“First class temperament and intellect”?!? Really?? Well, I suppose these are just as good of reasons to vote for “the One” as his alleged literary talents (of which I know nothing and have no intention of finding out). I cannot help but be impressed by the glibness of Mr. Buckley’s reasoning. I would suggest to Mr. Buckley that a better marker of one’s presidential qualifications, if he really wishes to stick with intellect and temperament, would be to what end these traits have actually served the candidate in question. In short, results man, results!! Here we find almost nothing. And not for want of being given a chance. Mr. Obama has simply not done much of anything with this vaunted intellect and temperament: he has sponsored no significant legislation and has never really reached across the aisle, two things one might have expected someone with a first rate intellect and temperament to have done! In the light of these serious lacuna’s in Obama’s resume and the degree to which this is obvious to any of us who have bothered to take a look, Mr. Buckley’s decision indeed lacks the kind of serious reflection and intellectual weight we’ve come to expect from someone with Mr. Buckley’s last name. Truly glib and unserious. Too bad.