Ain't Democracy grand?
I made my own decision for Obama just this past week, with his "we are the ones we have been waiting for" speech after Super-Tuesday more or less sealing the deal. Truth be told however, I had been leaning towards Obama ever since Edwards threw in the towel.
The whole "Yes We Can" energy, and the way Obama seems to inspire such hope that things actually can be changed by the right guy in Washington has a lot to do with it. The Clinton campaign's attacks on Obama — whether directly or through surrogates — has also been a bit of a turn-off for me. But more than that, I truly believe Obama is the best equipped to defeat the Republicans this fall. Hillary remains far too polarizing a figure in the eyes of too many voters, and is the Republicans best guarantee of uniting to defeat a common enemy.
But there is also an electricity about this whole "Obamamania" movement sweeping the land that is hard not to get caught up in. At least if you believe as passionately as I do that the country is hungry for real change.
I haven't seen a candidate or a movement like this since the days of Robert F. Kennedy back in the sixties — and I was far too young to be a participant back then.
As the Buffalo Springfield sang back in those days, "there's something happening here..."
I'm just happy that this time around, I'm old enough to be a part of it.
Article comments
1 - Donald Gibson
Great article.
Because of our little Primary fiasco (there's always a voting fiasco here), Florida misses out on seeing the Democratic candidates (specifically Obama) during this Primary season.
Steve & Edie still pump up our massive senior citizen population though.
- Donald
2 - Lee Richards
Talk about getting attention, here in Virginia you can't go a hour without a phone call or a candidate showing up.
Today alone I've gotten recorded calls from Clinton(Hillary), Clinton(Bill) & Obama.
McCain and Huckabee called yesterday, and there were other calls I didn't listen to.
Clinton(H) was in town today, Clinton(B.) will be here tomorrow and Obama also, I think.
Virginia may go red in November as usual(but then again, maybe not. It depends on who the Democrats run but both of them have more support here then the Democrats usually muster in presidential elections.) But in February we have what they all want and think they can win-delegates.
3 - Douglas Mays
h yeah. It was bitch just to find parking in the Queen Anne neighborhood last Saturday....It was a rock n roll type deal.
Hillary's total Washington audience was probably just as big as Obama's, but she spread the numbers around the state.
do you remember back when Bill was running and he spoke at the Market? That was rock n roll also. Wasn't that like a 20,000 audience deal?
hhhmmm...what to think of it all?
Oh, besides Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks don't forget Amazon.com
Rock on!
DM
4 - Glen Boyd
The latest deal I'm hearing now is about people fainting at Obama's rallies. Shades of Beatlemania...
-Glen
5 - Steve
This is the song that Obama reminds me of.
Barack Obama, Superstar.
Who are you, what kind of change are you are talking about?
Barack Obama, Superstar,
Who are you, what kind of change are you are talking about?
Barack Obama, Superstar
Who are you, what kind of change are you talking about?
Adoph Hitler could really rally those masses, and Olde Joe Stalin could make them walk barefoot through broken glasses, And Ho Chin Minn, he could bring the crowd in, and that Po Pot he know how his words could make them hot...
Now do you believe?
Now Marshall Applewhite made them think that they were going to go to Heaven on a comet, and David Koresh he sent his faithful on a path to Armageddon. And of course we all know about olde Jim Jones. His people did what he told em and that Kool-aid got overflowin...
Now do you believe? (the mesmerized crowd shouts back Yes we Believe) Now do you believe?(louder) Yes, we believe! Hallelujah now get that sister some water (the front row of women then faints).
Barack Obama, Superstar,
Who are you, what kind of change are you are talking about?
Barack Obama, Superstar
Who are you, what kind of change are you talking about?
Now do you see yourself as as Che's Second comin... Or maybe you set yourself up on a path even higher. Perhaps you do see yourself as the new Messiah, start a new religion with you as its idol.
Do you believe?
Cults of personalities well they very rarely end well and with yours it could set the earth a trembling... For when you come unglued as all cult leaders in the end do, you could push that nuclear button and set the earth afire..
Barack Obama, Superstar,
Who are you, what kind of change are you are talking about?
Barack Obama, Superstar!
Who are you, what kind of change are you talking about?
Barack Obama, Superstar!
Turing America into one big Manson Family
Barack Obama, Superstar!
Turning America into one big Manson Family
6 - Alessandro Machi
The polls in Washington just prior to the Washington Caucus showed the two candidates very close, Hillary Clinton may even have been leading.
But caucuses seem to bring out the youth more than the older vote. Primaries seem a more accurate way to gauge the popularity of a candidate, especially since that is how it is done in the fall.
Caucus Cheating
Fair Reflection