The article was...
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/02/opinion/02brooks.html
My respective comment -as follows- has been received on same December 2nd, 2008 12:18pm...
Continuity trumps change, sometimes...
Voters worldwide are learning that the course of governing doesn't always coincide with the discourse of campaigning...
As people get influenced by mass-media, they become easily enchanted with bombastic speeches... Reality-check happens inevitably afterwards...
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