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To: longnshort who wrote (14360)	1/3/2008 3:35:30 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 25737

Obama is truly a new beginning for a lot of people, including a lot of republicans...(check the polls and the articles posted). He is not part of the Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton dynesty. The guy is very bright, built himself up from humble beginnings, and is the embodiment of hope and achievement to a lot of people. Laugh if you want, but you are so out of touch with reality, that I suspect you couldn't see why he is an attractive candidate to millions of young people. Read George Will or Andrew Sullivan...both conservatives and both quite impressed with Obama. He is the favorite democrat of the republican intelligensia as well, because he is seen as the one person who could break the red/blue mindset. Have you read either of his books? ______________________ Here's an interesting quote: I think the rise of Barack Obama has led to the decline of some left-leaning blogs. Even if Sen. Obama does not get the Democratic nomination, he has altered how many people have come to view politics and partisanship in this country. His candidacy is a repudiation of those on the far-left (and the right) who merely play to the fringe instead of the whole country. Being fairly young, the politics that I've witnessed with Clinton and now with Bush represent a strong disconnect from where government should be focused. This has been brought up before, but you can hear the differences in how the candidates in the Democratic race address audiences, the "me" of Hillary Clinton, the "them" of John Edwards, the "we" of Barack Obama. The left-leaning blogs failed to pivot from the "them" mentality of before the 2006 elections, into a new voice and role in the (albeit slim) majority. The Democrats have shown that even with some advantages legislatively, there has been little success at implementation. I think there's a certain hunger, especially with younger Americans, for some centrality in politics. I think Sen. Obama recognizes that he cannot change the country with 51% as President Bush has tried, and failed, to do. Many still have the anger as to what has happened to this country under Bush, but most left-leaning bloggers do not realize that the same razor-thin majority that Bush wielded will have the same result with a Democratic President--inaction, inefficiency, and ineptitude. To wit: "If 50 percent of the turnout is evangelical Christians, it would be very difficult for us to finish first in that kind of situation," Doug Gross, [the chairman of Mitt Romney’s campaign in Iowa], said. "In that instance, I’d feel very good about a nice, strong second-place finish." Mitt Romney's attempts to dial back expectations aren't too convincing. andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com