Reply #15: I agree with you that Obama has plenty of warts.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

I can't speak for every supporter, but what makes me so hopeful about his candidacy is the truly great job he has done organizing on the ground. He's surrounded himself with competent people and you can really see his community organizer background. As of now, he has not only raised more money than any candidate in history, but he has raised an awful lot of it from regular people donating small amounts. He is not a wholly owned subsidiary of the corporatocracy and it scares the crap out of them. I can't predict whether he'll leverage that to transform the government and work for the people or not. But I'd like to give him the chance.