So Obama didn’t change his colors last night and “move to the center” as many predicted in the face of relentless political pressure.  Maybe that is because he really does believe in what he is trying to accomplish.  After all, the U.S. elected him to do just that, didn’t they….that is, bring about “change.”  I am afraid what you have with Obama is a bit of a horse of a different color.  Sure he is savvy enough to know how to play the Washington political game.  But his assertion last night at the end of the speech that “I don’t quit” is telling.  More than likely it sent a shiver up the collective spines of his most stalwart detractors.  It also signals a degree of backbone that is rare is Washington, D.C. I am not talking about a tough-guy swagger that stems from an air of superiority, as in a George Bush.  I am talking about a genuine belief that evening the playing field and making things better, not just for those who already are more than well off, but for everyone is the right course of action to stick to. A belief that will not yield to political pressure from any side, left, right or center.  Because in the end that conviction is not about politics, it is about justice, social justice.  It is about simply doing the right thing.  It is about coming into office with a set of unbending priorities and seeing those through no matter which way the political winds might be blowing.  It is a rare and refreshing thing to see in a Washington politician.  Maybe, just maybe, Obama is another one of those rare politicians that appears once in a generation, usually when the nation needs it most. But, then again, we’ll just have to see, now won’t we? Just remember, Glenn Beck would have probably had even a harsher opinion of Franklin Roosevelt, maybe even of Lincoln, if he had been around at the time. Think about it.