Barack Obama, likely Democratic nominee for President, has based his campaign on bringing about dramatic changes from the policies of George Bush. A worthwhile goal, certainly. But can anybody really get us out of the economic and foreign policy quagmires that any new President will inherit without inflicting a great deal of pain in the process? And even then...
The Inheritance
If Obama beats old John McCain
(A thing that now seems likely)
His backers hope he'll change our course
Dramatically and sprightly.
Alas such hopes will bump against
Acts by his predecessor
A tainted legacy bestowed
To him by Bush the Lesser.
This legacy, at home, abroad
Is such a tangled mess
What could Obama really do
To fully it redress?
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