He'll never win over the Neocons, so forget about that. He has too many 'pickable' points that they will seek to "W"rongfully exploit, yet, in that reality is reassurance that 'change' is a grossly obvious agenda for him.
Like him. I think he's a great man. On top of that, he's Harvard. His wife is as well. They are interesting people anchored in 'the best education' in the USA. They walked in halls where people like Benazir Bhutto walked and learned leadership. That reality is scary. A FIRST Black President of the USA will be in danger. Bigotry exists in the USA and if there is one aspect that is true of the Obamas, it is that they stand in defiance of any of it.
Obama's record tough to assess (click here)
When he came to the Senate, his party was in the minority. Then he started his campaign.
By Margaret Talev and David Lightman
McClatchy Newspapers
WASHINGTON - Barack Obama says that if he were president, he'd take politically courageous stands while forging the consensus needed to enact universal health care, immigration revisions, global-warming legislation, and a withdrawal from Iraq.
His three-year record in the Senate, however, offers little evidence that he can do what he's promising. His party was in the minority for his first two years, and in the third he began campaigning for president and missed lots of time on Capitol Hill. He was absent from or only partly involved in some key bipartisan efforts to head off stalemates on judicial nominations, immigration, and Iraq war policy.
"He is asking us to believe he can do something he has yet to do," said Michael Fauntroy, assistant professor of public policy at George Mason University.
Being one of 100 senators, especially a junior one, is very different from being president, of course, and Senate records - impressive or mediocre - haven't always been good indicators of a candidate's fitness or readiness for the White House....
Barak, if elected president, will stumble, no different than in his campaign. But, that is 'being real.' He is definately genuine. And although he may stumble, he will never faulter so much that he will fail. It can easily be stated that any Democrat entering the White House following the Bush/Cheney executive years, is going to be challenged with an America that is exploited and exploitive. The Bush/Cheney War Machine will have many 'trip wires' that only can be known once they are GONE from the White House.
I do like his view of the Iraq governing processes beyond the war. I do believe once the USA has set itself on a path of diplomacy throughout the entire world, there will be little that will need the escalation of our military footprint. The change that is to come in 2008 is anticipated by most of the world. Stability through peace initiatives is the venue of tomorrow's America. The question remains who will be the 'best' to conduct those peace initiatives.
