One thing that stood out for me was how they called Obama of 2007 "long-shot." It seems that we must always romanticize our next leader before inauguration, portray them as a valiant crusader who, against all odds, triumphed over obscurity and other obstacles, to arrive at a position where he could deliver us from the immoral and evil doings of the incumbent. Yes, even for Bush that happened: http://www.snopes.com/glurge/bushpray.asp

Now, let's all forget that Obama was relatively well-known even before his campaign (I saw an MSNBC article on him way back in 2006), and drown ourselves in optimism.