watch it: “Maverick John McCain”

I just had this crazy thought that maybe its a bad thing if Obama wins , I meen were would Daily show, a high % of comedy central get their material if Mccain and the Bush Administration are gone, they can't turn on Obama and make fun of him, that wouldn't make any sense.

There will be a grace period of a month or two, then Obama will be fair game. It's a little trickier to write material because of the whole race thing, but humans cannot resist making fun of people in positions of power.

And let's be honest, all politicians, no matter what their political affiliation, eventually give comedians plenty of material to work with. Obama's spineless and media savy, but he's bound to screw up at some point, it comes with the job.

I think the real reason it might be a bad thing if Obama wins is that he won't be able to deliver on a tenth of the things he's promised, and people will blame the failure on his ideology instead of the magnitude of the problems he'll have to confront.

Many have shed some of their cynicism and actually expect positive change, which is a good thing, but I don't think they understand how much political will, personal sacrifice, and time it's going to take to turn this country around. America is like a 700 pound person trapped in a basement. We need to change our consuming habits and stick to a painful regimen for a while before we'll be able to move, and even then, we'll need help from some of our smaller, healthier neighbors to get up those stairs again.

Obama is a diet guru. He's convinced us to buy his DVD, but it's up to us to put his plan into action. The auto industry (mass transportation in general) and education are good meters to track whether or not our government and our population thinks that "change we can believe in" is more than just a slogan. Improving both of those broken systems involve hard choices for both politicians and taxpayers.

If a country can produce fuel efficient transportation and well educated children, a lot of other important changes fall into place.