Let's suspend for a moment, our typical expectations of a Democratic nominee for POTUS. Typically we look at things like leadership, integrity, experience, familiarity with the issues and electability.
We argue back and forth over who has the best position on this issue or who raised the most money for that candidate, and still we seem to come up short.
For once, it would be nice to have a general election where the two candidates are not 50/50. We can argue about how Gore really won in 2000 or about all the election fraud that has occurred, but the reality is that these men (Bush, Gore and Kerry) could only manage to persuade just under half of the voting population that they were the man for the job. SIMPLY UNNACCEPTABLE!
An opportunity lies before us... the opportunity to choose a nominee that has a fresh face and may very well appeal to the majority of Americans. Let's take a look at some of Senator Obama's many redeeming qualities below the fold...
UPDATE: Just to clarify, I'm simply highlighting some of the positive things about Obama. This is not to say I prefer him over the other candidates, but that I think a lot of people are quick to come up with reasons not to support a candidate rather than what that candidate might do for our country.
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