The Obama Delusion

I agree with this report, I do not think he has enough experience and I am appalled that the media has taken him to there hearts and pushed him on to the general public as a messiah for the regrowth of the U.S.A
As for his speeches shurley all can see he is not unique with his words but constantly quoting some one else.wake up America this man is not President potential. Do not be brainwashed by the media.

I think Senator Obama needs to be given a chance to prove himself as President of the United States and so far, he is the candidate that offers the best opportunity to uplift this country and bring about real change. America is tired of the same old politics; economic failures, war, poor health care. We want change we can believe in, as the saying goes. Senator Obama can and will bring these changes. YES HE CAN!

let me get this straight, he has authored and passed easily 4 times the legislation in 2 years that Clinton has in 6, most from her not really relevant to the people, naming building and streets and what have you. He has a history of being able to get bipartisanship to work. As a reporter, you surely have access to his legislative record, though you choose not to note it here. You also fail to be correct in what you do note. Pickign and choosing what you will from the candidates platform in order to support your point shows yoru clear bias. Please find the speech or the statement where he stated he wanted to be the first African -american president. He's never said it, it his telling of the circumstances that brought him to where he is, he does not once mention his race as something he needed to overcome. If you are going to attack him, at least find somethign specific to attack him on. Others attack him for not having plans, you attack him for having plans that 4 points of which, apparently don't impress you.

I am a lifelong Democrat who has voted for only one Republican: Ronald Reagan. Our country is at a critical junction with regards to foreign interests that seeks us harm, a stagnant economy burdened with debt and entitlement, a health care system with runaway cost and too many people left out, and an energy policy that forces us to pay our money to countries who turn around and fund terrorists. We need a leader with experience and a plan, not just a talker. Two of the three major candidates remaining for President (Sorry, Gov. Huckabbee) have the qualities I look for in a President. The other needs to go on the motivational speaking circuit. When confronted with the charge that "talk is cheap", all Senator Obama could do is borrow (I am being kind) someone else's words. He also seems to be borrowing a lot of everyone else's ideas as well. I proudly voted for Senator Clinton in a recent primary. Looks like I, and many other Reagan Democrats that I have spoken with, will be voting for Senator McCain this November.

@ Kerwal
Your words describe the majority of the Obama Supporters. Arrogant and Full of It. Everything against Obama is a Propaganda. You want the country back on track? STOP Stereotyping everything!

OJbama = Paybacktime!

Finally, someone actually sees through this rhetoric and is calling this man on his obvious inconsistancies. How can others not see this? I'm positively stumped... I am an educator and my national unions all support Clinton for her 100% voting record on education. Obama is a new politician - what makes anyone think he can run the country after so little experience? Because he wants to? Because he wants change? I want change, like most Americans, but I'm not naive enough to believe that Obama is the man to finally bring bipartisan change to the table. Wake up America!

Frankly, I don't like either of the three left in the race, but had rather have McCain or Clinton. I believe Obama will be elected, and think within a year the American people will wish they had never voted for him. Wouldn't surprise me if there is a movement to remove him from office by impeachment and the ones pushing this will be the ones that voted for him. He is not right for America.

It seems as if Mr. Samuelson like Obama when he was just an impressive keynote speaker but now that he is within a whisper of the white house he no longer likes him. Obama does stand for something; in fact he stands for a lot of things.

1. Obama is finally representing the voice of the people who have been frustrated for so long with Washington???s partisanship and gridlock politics while the nations needs go unheeded. This is how the roman senate started to crumble, when the senators got too full of themselves and forgot about the people. Many established Washington politicians are amazed at how Obama is drawing people from all walks of life what they have failed to realize all these years is that the nation is fed up with the decadent politics of the past two decades.
2. The nation has been weary of the power of the lobbyists in Washington, the marginalization of the people???s voices just like the French people where just before the French revolution. The masses were struggling to make ends meet while the elite were living lavishly and the politicians were ignoring the wishes of the people. What Obama is doing is leading a revolution of the people who want a change in the way business is done in Washington.
3. It???s obvious that the entrenched in Washington still don???t get it; McCain is using the same experience versus novice lines that has failed Hillary. What the republicans and democrat veterans don???t understand is that the experience they laud is the very experience the people have come to detest, what they think is there strong suit is really there weakness, the people want change from the dour business as usual Washington politics, the Clinton???s did not believe that certain demographics would not rally behind Obama and the republicans are assuming the same, what they don???t realize is that the whole nation across all demographics is sick of what Washington politics has denigrated into.

This is a movement of the people by the people and for the people that is been led by Obama, perhaps the most unlikely choice of the people but the one who recognized the frustration the people have endured all these years.

It seems as if Mr. SAmuelson is the one who is deluded, a revolution is taking place and he is telling us to "eat cake"

Couldn't agree more. In their desperation for "change," people have ignored the fact that Obama's platform is devoid of substance.

i think that this is a legit question. Alot of people are scared to question Obama on his policies. I am an Obama supporter and so I think that if someone challenged him on the discrepencies of his rehetoric and what his policies, i believe that he can and will defend it. Everyone just speculates and talks about it "behind his back" i.e. on the news networks (Fox News, Glenn Beck) but i haven't really seen anyone ask him to his
face. Stop speculating and just ask!!!! If he can't give a legit reason then call him out on it. tha's only fair...