Sen. Barack Obama has promised to bring change and hope. The Post's Oct. 17 endorsement editorial "Barack Obama for President" made it clear that he has already succeeded in bringing hope to The Post when it stated:
-- "We hope he would navigate between the amoral realism of some in his party and the counterproductive cocksureness of the current administration, especially in its first term."
-- "...we can only hope and assume that Mr. Obama would recognize the strategic importance of success in Iraq and adjust his plans."
-- "We also can only hope that the alarming anti-trade rhetoric we have heard from Mr. Obama during the campaign would give way to the understanding of the benefits of trade reflected in his writings."
-- "We had hoped, throughout this long campaign, to see more evidence that Mr. Obama might stand up to Democratic orthodoxy and end, as he said in his announcement speech, 'our chronic avoidance of tough decisions.' "
That sure is a lot of "hope."
Personally, I hope we won't have occasion to find out whether or not the hopes of The Post are realized.
-- Jay R. Baker, Rockville
