Optomism waning

I'm trying to stay optomistic about our next President. It's still very difficult to see where he is different from Bush. He plans to stay in Iraq, expand Afghanistan, continue the No Child Left Behind act, continue bailing out big business (with lip service to 'main street' - ha!). He talks about raises for 'some teachers' (ones who raise those phony test scores - a monkey can do that - a teacher helps kids actually learn how to be a life-long learner, not a bubble filler). It's difficult to remain optimistic, but I'm trying.