“President Barack Obama.” What a wonderful thing to be able to write.

(Left: The Official Portrait; right: Courtesy Shepard Fairey and Obey Giant)

Not to mention the sound of “Former President Bush”, which we’ve been waiting most of a decade for. Now we just have to learn or remember how to shake off the constant feeling of low expectations rewarded with even lower outcomes. And not to be too disappointed when those heightened expectations need to be tempered with the complications of the messy real world.