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

To: Dale Baker who wrote (18313)	4/18/2008 7:10:03 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 149317

Sam Nunn lines up behind Barack Obama as best equipped to stop political ‘demonizing, dumbing down’ ajc.com Friday, April 18, 2008, 12:25 PM The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Former Georgia senator Sam Nunn, who toyed with the concept of a non-partisan run for president last year, has come down on the side of Barack Obama in the Democratic race for president. The former senator, considered one of the nation’s preeminent experts on U.S. defense, met with Obama’s foreign policy team this morning. In a just released statement, Nunn said Obama “will have the sound judgment to put together an outstanding governing team, bringing people together across old boundaries.” “My own role in this campaign will be as an advisor - particularly in the field of national security and foreign policy,” Nunn said. Though not a superdelegate to the Democratic National Convention, Nunn carries a good deal of gravitas from which Obama could benefit. As one of their numbers, Nunn could also help reassure conservative Democrats still suspicious of Obama’s position on the left-right political spectrum. That could matter in Pennsylvania on Tuesday. Last year, Nunn was a leader in a bipartisan effort that assembled at the University of Oklahoma and decried decades of political clashes that had reduced serious debate to near-cartoonish arguments. Another organizer of the event, former Oklahoma senator David Boren, also endorsed Obama today. In today’s statement, Nunn struck many of the same themes the pair tackled in Oklahoma: Based on my conversations with Senator Obama, reading his book and his speeches and seeing the kind of campaign he has run, I believe that he is our best choice to lead our nation. Senator Obama, as evidenced by his words and his deeds, recognizes that: — We have developed a habit of avoiding the tough decisions and seemingly lost our ability to build consensus to tackle head-on our biggest challenges. — Demonizing the opposition, oversimplifying the issues, and dumbing down the political debate prevent our country from coming together to make tough decisions and tackle our biggest challenges. — Solving America’s problems will require difficult choices and sacrifices and leaders capable of considering new ideas from both political parties. — On foreign policy and security policy, we must recognize that we are not limited to a choice between belligerency and isolation and that we must listen to lead successfully on the key issues facing America and the world. — Our next president must also recognize that the battle against violent terrorists, while requiring a prudent use of military power, is also a long-term contest of psychology and ideas. Said Obama on Nunn, in a prepared statement: “Few public servants have done more than Sam Nunn to keep America safe, and I look forward to drawing on his counsel as we work to combat nuclear proliferation and other threats to America’s national security.”