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Originally Posted by The_Heretic
To contrast with Obama's slogan, it's less about hope and more about practical reality. Obama doesn't have the sort of influence over the elites of the party the way Hillary did and McCain now does among his party. Obama wouldn't have gotten even half as far as he did without REAL grassroots effort and the masses carrying him to the nomination as if in a mosh pit.
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But he has that influence now. Obama inspired the people to create a demand for change in our political dialog. The politics of fear and negativity have dominated the landscape for years now. And that's beginning to change. It's a slow, laborious process, but it's happening. The powers that be, are recognizing (at their own pace) that large sections of the electorate demand more substance.
This is the reason that Hillary was defeated. This is the reason that the GOP is discussing re-formatting their strategies to focus more on positive, regional change. Even if it's insincere, that addresses our real needs in a more substantial way then the repubs have in many years.
We've already won a victory, in that.
Aside from some people who will always seek a hero, and the hyperbole that runs rampant in our culture, I don't think anyone is assigning Obama supernatural abilities. He WAS/IS the agent of the changes, but it's a populace demanding more information, that's bringing about the actual changes.