Oh yeah!

Quote of the day:

I didn’t get into race thinking that I could avoid this kind of politics, but I am running for President because this is the time to end it. 

We will end it this time not because I’m perfect – I think by now this campaign has reminded all of us of that.  We will end it not by duplicating the same tactics and the same strategies as the other side, because that will just lead us down the same path of polarization and gridlock. 

We will end it by telling the truth – forcefully, repeatedly, confidently – and by trusting that the American people will embrace the need for change. 

Because that’s how we’ve always changed this country – not from the top-down, but from the bottom-up; when you – the American people – decide that the stakes are too high and the challenges are too great.

The other side can label and name-call all they want, but I trust the American people to recognize that it’s not surrender to end the war in Iraq so that we can rebuild our military and go after al Qaeda’s leaders.  I trust the American people to understand that it’s not weakness, but wisdom to talk not just to our friends, but our enemies – like Roosevelt did, and Kennedy did, and Truman did.  Barack Obama, May 6, 2008

Rock those cynics.
Yes we CAN!

Comments

[tamarika]

I think Bob Herbert's Op-Ed today pretty much summed up how I feel about all of this:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/10/opinion/10herbert.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=print

I, too, do not like the idea of an Obama-Clinton ticket at all. But I trust Obama's judgement about who he would choose to be his running mate. Ah, Edwards ... well. That's not going to happen! He's held back far too long, in my opinion.

[fp]

I'm hoping for an Obama/Edwards ticket. We need a period of high-mindedness in our leadership, a time when we can fix what has been broken, restore the distinction between government and business, address the real challenges of this millenium like climate change and a need for new sources of cheap energy that are not combustion based. Obama/Edwards would assure me of continuity, a unity of vision. I think an Obama/Clinton ticket would just mean that the dream would die at the end of Obama's time in office.

[Winston]

I hope that he is sincere in rising above, and staying above, the name calling and the ridiculous fray that has been taking place the last few weeks. Surely, there comes a time when a person must acknowledge the mad dog biting at their heels and defend themselves, but Obama is better than to let himself sink into the mire that Clinton and McCain have contrived. And because he is better than that, he will also be a better President. He has the courage to take reasoned stands against the forces of business as usual.