The Obamamania Judgment

We've been told repeatedly about the "judgment" of The Messiah. But how good is that judgment?

As a state senator, Barack Obama gave $100,000 in state money to a campaign volunteer who failed to deliver on a plan to create a botanic garden in one of Chicago's most blighted neighborhoods.

Obama -- who was running for Congress when he announced the project in 2000 -- said the green space in Englewood would build ''a sense of neighborhood pride."

Instead, what was supposed to be a six-block stretch of trees and paths is now a field of unfulfilled dreams, strewn with weeds, garbage and broken pavement.

That's a nice little metaphor for what the country will look like once he imparts some more of his judgment on the nation.