Change?

We were standing around at work today (that happens in a bike shop when the weather turns cold...) and the talk turned to the election. On one side you had a recent college graduate from a comfortably well-off family (he's living at the lake house for now, if that gives you an idea) who is virulently anti-Republican and strongly pro-Obama. As his foil, the boss, forty-ish, from a staunchly middle class upbringing, who neatly straddles political stereotypes: a vegetarian with a concealed carry permit.

There was a lot of good-natured shouting and hollering, and finally detente was reached: politicians are all at least a little crooked and not much ever really changes, so it probably doesn't really matter in the end.

It occured to me a little later: George W. Bush has affected an immense amount of change in the last 7 1/2 years, in my opinion almost none of it good. So maybe we shouldn't be so cynical about "Hope" and "Change."

I sure hope I can hope for change for the better.