Anyone who saw President Barack Obama on CBS' "60 Minutes" last week saw why so many of us voted for this man and are proud to support him in his efforts to set this country straight.
What came through again - as it has so many times - was his deep and abiding intelligence, something that is such a pleasure after we witnessed Bush's tortured attempts to speak the language and reach some kind of logic in his remarks (not to mention his policies).
It was great, too, the way he so totally put Dick Cheney in his place by reminding people that the United States can't attract support in the Arab world when we're torturing terror suspects.
We saw, too, the reputation as no-drama-Obama, as he even managed to produce a smile and a laugh when asked about how he handles the job. I think it's cool, also, that this particular president is very informed about sports. His Final Four picks haven't gone very well, but how many other presidents would even talk about such things?
(As a Dallas Cowboys fan, I regret his love of the Pittsburgh Steelers, but I understand it given the support he received from Steelers owner Dan Rooney.)
What we may in fact be witnessing is the making of a great president. His programs will have to succeed, of course, and we don't know the outcome of that just yet. But at this point, he has the confidence of the majority of the American people, the same majority that put him in office and was so willing to turn away from the horrors of the Bush years.
Sometimes, things really do change for the best.
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