President Barack Obama!

Yep, me too, on both counts.

I read The Audacity of Hope; no desputing its role as manifesto, and its a bit cloying occasionally, but he sets out some pretty reasonable ideas - increasing the quality of and access to health care, creating new jobs in sustainable/renewable energies, approaching international affairs with a determination to talk, not bully - if he pulls off any of this it'll be a move in the right direction.

I used to go out with a girl called Hope. Sadly, she proved to be less audacious than I had hoped.