I am... I said

Well, I have been waiting for this for a while and think what the President has to say before Congress Wednesday night will be his defining moment. Much has been said and speculated upon but I am willing to see it through until I see how much fight he really has in him. I know what I want, but is what I want the best thing for our nation right now, or is there some other solution that might head us down the same road, perhaps not as fast, but nevertheless in the right direction? I reserve judgment on all of it but I cannot help but think of a song that has always meant so much to me.

I am I said

"I am," I said
To no one there
An no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am," I cried
"I am," said I
And I am lost, and I can't even say why
Leavin' me lonely still

Did you ever read about a frog who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
Well except for the names and a few other changes
I you talk about me, the story's the same one

But I got an emptiness deep inside
And I've tried, but it won't let me go
And I'm not a man who likes to swear
But I never cared for the sound of being alone

The speech will define Obama and it will determine whether I will continue to have the spirit to be at his side. I wish him well. I think he is a good man. I fervently hope that there will be room for me to continue to hope.

that Neil Diamond gem is one of the most inane things ever written.

"And no one heard at all,
not even a chair...."

Not even a chair? The singer is further saddened because a chair didn't hear his plaint, accounting, no doubt, for the chair's failure to respond.

I choose not to think of our President as "lost." In fact, he's probably one of the most solidly grounded individual in the public eye that anyone's ever seen.

And he is hardly alone.

Let's just wish President Obama good luck tomorrow night, and hope for the best..................