Why I'm for Barack (Cutting to the Chase)

There are lots of good Democratic candidates, but when you run most of their proposals through the sausage factory, not much differentiation.

Barack offers something different in a big way, though, in a way where I'm quoted by Jose Antonio Vargas in the Washington Post

"I figure we really need a guy who knows right from wrong," Newmark told The Trail, "and who can remind the world that we're the good guys."

I'm not an American "exceptionalist"; I'm a customer service rep, and have spoken with thousands of people in the US and overseas. Everyone wants Americans to be the good guys again. We need someone who can credibly remind and lead us back into good guy-ness, in terms of of our actions and how we're perceived everywhere.

Leadership means that you need to be able to bring out the best in people.

Barack's the guy to do that.

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Comments

[SeanGardner]

Obama baby!

[Thorn]

You quote a quote of your own that was in the Washington Post? Who does that?

[thinkbig]

Here's a defining question for any so-called 'good guy'. Will they as president abolish signing statements (that Bush has wildly abused) that ursurp power and let him break the law at will?

Another goodie...w­ill he promise not to issue pardons his last year in office (to avoid pardoning slimeballs for political payback) and fully explain why each and every pardon was given?

I hope Barack (or one of his supporters in the know) can answer these. I don't expect much out of Clinton, but if Barack is really for change, this would be a great place to start.