I'm not saying that I will vote for Barack Obama, but if my vote hangs on an a candidate's potential, then he has the best chance. Having Oprah support him is a sin I cannot forgive but out of all the choices we have in this Hometown Buffet of an election, Obama is one of the few candidates from either party that does not looked picked over.
More to the point - any one of the candidates could be an average president, thanks GW Bush for lowering the bar! Some of them could be good presidents. But in my mind only Barack Obama has the potential, however small, of becoming a great President. He looks the part, speaks eloquently (regardless of race), believes in consensus and unlike most candidates in US History, knows what it's like to struggle. And nobody can take away the fact he did not vote on the Iraq War.
Some will ask about his lack of experience, his foreign policy knowledge and his short time in the Senate. Well, lack of experience or even intelligence never stopped America from electing an actor like Ronald Reagan, or a retard like George W. Bush to the highest office in the land. We could do a lot worse than having Barack Obama as President...after all, we already have.
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