Mister Godot says he cannot come today but surely tomorrow

I normally reserve my thoughts on politics for other places and other media but as this is what I woke up thinking at 530am on a cold and rainy Monday morning in London hopefully you'll indulge me.

It occurred to me this morning that perhaps the reason why the Global Financial Crisis doesn't yet seem as real and as nasty as it undoubtedly should is that at some level we've all been focused on something, someone, else.

Over the weekend I read that Obama's Inaugural Address tomorrow will be the most watched speech in history. So the question is this: -

How will we all feel on Wednesday?