Obama has always expected he'll be working with "dinner jacket" as the public voice. Khamanei is still the key decision maker -- so little in the way of major change will occur.

Supporting the election-dissenters -- aside from a call for review in the interests of fairness -- is, I agree, counter-productive. Either we dispute the succession and declare war (don't hold your breathe waiting for that one), or leave it up to the Iranians.