optimism

“What I extrapolated was this sort of relentless optimism that comes across in their voice. There’s nothing ever wrong and everything is solvable.”

Four years later, at an unusual moment of national optimism, a whopping 62 percent expressed satisfaction—but George W. Bush beat incumbent Vice President Al Gore anyway.

But a tough opening to his tenure, which included two heavy defeats by Belgium and four-goal loss in Russia, quelled optimism.

To some, he is the face of economic mismanagement, but the vice-president retains some of the optimism he held when he was a 44-year-old embarking on an eight-year battle for power.

For crypto advocates, the election has renewed optimism and created an opportunity for a more favorable regulatory environment.