What is this feeling?

For the past week I’ve noticed a persistent lightening of the spirit. Yesterday I realized I’ve been suffering from a malaise brought on by an absolute mistrust of the people running the country. I didn’t even know how much my psyche had been affected by Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc. until the election was decided. I lost the sense of resignation that I didn’t even realize had been weighing me down.

Obama and his administration will screw up too but I can’t believe it will be anywhere close to the massive incompetency and clandestine machinations we’ve been subjected to over the past two terms. It’s like grown-ups are in charge again – leaders that can put together coherent sentences with real words that actually convey complete thoughts. If that makes me a snobby elitist, I’m willing to accept that -- doesn’t make me a pseudo-American, Governor Palin.

That the American public cares so much about what the President-Elect can do before inauguration is testament to the debacle of this administration. Seriously, I can’t remember any other President-Elect being asked about anything, outside of staff and cabinet appointments, before inauguration.

So, I’m looking forward to the next four years as the country begins digging itself out of the hole it’s been plunged into.