This has bugged me for a while, but it came up today when I heard that the Miami herald published an
Obama op-ed piece criticizing the Bush Admin's recent tightening of the embargo. The fact of the matter is, Castro is way down on the brutal dictator list and Cuba isn't even close to deserving the treatment we heap on them (travel ban, remittance restrictions, trade ban).
On top of this, its become increasingly obvious that sanctions don't work to cause regime changes. Also the primary reason for the embargo, Castro hatred among Cuban expats, is weakenig. I don't know if Obama has a "Nixon goes to China" moment in him, but he's our best shot.