No more dynasties— Obama is the man

WE are at long last getting into real time in the US presidential primaries and caucuses.

Hopefully — by November of next year at the latest — Americans will have halted the murky march of White House dynasties and made a fresh start. For such is badly needed and possible. The legacy of the respective excesses of the Bush and Clinton eras and a yearning for a new world perspective must inform the choosing of the leader of the mightiest nation.

The skirmishing is over, and the debate ahead between candidates and parties simply cannot let America and the world down. A handful of both Republican and Democratic aspirants are dominating the scene so far, but it is important that others come through and be heard.