Dude, Where’s My Change?

November 5, 2008. Standing on a broad stage in Chicago, surrounded by roaring crowds, president-elect Barack Obama announces: “Change has come to America!”
Sixteen months later, here we are, with growing malaise and sinking approval ratings. Dude, where’s my change?
Obama arrived as a modern-day messiah come to set his people free, leading Hillary Clinton to quip [...]