“The Presidential candidate who promises to change Washington raced into Washington’s arms right after the media crowned him as the presumptive Democratic nominee. During a Thursday visit to the nation’s Capitol, Barack Obama was fawned over by those he critiqued two days earlier: ‘Washington didn’t give us much of a chance,’ he said during his North Carolina victory speech. Clearly, that’s no longer the case. But, being hailed as a winner is different from being hailed as the change agent Obama pledges to become. Obama changed the rhetoric and style of the 2008 contest and would make history if he becomes the first African-American president. A Democrat in the White House would change the dogma. But what else, besides the face of Washington, will he change?” (05/11/08)