TheLastManInAmerica

They both spoke of changing the direction of our country during the campaign and both expressed a desire to “reach across the aisle” if elected. Now they both have a chance to make good on that promise as President-elect Barack Obama will meet with his former opponent, Arizona senator John McCain, on Monday. This will be the first time the two have met since Obama routed McCain in the general election on November 4th.

Hopefully this proves a fruitful meeting that will see the two men make good on their promises of bipartisanship. Time is running out for McCain and, after a pretty nasty campaign in which spent the homestretch lambasting Obama at every turn, now would be a great chance, if not his last, to secure his legacy as one who was intent on uniting and not dividing. For Obama the stakes are a little different; he does not have much experience and his short time in the senate has him labeled as one of the most liberal politicians around.

Perhaps they are both looking to make good on their campaign promises; maybe they were both serious about bringing change to American politics. Only time will tell but unless this meeting ends with McCain unleashing a torrent of racial expletives, calling Obama a homo-loving baby-killer, or with Barack locking McCain up in a bamboo cell, submerged to his chin in a dirty, rat-filled river, while waiting on his turn to play a forced game of Russian Roulette, this is a pretty good start.  

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