Look, whatever ends up happening -- whether he gives into all the jadedness and corruption, whether he falls flat on his face and fails, whether he can't make good on any of his intentions -- this is so amazing and fantastic that Obama was elected. I'm truly moved and overjoyed.
I do see it as the potential for the beginning of redemption. The changes which need to happen in the US, like I said before, will take at least a generation to put into effect. Probably more. But this is a start -- and you might have to live in the US to know what this means -- to know what a triumph it is. Americans just might get nudged out of their morose helplessness here, wherein there was psychic surrender to the silent, secret, racist police of mafioso ethics.
That's my view, and I'm personally excited that America elected an African-American. You have no idea unless you live here the undercurrent of hatred here which is very much alive. I am so happy for this opportunity and challenge. And I'm so happy that someone who has stepped into international territory literally, beyond something which is old world european, has been the victor. May America get out of its perceptual goldfish bowl and expand its maturity-horizons!
It won't happen overnight. But this is a good start.