CHANGE -- Serious Change, or Change from Bush?

So by now, even reported by Fox News, it's widely seen that Barack Obama will win this presidential election. Personally. I was through with this election about 3 weeks ago. I voted today. I voted primarily Republican, because I trust the incumbent candidates (Rep. Sam Johnson gave me a nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy back in high school, and is the ranking senior member on the Armed Forces Committee in the House). 

In the presidential race, I voted Libertarian because I could not in good conscience vote for either McCain or Obama. I know my other party vote helps add to less than 1% of Texas voters, thereby negligibly affecting the electoral votes from my state. But still, I would not vote straight ticket on my first election just because it would be easier. I would not vote for a campaign that lost sight of its ideals right from the start. I would not vote for Obama's campaign, which simply capitalized on how bad the Bush presidency was. Obama's message of change, as pointed out by prominent Democratic analyst James Cargill of CNN, was simply one of change from Bush. Not significant, awe-inspiring change that I hear people saying he's going to do. Just change from what we've had. John Kerry could bring the same change. Obama just made stupid people think that his change was a bit bigger. 

So Obama is our next president, most likely. As a member of the US Military, I have sworn an oath to obey and carry out all of his commands once he takes office. I will still stay true to that. But I just don't believe in him, anymore than I wouldn't believe in McCain. Like most American voters, I'm losing my faith in our candidates. Then it makes me wonder why the presidential is so big, and we're not talking as much about the incumbent Democratic Congress (with worse approval ratings than Bush) getting larger, or who Obama would appoint to the Supreme Court (the 3rd part of that whole checks and balances thing). Obama is going to have to deal with at least the courts to get his "change" to occur. The Democratic Congress will have to show the American public that more Democrats will equal better production. They're going to have to prove to the American public that with this newly entrusted power, they'll be able to raise our taxes and make that money worthwhile. 

I just don't see any of that happening. The Democrats banked on a bad Republican run, and now have 2/3 of our Federal Government in the wings. But to me, that just sets them up for an even bigger fall than after Bush. The Dems have 2 years before the next set of elections, and Obama has 4 years before his term is up. If nothing happens during that time, expect even bigger sweeping changes to the other side. 

RP