[Buchal]

. . . the election of an opponent of George W. Bush, that object of global scorn, reassured the world that, contrary to conspiracy theorists, the United States is not a giant run by a tiny coterie of ruthless men bent on world domination

Yet another writer utterly ignorant of Obama's backers. He should stick to writing what he knows about, which he does so extraordinarily well.

[Seven plus One]

When I looked at Obama shortly after the election, with his economic advisers behind him, I had a powerful sense of looking at a Politburo: gray-faced old men, tried and tested—which is not quite the same as successful, of course, except in the most careerist terms.

Ignorant? Not at all. Perceptive is the word.