FINALLY, Obama has gone back to a common story: the history of politics is the history of fireworks.

One dark day, a party or a political figure is suddenly orbited brightly into space, like a star launched with a great din. But shortly after, it is invisible, probably fallen to earth as spent ash.

When Obama entered the competitive arena to become presidential nominee, he was like fireworks. He yelled, Change!—and as the first colored person