This new phase of the campaign will move quickly. By the time you read this, we may even know who John McCain has chosen to be the next Dick Cheney.
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Did Obama finally get people talking about politics?
The facts are obvious. He’s the first half-Kenyan person to run for president. Unlike the other presumptive Republican candidate, Obama is young, fresh-faced, new, relatively unknown, energetic, and let’s just throw in “in good shape.”
Sitting at
I began eavesdropping when I heard the little girl saying: “I like Obama even though he doesn’t speak good.” It was altogether cute and profound. Despite her understandably faulty grammar, (I’m sure she meant well) I thought it was just a profound comment, especially from a little girl.
But it is true that children are frighteningly honest and extremely perceptive. They often see things that us adults can no longer see.
Her comment about Obama’s speaking skills is often talked about—but I’ve noticed, not so much by the media. I usually hear it from us laypeople, bloggers, and of course, McCainers. I think the one media exception would be Fox News.
But should quality speaking skills be a major prerequisite for the president?
So back to the story about the mom and the daughter. The mom replied, in such a motherly-love way I should add: “But that’s not what you look for in a president. You look to see what they can do when they’re president, and if they’ll do it.”
And I think the mom is right. What it really comes down to is whether Obama will live up to all his promises. Will the rest of the Democratic party be on board with his proposed plan for change in the White House? He did reform his state legislature—when he was able to get perks cut down, like nice lunches at work (see
Obama has been doing a lot of talk, but he’s running for president! That’s just what they do. But I think many Obama supporters are putting too much faith in Obama’s words. He says he wants to and that he can change politics as usual in
I know the obvious retort to this would be, “got hope?”
I am hopeful he’ll do a good job. But that is the key word: hope.
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