Reply #130: It's actually too soon to say anything like this about him

[Exiled in America]

That's the problem, people are so anxious for a real leader with the courage of progressive convicions. But right now its not fair to paint Obama as a centrist or anything else. He is a freshman, and I'm sure he has a lot of influences trying to pull him in different directions. It remains to be seen what kind of politician he will be.

But at the same time, its also a little too soon to be swearing up and down he is a libral and progressive. It's just too soon.

That's part of the reason I don't want him to run in 2008. I don't feel like I know enough about him, and I don't feel like the country will even be able to know enough about him to elect him president before he has a chance to prove himself with his stances and his extended (i.e. long term) record.