The Gitmo problem is a direct result of Bush Administration policies, plain and simple.
And, my party has yet to win an election. It seems to still be the Democrats, admitted statists, vs. the Republicans, de facto statists, with Libertarians still stuck in the catch 22:
No one wants to vote Libertarian, since they can't win because no one will vote for them.
Still, unless Obama can clean up the Bush mess without creating a mess of his own, then we just might have a chance.
And, given Obama's expansion of Bush's policy of spending money we don't have, the odds of not creating another mess seem pretty long just now.
So, there is cause for optimism yet.