the left disaffection with obama (watch ed schultz of rachel maddow these days) is an extremely good thing. cynicism and disaffection are the only thing keeping us free, and the cult of personality and incredible optimism about the the state (coercion) as a solution for all that ails us that swirled around the person of obama (chris matthews, "if you don't believe that government is the solution, you've got no business being a democrat") are the merest love of totalitarianism. give up. give the fuck up. and let's actually get on with living, day by day.