"[...] the experience a Python programmer has when dealing with libxml2. libxml2's default Python bindings are fast, thrilling, powerful, and your code might fail in some horrible way that you really shouldn't have to worry about when writing Python code. lxml tries to combine the power of libxml2 with the ease of use of Python.

Hey, sounds like I should take a look at lxml! I've already implemented a lot of functionality in my in-progress rewrite of my business scripts in Python using Amara (and in all likelihood I'll also stick with that, having made the investment) but lxml looks too promising to ignore!