Obama represents hope!

At least, he’s causing Victor Davis Hanson to have hope:

Obama himself at various times in his memoirs–never have presidential autobiographies sold so many copies, and yet have been so little read by the press–talked about people seeing in him what they wished. And now on the eve of the election, I confess I have no idea about who he is or what he stands for. If he is elected, I can only hope for the best, and pray a few sober old Clintonites like Paul Volcker or Robert Rubin will step forward.

I can hope too.
There’s a lot of hope going around right now in the conservative — and libertarian — camps.
While it’s arguably a form of denial, it’s probably a good coping mechanism to cling to hopes about what a candidate might do.
But I don’t see how it’s a reason to vote for him.