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To: geode00 who wrote (99010)	2/11/2007 3:09:21 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362458

Excerpts from an Obama Interview with Des Moines Register Columnist David Yepsen... blogs.dmregister.com Sun 2.11.2007 1:19 AM Here are some excerpts from an interview I did with Illinois Sen. Barack Obama Saturday evening. We chatted on his bus as it traveled from Cedar Rapids to Waterloo. (Note: He may be a “rock star” of this campaign but on this leg of the trip, he was traveling in a smelly, old, populist school bus. Press and staff got the rock star buses. During the trip Obama also met with about two dozen leaders of various college Young Democrats groups from around Iowa. Victuals included trail mix, and tuna or turkey sandwiches.) (Obama’s yellow bus couldn’t get into the jammed parking lot at his event at Central Middle School in Waterloo. So he and his wife wound up walking what felt like a quarter mile in the bitter cold to get to the gathering. He joked he needed some earmuffs.) Q: Why do you think people are attracted to you? Look at the size of these crowds you are getting. What’s going on here? “I think that people see this campaign as a vehicle for something new. They’re not sure exactly sure what that thing is, but they know they’re tired of what’s been.” He also said “I think what I’ve been able to do in a modest way is to remind people that there are better traditions in our politics. There’s a tradition of Abraham Lincoln. There’s the tradition of a Jack Kennedy - traditions that existed where people looked at problems, debated them and tried to come up with common sense, practical solutions. They disagreed without trying to tear people apart…” “The crowds are interesting. It’s not me. It’s them. They’re saying this is what we want to see happen. Barack may be an imperfect vessel for those hopes. Maybe it would be nice if he had more gray hair. Maybe we disagree with this issue or that issue, but at least they feel like this campaign is talking about that better kind of politics.” Q: Does race enter into this? “It helps initially in making people curious but I don’t think it would last very long if people didn’t feel like there was something behind it.” “Here’s a great example. There have probably been 15 articles - 30 articles - written in the last three weeks about does Barack Obama have black support? Is he black enough? The main basis of this these is that Hillary Clinton is beating him by 20 to 30 points in the polls. Well, my voters aren’t any different from any other voters. I’ve been on the scene for the last 15 years yet most of them don’t know my legislative record. Why would we expect they would be so unsophisticated they say we don’t care what he stands for, we’re going to vote for him - particularly when you’ve got credible other candidates?” He said voters believe “he’s going to have to earn his votes just like everybody else.” Back on race. He said “Look, there’s no doubt these issues are complicated. I will end up being the focal point of people still working out a lot of racial issues. We saw in the debate over Joe Biden’s modest gaffe that suddenly it generates a huge amount of print. That wasn’t about me or even about Joe Biden but that we’re still trying to sort through a lot of these racial issues. That’s not going to go away.” Q. Do we media people make too much of it? “I don’t think it makes as much difference as you’d expect in terms of voters. They want to know: Is this a guy we trust? Does he understand my problems and my issues? Is he going to be able to protect Americans? Do I think he can exercise good judgment if a crisis comes up?” Q. What’s the most important thing you want Iowa Democrats to know about you on this announcement trip? “The Washington media has been focused on the experience issue and I think what I want Iowa Democrats and Iowa voters generally to understand is that what Washington reporters are really talking about is does he have enough Washington experience?” “I’ve been in Washington long enough to know it needs to change and I hope Iowa voters will look at the body of my experiences as a state legislator, a law professor, a community organizer, as well as a U.S. Senator who has a substantial list of accomplishments - so that they see the body of my experience prepares me very well for this office.” “A related point is, again, I think the national reporters echo the conventional wisdom - sometimes pushed by other candidates, which is fair - that we don’t know where he stands on issues. I’ve written two books, both of which have sold a million copies and that probably provide more detail about how I think about issues and what’s in my heart and soul than probably anybody wants to know. I’ve given major policy speeches on health care, on education, on energy. “So the information is out there so I hope rather than just this repetition that he’s a blank slate, that people take time to look. Some of the things they find they may disagree with. They may have thought I was more conservative on some issues than they thought or more liberal on some issues than they thought. But I want them to be informed. “My attitude is - the more voters know the better off my campaign is going to be.” He promised to be in Iowa a lot and laughed: “You guys are going to be sick and tired of me.”

To: geode00 who wrote (99010)	2/11/2007 2:27:05 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362458

<<...Good to see that we're not the only ones stuck with an insane war monger as a "leader"...>> dailykos.com

To: geode00 who wrote (99010)	2/11/2007 5:29:35 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362458

OBAMA VS. GIULIANI: AMERICA'S REAL STRUGGLE powerfromtruth.blogspot.com

To: geode00 who wrote (99010)	2/11/2007 11:36:36 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 362458

John McCain vs. John McCain therealmccain.com

To: geode00 who wrote (99010)	2/12/2007 6:17:10 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 362458

Obama Calls Out Chickenhawk Howard, Whose "Fuzzy Troop Math" Doesn't Add Up huffingtonpost.com

To: geode00 who wrote (99010)	2/12/2007 9:42:20 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 362458

'Where's the Beef?' II: The Conventional Wisdumb on Barack Obama __________________________________ By Arianna Huffington huffingtonpost.com