Here I go again...
being an opinionated old man.

It was an interesting experiment, electing a well-educated young African-American to be president of the United States.

It was a given that he was not up to the job. It is sad that his mentors, his advisers, were all of the wrong ideology.

Can anyone be surprised that his presidency is a colossal failure?

Personally, I hope Americans continue to take chances on well-educated young men and women as elected officials - disregarding their ethnicity or nationality lineage.

There should be some litmus tests: They must be absolutely and unshakably honest. They must be fully dedicated to the truth. They must fully accept that in America, power is vested in the people and the job of government is to serve the people.

They should understand that if some day the people of the United States decide they want a radically transformed state, it should be the government that follows the will of the people, not vice-versa.

And they must be strong enough to stand up to their advisers and say "no", when those advisers waiver on these principles.

And, maybe, just maybe when we elect young, untested people, we should not try to start them out at the very top.