Obama's Illinois roots

Barack Obama is going to announce that he is running for President. I know a lot of people have discussed how his weakness will be his lack of experience (this, of course, is the approved story of the media, which you hear repeated over and over again). I think this is ridiculous, given the fact that Obama has an impressive resume.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/08/AR2007020802262.html

The idiot, I mean president, we have, had a series of unsuccessful businesses and won election to the Texas governorship based on his name. Without the last name Bush, this president would have been a mid-level manager at a pencil company.

I think Barack represents the hope that President Clinton brought to the electorate in 1992, but (hopefully) without all the controversy that surrounded that campaign (and presidency). Obama is someone new but also someone who can move Americans beyond petty partisanship Partisanship is good, as long as it is productive. Voting Republican because you are anti-abortion is pretty unproductive when most Republican policies do not help those who might choose to keep their pregnancy if, say, they had national healthcare and a higher minimum wage.

I like Hillary, but I want to move America beyond Bush v. Dukakis, Bush v. Clinton, Clinton v. Dole, Gore v. Bush, Bush v. Kerry, H. Clinton v. ?, Jeb Bush v.? and then the young George P. Bush (Jeb's half-Mexican son) will think it is his right to run for president. Seriously, SERIOUSLY, lets shake things up a bit!

I'm officially announcing my support for Obama 08.


updated:
The New York Times article about his announcement http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/11/us/politics/11obama.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5094&en=b4428f9eb8e50583&hp&ex=1171170000&partner=homepage