, calm, cool, and eminently reasonable: truly a President in all the ways Bush could never be. Already refreshingly transparent before entering office, he’s on track to restore public faith to an office that hasn’t deserved any since Nixon. Will Obama manage to heal a broken nation? It seems like too much to hope for, although for today at least, hope feels appropriate.