"But Barack Obama earned his place on the stage. No one gave him a head start. He ran a better campaign. He made fewer mistakes. He may not have been more experienced, but he was the better politician. He proved that he was big enough."
"With Election Day upon us, it seems like there couldn't possibly be a fresh argument to make for either candidate. But I think I have one.
The policy differences between Barack Obama and John McCain are clear and stark. It seems to me that, at this point, if a voter is choosing based on issues, it's a no-brainer which of the two is closer to his/her values. And for voters choosing based on personality (that is, who they want to have a beer with, or who has a certain skin color), not much can be done to change their minds.
But there is one valid factor that has not been discussed much, and that goes beyond issues of policy or philosophy. We have watched Obama and McCain run their campaigns for nearly two years. These are sprawling organizations with huge budgets and vast staffs. And they have had to act as almost shadow administrations, taking positions as issues arose in the world.
To me, watching how Obama and McCain ran their campaign operations provided the best insight into how competent each man would be in running a presidential administration. In a post-Katrina world, the American people certainly should be holding competency high on the list of criteria necessary to be president."
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RE: Obama already won an important contest!
Yup I have to admit he ran a pretty effective campaign. He raised the cash all throughout the primary and defeated the favorite biotch. He overcame all the rumors and the whole Rev Wright problem. I still won't vote for him but I have to hand it to him that he did a good job the past 19 months.
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People want a change from the Bush Admin. They would vote for ANYONE rather than a republican. It shows how sad the democratic party is that this election is even close.
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You have to give him that. He organized, managed, supervised and has prevailed. In a fair fight.
Please!!!!!!!!!
You could have put a monkey up there with cash flow he spent and come out ahead.
Still hurts to give the man credit huh. Oh well...tomorrows the big day so it won't matter much after that anyway...
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ORIGINAL: Beau Ouiville
You have to give him that. He organized, managed, supervised and has prevailed. In a fair fight.
Please!!!!!!!!!
You could have put a monkey up there with cash flow he spent and come out ahead.
Still hurts to give the man credit huh. Oh well...tomorrows the big day so it won't matter much after that anyway...
Credit for what? He didn't do anything. Its kinda like a any republican running against carter. He just had to show up. Especially after the housing crash.
He didn't have doo dah to say on how money is raised or spent. Dems hired a proffesionals to do this. Jeeze, they knew his butt was beat so they went the public route (reversing his pledge by the way) so that he could infuse unaccountable funding. If you want to give him credit I'll give him that, he went back on his word! He is handled.
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Obama already won an important contest!
. Oh well...tomorrows the big day so it won't matter much after that anyway...
