Andrew Sullivan quotes an anecdote from Cass R. Sunstein about Barack Obama. Regardless of one's particular take on Obama the man, I can't help but feel some amount of hope when the world takes notice of and praises things that seem to me to be genuinely noble. The fact that there are a certain amount of people who are simply delighted at the possibility of having a president who listens well, who considers other possibilities, and has a genuinely investigative temperament makes me feel slightly better about things. One of my biggest hopes, in fact, for an Obama presidency is that he will help to subtly shift our expectations of our leaders.