Okay, based on a front-page New York Times article this morning, people are realizing that having hope is not enough.  Senator Obama will need to get specific about his hopes and buy into the exact vision he has for making changes.  

I was a Hillary Clinton supporter. And though I saw the missteps in her campaign, and moaned and groaned about the way the media dished her, and the difficulty she apparently had connecting with some voters, I thought she was capable of taking ownership of a direction -- even if she occasionally changed that direction. All elected officials must hope they'll make progress once they're in office. But even though hope is an important additive, it takes more than hope to float the boat.  The Chief Executive of the United States of America can hope and yearn for changes.  But to bring those positive changes about, he'll need to be proactive and very specific about the hopes and changes he wrangles for. With our economy slip-sliding every which way, Russia flexing its muscles, Iraq taking tentative steps, and the Taliban as busy and deadly as ever, I hope he quickly and astutely defines his mission, and his message from one of I hope for changes, to I'm prepared to direct those changes.