Excellent article, Colin!I don’t feel I need to co...

2008-06-24T11:04:00.000-04:00

Excellent article, Colin!

I don’t feel I need to complete a worksheet on the political race between Obama and Hillary, though I know a number of people who do. Some women I know believe that because Hillary is female, she should be automatically given the chance. Says who? I don’t believe in entitlement. We all have to “earn” our success. She worked hard…no one can deny that and in the end, it was not meant to be. At least not right now.

With political races in particular, I always hope that the candidate best qualified for the job will be nominated and/or elected. Of course, that’s often not true. That’s sad, but one can dream. Hillary’s camp made mistakes, Obama made a few too. I think ultimately it is less about the male/female, black/white thing (though there is that of course) and more about the message delivered. Yes, Hillary has experience. But she has baggage also and I'm certain that a lot of people will remember the healthcare boondoggle.

It seems to me that there is just something about Obama’s message that resonates with people, especially young people. We should celebrate that he’s woken some people from their coma's and inspired them to get involved. People want change! Unfortunately Hillary’s husband was probably more of a hindrance than help to her in achieving her goal.

Many of us are totally fed up with ineffective governmental leaders and more of the same ole...well, you know...year after year. Obama may not be as experienced, but the possibility that we could go from Bush to Clinton to Bush to Clinton was not a palatable idea.

As for me, I hadn’t totally decided who I was supporting. For once, I was really listening carefully and observing both sides. I'm betting I'm not the only one, so if nothing else the Obama/Clinton race was interesting enough to cause people to pay attention.

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