Longing for the old Obama

Whatever happened to the Barack Obama who was stridently anti-cynicism?

Obama Statement on the Resignation of Alberto Gonzales
Official campaign website

Barack Obama today released the following statement on the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.

"I have long believed that Alberto Gonzales subverted justice to promote a political agenda, and so I am pleased that he has finally resigned today. The President needs to nominate an Attorney General who will be the people's lawyers, not the President's lawyer, and in Obama Administration that person will first and foremost defend and promote the rights and liberties enshrined in our Constitution," said Obama.