Well said.

I heartily agree that we need to have more brains and humility than instincts and bravado in the White House. Any of the candidates, Republican or Democrat, will be an improvement, though I think you’re probably right that Obama would represent the greatest shift from our current president’s approach.

However, I have to wonder if we really need another President who all too often substitutes a “gut-feeling” for what we should do for sober, humble, reasoned analysis.

Is there a national political candidate in recent memory who appears to actually think through the central questions facing our country as often, deeply, and publicly as Barack Obama? Clearly, I’m swooning.