Hope and Change - Trenton style

So here I am this morning walking into the newly renamed Trenton Transit Center to catch a train to New york. Standing outside speaking very loudly about Obama's speech were two maintenance employees for the station smoking cigarettes. Here's what I heard:

State employee 1: Do you hear what I am saying? All these people going to school and all these technology jobs. Doesn't mean anything anymore...

State employee 2: I know what you are saying.

State employee 1: It's a waste. Did you hear it? Going to college is a waste. there is no point to it.

State employee 2: I heard it. The government is going to take care of everything.

Clearly this conversation is not representative of what Barack Obama said last night. But I think it is very instructive of the continuation of the "I will hear what I want to hear" that may in the end by Obama's biggest achilles heel. Since none of the national discourse is being matched to the reality of what is happening (for example the stimulus that was anything but stimulative to the economy), people are left to fill in the blanks. And they are. And one day soon, reality will set in along with a healthy dose is disappointment.

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