It is absolutely important that our citizens think critically about what the government proposes. Our lack of critical thinking, and more importantly our Congress’ lack of it, is what has gotten us into this disastrous war in Iraq. Our lack of critical thinking about tax policy is what has gotten our national debt into the $10 trillion range.

The supporters who fawn over Obama are a tiny minority of his base. I would say that they’re even a small minority of MoveOn.org, which itself represents a tiny minority of his base. Obama won with something like 65,000,000 votes. Mile High Stadium only holds 80,000 people, and not even all of them were swooning during his convention speech.

I do not think you should the people who support a leader against that leader himself, just as I do not hold the bigots who attended all the McCain rallies against him. Give Obama a chance to see what he can do. That is all he ever asked for.

Yes, I voted for Obama in both the primaries and in the general election. Primarily because of two issues: fiscal responsibility and alternative energy. It is shocking to think that the Democrats are the more fiscally responsible party, but such is the state of the Republicans under Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. McCain/Palin’s energy plan would have set this country, and the world, back 40 years to the 1970s. In fact, I don’t think Obama is progressive enough on alternative energy. We need to be spending whatever hasn’t been spent of our $700BN blank check to Wall Street on alternative energy research and production, not the banks who are just hoarding it anyway.

All this is to say that there is real, issue-based promise that I hope Obama lives up to and I think your fears about a Messiah complex are probably unwarranted.