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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (375)	12/17/2006 1:43:41 AM
From: mistermj	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Why? What has Obama done to show you he has solutions to any problems?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (375)	12/17/2006 4:12:47 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 149317

The hope of audacity _____________________________________________________________ Editorial The Times of Trenton Sunday, December 17, 2006 nj.com In a recent appearance in New Hampshire that could foreshadow a future visit a year or so down the road, Sen. Barack Obama was greeted as a hero, "the rising star of the Democratic Party," as every pundit from here to Peoria has put it. His charisma is undeniable. He is inspiring T-shirts, town meetings and jaded Democrats. Crowds are responding to his focused energy and earnest eloquence even as he sidesteps the issue of whether he'll propel his hat next to Hillary Clinton's chapeau. It's early, chorus those in the know. Anything could happen between now and then. Very true. And the senator from Illinois is needed right now in the Senate where he and his colleagues will help guide the country, and President Bush, out of the muddled mire of Iraq. Obama's consistent opposi tion to the use of force in Iraq makes him a unique presence in that chamber. All his Democratic colleagues edging toward declaration of their presidential intentions who were in the Senate at the time of the vote endorsed the invasion. "Many who supported the original decision to go to war in Iraq have argued that it has been a failure of implementa tion," said Obama in a speech to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. "But I have long believed it has also been a failure of conception that the rationale behind the war itself was misguided." One of the few to stand up with that view -- at the risk of being branded unpatriotic and failing in his bid for a Senate seat-- he has seen most of the Congress and the country come around to his opinion. Illustrative of his forward thinking, though, Obama is not engaging in retroactive retribution. He is more interested in moving on the advice of the Iraq Study Group and its recommendations for a new strategy in that beleaguered coun try. He seems connected in a way that President Bush is not and never has been. One can imagine him with rolled-up sleeves, in the thick of policy debate, focusing on the nuts and bolts of government. The present administration seems capable of such concentration only when the adversaries are unruly brush or defenseless quail. Of course, Obama is not carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders; he wears a senator's lighter mantle. And it's true that the depth and breadth of his knowledge of foreign affairs is limited. Yet it is no more limited than Mr. Bush's was when he ran for president. As he tours the country, ostensibly in support of his new book, "The Audacity of Hope," Obama no doubt is getting a real sense of the country and its people. And as for a command of the issues, he spelled it out nicely last week in New Hampshire: "There's no reason why we can't create a system where everybody has decent health care. There is no reason why we can't have energy indepen dence in this country," Obama said. "There is no reason why we can't craft a national secu rity strategy that is tough and smart, because what we've seen is tough and dumb. "That's not a Democratic agenda or a Republican agenda," he said. "That's an American agenda." He is offering qualities that once seemed abundant in this country. He is offering hard work, integrity and hope. And we are so starved for hope. © 2006 The Times of Trenton