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On February 10, 2007 Barack Obama stood in Springfield,Illinois in front of 15,000 supporters and announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for the President of the United States. With this announcement came much excitement for Barack Obama and his campaign. He promised a different type of campaign, and this message set well with a lot of voters. Obama jumped ahead of the pack in the polls and became second to only Hillary Clinton. The Obama camp has run a strong campaign, and I’ve supported them the whole way because I thoroughly believe that Barack Obama should be the next President.
The number one problem that people have with supporting Obama is that they say that he has too little experience. It is true that he is only a freshman Senator; but the fact that he is such a fresh face will (in my opinion), help the Senator. He has played off this criticism well, saying that since he hasn’t been in Washington for as long as the others he hasn’t had time to have been corrupted by the Washington lobbyists. His fresh face and message of change has put him out in front with voters who say that they want drastic change in the 2008 election.
Outside of the “experience” issue, I also think that Senator Obama is on the right side of a lot of the issues. He is staunchly against the death penalty (Clinton, Dodd, Biden, Edwards and Richardson are all for it), he was against the Iraq War since it’s beginning (Clinton, Dodd, Biden, Edwards and Richardson were all for it until recently). He has also come out and said that his cabinet wouldn’t be decided by if someone was a Democrat or a Republican, he would pick the person who was right for the job regardless of party affiliation. That is the type of leader we need. One that will not only stand up for Democratic principles, but also not sharpen the divide between red and blue states.
One of the other issues that Obama faces is electability. “Is America ready for a black President?” the media will often ask. The question to that, of course, is yes. Obama’s race will not hurt him at all in the Democratic Primary, and will hurt him minimally (if at all) during the General Election. Americans have spoken out and they want change this election, and if they think Obama is the right person for the job they won’t let his race play a factor in whether or not to vote for him.
Barack Obama is the best person running on either party line to be our next President. The Clinton machine will falter in Iowa, and that will give Obama a chance to take down Hillary. The last thing America needs is more of the same.
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