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…I’d say no, I don’t think he’d have the same types of dirt in his basement as Clinton or McCain. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think the man can walk on water no matter how much I support him and campaign for him. I’m not blindly supporting the guy because he’s a wonderful orator either. I look at his record and I see him as someone who can inspire and unite people - and he’s been doing that for years, before any presidential bid…
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This is about what I’d say, too. And ditto to Diogenes. I like just about everything I’ve heard and read about Obama, frankly. I was especially impressed that he was able to persuade a Republican state senator to appear in his campaign TV ads, praising his bipartisan work in the Illinois Senate.
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic]
When he first left Harvard, he could have written his own ticket for anything he wanted to do. Law firms were slobbering to get the first black president of the Harvard law Review in their stables (I’m sure that getting the trophy Black played into their enthusiam), but he said no to the money and prestige in order to become a community organizer and civil rights lawyer for the disenfranchised instead. If that’s not idealism, I don’t know what is.
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Angling for a career in politics from a young age? Cory Booker did similar.
I’m not criticizing it, but I think Obama and Cory Booker are very similar in that they both were planning on being politicians at least from as early as undergraduates in High School. Many people fall into politics, many also work towards being a politician from a very young age (Bill Clinton has said his goal was to be President well before High School, and if you look at this early life you can see he was working towards that even as a boy.)
[QUOTE=Windwalker]
I suppose it would be pretty far-fetched for this all to be a grand master plot to attain high political office… or would it? 
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Plot? Not like you say. I think Obama has probably had a genuine interest in going into politics since before law school though. I don’t view that as a bad thing, though, if his intentions are for the best of society.
I’ll like any candidate who wants to do what they think is best–though I won’t vote for the ones whose ideas of what is best are significantly different from mine.
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That all sounds a bit cynical.
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I prefer “realistic”.
[QUOTE=ElvisL1ves]
I prefer “realistic”.
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She proved it last night on a D.C news broadcast, unfortunately the morning news this morning took the slant that she was digging for straws. She showed up on a D.C. news station last night and said that there has not been one single negative ad about Barack, and that he better get ready if he is the nominee for what the GOP is going to throw at him. Doesn’t sound like someone whose got a whole lot of hope in her own campaign. But others may read that differently. Unfortunately for her, Jake Tapper of ABC news slanted that her campaign is switching gears and is going down hill when this sort of talk begins to happen.
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As you can see millions of people agree with me across the country, and people are writing from every corner of this country that they are inspired and energized over his candidacy.
On the same token - though a decidedly different demographic - millions of people are with you, and are inspired by Hillary Clinton - her accomplishments, her bounding over the norm and runnig for the highest position in the land.
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I just want to say that Clinton and Obama have crossover support. When this campaign began, I was very much a Clinton supporter. It has only been very slowly, and mostly because of the negative campaigning by both Clintons, that she has lost my vote. I think Hillary Clinton would make a great president. She is very smart and capable - she could definitely clean up the messes of the last four years. She just doesn’t have the ability to inspire hope and get everybody engaged in returning things to a good state.
My only concern is Obama vs. McCain. I hope he doesn’t allow McCain to set the tone of the debates. McCain is very good at not saying anything and looking reasonable and friendly and he could “nice” Obama out of the presidency.