Chief Hope 'N Change

I recall Barack Obama complaining about his real name so it came as a shock when he adopted Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuuxshish as his moniker in the Crow Indian tribe.

The newly named Awe Kooda Bilaxpak Kuuxshish -- better known as Barack Obama -- faced east, the symbolic source of new life. His adopted Crow father, Hartford Black Eagle, prayed over him.

Afterward, they walked arm-in-arm with Black Eagle's wife, Mary, to a podium, where Obama promised to live up to the meaning of his new name: "One Who Helps People Throughout the Land."

"I want you to know that I will never forget you," Obama told the crowd, who had not seen a visitor of such political importance since Lady Bird Johnson came to the Montana reservation in the 1960s. "You will be on my mind every day that I am in the White House."

I can understand the gesture but I think he would be too busy to keep his promise.