Obama!!
http://thedailyreview.com/articles/2008/10/29/editorial/tw_review.20081029.a.pg4.tw29edit_s1.2047412_edi.txtElect Sen. Obama the next president of the U.S.
Published: Wednesday, October 29, 2008 3:06 AM EDT
Whether one lives in the Northern Tier of Pennsylvania, the Southern Tier of New York, or elsewhere in the United States, most Americans who will vote Nov. 4 never have seen the nation in such an uncertain position.
For all of their lives, their country has had the world’s most powerful economy, rooted not just in knowledge but in fundamental optimism.
Yet in recent months they have seen their own financial foundations — homes, jobs, access to health care and savings — erode at an alarming pace.
For all of their lives, Americans here and elsewhere have been accustomed to the United States being the world’s principal superpower, not just militarily but as a broader force for peace and greater prosperity....
As this campaign has progressed, it has become clearer with time that Barack Obama is well-suited to the awesome tasks ahead.
Make no mistake. John McCain is a great patriot who has served his country well. But John McCain, the candidate in this election, is not the John McCain of 2000 — the “maverick” who eschewed blind ideology in favor of a fact-based response to the nation’s problems.
Over the course of this campaign, Sen. McCain has veered from that course in order to secure the favor of the same narrow party base against which he once rebelled. His irresponsible choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate was a cynical play to the base, a case of politics before country. The vice president’s real job is to be ready to be president and Gov. Palin does not meet that requirement. It’s an indictment of Sen. McCain’s judgment that he has pretended not to know it. By contrast, Sen. Obama has selected Sen. Joe Biden, a seasoned U.S. senator with years of experience and a distinguished record in the crucible of politics, including foreign affairs, an area in which Sen. Obama has not been tested.
In fact, Sen. Obama, as his critics charge, is relatively inexperienced. But throughout the course of the long presidential campaign, he has surrounded himself with highly competent people and demonstrated a keen intellect and ideal temperament. The result is a policy pragmatism, as in economic proposals that recognize the primacy of free markets while acknowledging the need for effective regulation in the public interest — a decidedly centrist approach. Sen. McCain, by contrast, says that he is uncomfortable with economic issues and primarily touts extension and expansion of the Bush-era tax cuts — policy rooted in na�ve ideology rather than troubling reality...
America’s daunting problems call for new leadership. In that regard Sen. Obama has the potential to be a truly transformational figure....
Sen. Obama represents a generational shift and a view definitively rooted in the future rather than the past. He will strive to heal our wounds abroad and call Americans to common purpose at home. His time is now. We urge a vote for Sen. Obama for president of the United State of America.
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