The Obama Delusion

Kudos Mr. Samuelson! Spoken like a true insider. I guess we should stick with the known quantities because that???s worked out so well over the past 20 years. You (along with every other geezer) are missing the point of his campaign which is to begin to take apart piece by piece a broken system in Washington. There are those of us who are so disgusted with the known quantities that we are memorized by the mere chance for a shake-up in Washington. We don???t care if Obama breaks every promise he???s made and becomes just another self-serving Washington scumbag. We don???t even care if he falls flat on his face in his attempt for change. WE JUST WANT SOMEONE WHOS WILLING TO TRY! Now, you may view this as naïve, but from our perspective, what do we have to lose given the current alternatives?

What is your biased comments? Are you going to maybe survive CLINTONS? How much do they pay for such cheap shots?

Robert, I think people like you often forget what the word "campaign" means. In a lay man's term, it simply means to go out there and concieve people that you are the best candidate. How you do that, is really up to you. The obama camp choose to stick to the non-specifics because that appeals more to the ordinary person . For people who think they are "non-biased" reviewers and intellectuals like yourself, please visit the obama website for more details of his non-specifics. Let's try to be fair in our judgements and
preconceptions or rather mis-preconceptions.

To all you Obamatons out there, wake up and don't drink the purple koolaid.

You've done yourself no credit, Mr. Samuelson. Obama (or anyone elected President) doesn't do anything on his/her own. If you look at who is running Obama's campaign, you'll find educated, savvy, forward seeing people involved. He's remained one step ahead in this campaign for the nomination because of his selection of those surrounding him, and WILL do the same when he picks his cabinet!

I'm surprised the editor of this site allowed such a fallacious article to be posted on the homepage for Newsweek. There is not even an attempt to dissociate the arguments used against Senator Obama, from the other candidates. Yet, the reader is to be persuaded to choose another of the candidates because of these arguments? Very weak indeed. Either both the author and editor are staunch Hillary supporters, or Republicans laying groundwork for the general election.

My goodness. How in the hell did the editors let you write a honest, insightful article about the "Chosen One". A little too late don't you think. What you are saying is what many of us have been shouting, however due to the blatant, arrogant and misleading press, this information has been swept under the rug.... Maybe that's why they actually let you print it. Well, we've dug own own grave with this guy.... We;ll have nobobdy to blame but ourselves. God help us'''''''

i already commented on what a great known quantity clinton is, i almost forgot to mention the other part of this thing: oh yes, do we know who mccain is? he seems like a pretty decent guy, seems to have integrity, except when it comes to taxes and a few other things. having rudy guiliani as a "close friend" is a scary concept, but those republicans seem to find that man irresistable, they are sort of a homophobic momoerotic old mens club that way. mccain is a viscious warmonger (yipee we really need another one of those). like all good republicans he wants to outlaw abortion, because that is such a successful way to protect lives and not interfere in people's personal lives.

the thing i don't know about mccain is this: is he actually mentally fit to serve. am i the only one that noticed that mccain was acting confused and seriously stumbling over words last year. then he suddenly perked up and became a lot more like himself. i'm no doctor, but it was more than a campaign gone bad. it looked like something neurological or medical. my guess is that he is now on some medication to fix whatever was going on. he looked a lot like an early alzheimers patient in the middle of last year. if that is the case, the bad news for him and all of us is that the mediactions that treat it are only temporarily effective. i hope that there is a push for revealing all the medical records (as happened with bobdole and bill clinton (which revealed that bobdole was actually in better health than clinton even though he was a lot older). we have already had one president with failing mental faculties (reagan), let's not even risk that.
is he mentally capable of running the country?

I've been hearing a lot about the experience levels of each of the candidates, and a favorite trope of the Hillarians is that Obama doesn't ahve the experience and she does. Well, Abraham lincoln had less experience than Obama (he ahd only served a single two year term in the House of Representatives" and look at his accomplishments. Conversely, Richard Nixon had miles of experience and ... well, you know the rest.

In my view, experience is only part of the picture. Would I like to hear more specifics from Obama? You betcha. But a candidate's ability to inspire -- and thus mobilize -- the electorate is also important. JFK was able to do that. So was Ronald Reagan. Hillary is just not able to get people excited about her candidacy.

She is able to attract fellow policy wonks. This is not a bad thing; she's been very specific about most of her proposals. But policy details don't get people in the gut, they don't give them the urge to go cast a ballot.

Just for the record, I'm still riding this fence ...

Last I checked the same "journalists" that are failing to attach Obama's plan are also failing to attack Hilary Clinton's actual experience in the political realm. How much more experience in politics does she actually have over Obama? Hasnt she only been in the US Senate for approximately 5 years? Being the first lady of the United States and Arkansas are not quite the same thing as being President and Governor. Isnt Hilary running on the same slogan of "change"? What criteria towards change can she proclaim. She was tremendously unsuccessful in her attempt to initiate universal healthcare previously, despite overwhelming support from the actual president of the United States.