Euphoria Gives Way to Second-Thoughts

In Iowa, Euphoria Gives Way to Second-Thoughts on Obama :
"WILLIAMSBURG, Iowa — Pauline McAreavy voted for President Obama. From the moment she first saw him two years ago, she was smitten by his speeches and sold on his promise of change. She switched parties to support him in the Iowa caucuses, donated money and opened her home to a pair of young campaign workers."

First of all let me say that I'm speechless because the article is by JEFF ZELENY, and was originally published in The New York Times. I was so taken back that I read it twice looking for some sort of  Liberal political agenda hidden deep with in it. Low and behold I couldn't find one, but I'll keep looking, it's got to be there somewhere. Meanwhile I'll ad my brief thoughts on the article.
The stories of why these people voted for Obama reminds me of a blog comment that I saved because I thought it was so spot on. I think it applies here even though some of the reasons given in the article are about a sense of belief in Obama's message. I don't know if that was their true feelings or a smoke screen for Fashion Voting. Below is the blogger comment, you decide:

"Our country is paying a terrible price for a trendy impulse. The fashion voters - those who voted for the nation's first black president regardless of his qualifications and despite the communists in his background - are how we got into this ungodly mess."