Comments on: Who Would Have Thought?

By: Ric Wild

Ric Wild — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:06:14 +0000

I haven’t been of voting age for very long, but for the first time since I can remember I have not followed very closely the Republican presidential campaign. That to say I have no idea why McCain is where he is today. This isn’t a knock on the Republican party or McCain. It just means that I didn’t follow very closely that side of the primaries. Did he win because he “walks across the aisle? Sure. Every major presidential candidate claimed to be able to reach across party lines. McCain and Obama are no exception. And I think if we’re honest, both men have at least some experience creating legislation with people of different party affiliations. For me this is a moot point. I’m also not sure about the idea that the candidates have in a way alienated their parties because of such bipartisan work. I haven’t seen any evidence of this. Especially not with Obama. Ever since he electrified the stage at the ‘04 Democratic convention his party has been been in love with him. And now that Hilary is out of the picure this has never been more true. So, why do I think Obama received his party’s nomination? Lots of reasons. But if I had to pick just one I would say that it is because he has the ability to inspire. (My politically conservative friends are currently rolling their eyes.) But it’s ture. He has awakened the largely apathetic and disenfranchised under 30 crowd. His message resonates with Civil Rights era folks and especially black Americans on par with MLK. Everyone, regardless of party, wants a leader to inspire. We want our CEOs to inspire. We want our Pastors to inspire. We want our local politicians to inspire. And we want our president to inspire. Dismiss him unfairly as a position-less orator, but the fact remains that he inspires and has proven to sway many, demonstrated by his unimaginable come-from-behind victory.

By: amoslanka

amoslanka — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 19:51:08 +0000

yeah, I was gonna say, I haven’t seen any aisle crossing at all by obama. honestly i’m just not into this election at all. in ‘04 it took a bit to determine that we were choosing the lesser of two evils. i think this election, ever since mccain clinched the nomination, has always been known to be the lesser of three evils, now slimmed down to two.

By: Tyler

Tyler — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 17:23:55 +0000

no i agree with that. obama is about as liberal as they come. i think he is different from hillary in that he has proven his ability to work with republicans to create solutions.

By: Seth

Seth — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:52:02 +0000

I definitely see McCain as an aisle-crosser, and I don’t think it’s a bad thing. I’m not sure by what definition Obama would fall into that category, though. Does he hold a single moderate position? Maybe I haven’t read the right sources on him, but he looks like a down-the-line leftist to me.