I'm reading Obama's "The Audacity of Hope," and I want to post this short excerpt.

[Clarkie1]

"I imagine they (Americans) are waiting for a politics with the maturity to balance idealism and realism, to distinguish between what can and cannnot be compromised, to admit the possibility that the other side might sometimes have a point. They don't always understand the arguments between right and left, conservative and liberal, but they recognize the difference between dogma and common sense, responsibility and irresponsibility, between the things that last and those that are fleeting.

They are out there, waiting for Republicans and Democrats to catch up with them."

-p.42, "The Audacity of Hope"

I think Clark and Obama would make an excellent team. I'm coming to the realization that - I believe - they think a lot alike.


You want to know why McCain is pulling 1 out of 4 Democrats according to recent polls? It's not because of who is doing the polling. It's not because of the media. It's because American's see in McCain a little of what Obama is saying as well. That's the truth, whatever you or I think of McCain. I think most of us probably instinctively understand that.

It's just not everyone wants to admit it here.