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By: The Gun Toting Liberal™ — Slightly left of center… but this blog is DIFFERENT!

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 02:24:51 +0000

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By: MarylandDemocrat

MarylandDemocrat — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:53:44 +0000

Dear Minions, You see we have a small problem… Your Majesty really screwed up the Primaries and has lost. To keep things going, Your Majesty has had to use some of her own money. It is obvious now that this thing is over but Your Majesty would like to recoup the millions that has been given to the campaign. Please, won't you give me all your money? I can use your money to completely destroy Obama and support McCain so that a Republican can be elected President and I can destroy the Democratic party not only in 2008 but also in 2012!

Thanking you,
Your Majesty, Queen Hillary

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:01:05 +0000

Wright may have caused a lot of controversy, and that's been debated. but as I mentioned Obama isn't perfect and Wright has gone from Obama's campaign. It's good to see politicians (and I include Hillary in this praise) admit mistakes and do something about it. If Wright had been in the Bush administration, Bush would still be behind him.

By: lucifer

lucifer — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:13:24 +0000

At any rate, one of the things I love about Obama (and I'm primarily using the way he runs his campaign as basis) is that Obama seems to choose the best and brightest people to inform and manage for him.

Yeah, Rev Wright is definately one of the best and brightest!

By: StockBoySF

StockBoySF — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:07:30 +0000

Jazz (and manasia, vwcat and GreenDreams), I agree with everything you all said. I'd also like to add my two cents in this.

Let me start by saying that I don't know if what I'm about to say is actually true or not, so if anyone has insight to either support or debunk my assertion, I'd love to hear.

At any rate, one of the things I love about Obama (and I'm primarily using the way he runs his campaign as basis) is that Obama seems to choose the best and brightest people to inform and manage for him.

Bush (and Hillary) reward loyalty. Whereas there is absolutely nothing wrong with rewarding loyalty, we see what happens when loyalty is rewarded inappropriately. As evidenced by almost the entire Bush administration and by Hillary's campaign mismanagement we can see that the organization doesn't work (and fails) when you reward your supporters by giving them positions they can not handle.

I'm not saying Obama's campaign won't make mistakes (it has and it will again), and I'm not saying he doesn't have friends in high places- certainly anyone on his campaign (like anyone's campaign) is a loyalist,. But Obama does seem to truly want the best person for the job that he can find. I also think that many people who work for him are somewhat idealistic, which I like, because they want to do good, rather than enrich themselves and their cronies.

The last thing we want to continue is for the oil companies to continue to make environmental policy (as one example). Many politicians approach politics as a way of accumulating power and once they do so they feel entitled to do what they want for their (and their financial backers') own benefit, and not for the benefit of their constituents.

It will be interesting to see if power will corrupt Obama in this same way, or if he is one of those rare individuals who can resist the temptation. Given his background, the way he runs his campaign and the fact that he has the courage to speak his mind, even if what he believes isn't popular, I think that he won't let power unduly influence him. I expect to see some mistakes by Obama, but not the sort of systemic concerns and problems in the Bush administration (or Hillary's approach and attitude).

By: GreenDreams

GreenDreams — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:50:35 +0000

Another point worth noting is that Obama has raised more from more people in smaller donations than anyone in history. He is the only candidate who can take on the corporate money machine with small donations and not owe the insurance, petroleum, banking interests or the very wealthy any favors or quid pro quo.

By: vwcat

vwcat — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:55:33 +0000

How a candidate runs their campaign is an important indication of how someone will run the country and how they govern.
The fact that there is alot of infighting, mismanagement and the on going money problems with Clinton's campaign should make many people nervous. You have to wonder about her management style and ability to run things.
You look at Obama;s campaign and there is not the drama and infighting. By all accounts it's a close knit operation. And very well run and managed. This should make many feel secure that an Obama presidency would be efficient and smooth running – as much as running the country can be.

By: manasia

manasia — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 15:17:49 +0000

This is a very realistic and non biased article. Hopefully after Pennsylvania and North Carolina results, this party can focus on November.

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