Tom Daschle's endorsement of Obama (from about a year ago)

[JI7]

and this is just what i hear from people who listen to Obama speak. this was from almost a year ago before Obama won Iowa and came a very close 2nd in NH. Red State Dems were seeing what Obama could bring for the party even then.


<February 22, 2007

Dear Friends,

I know that the Presidential election is far away. I know that it's early to be picking a candidate. But I also know that someone like Barack Obama only comes around once in a generation.

Everyone running in this race is a friend. I have the utmost respect for all of them and believe that each would make an excellent president. But only Barack Obama has been able to tap into that mixture of frustration with the 'same old politics' and the common hope for the future that lies in us all.

In my 26 years in Congress, I watched as our political system degraded year after year. We became more polarized, more partisan, and less responsive while the American people became more disillusioned and skeptical.

I believe Barack can change that.

He hasn't been in Washington that long, but he's been there long enough to know that Washington needs to change. And he's been working towards that change from day one in the United States Senate as the party point person on passing the most sweeping ethics reform since Watergate.

Everywhere he goes from California to New Hampshire, from cities to the countryside he brings together thousands of people with different backgrounds and diverse ideas. He's been able to focus on the common values that unite us instead of the politics that divide us.

Barack Obama will bring fresh thinking and a new kind of politics to Washington that focuses on finding consensus so we can actually tackle the challenges our country faces.

I will be there at Barack's side doing whatever I can to help. I hope you will join me in this new brand of politics.

Join Me and Support Barack Obama for President

Sincerely,
Tom Daschle>




http://northernbeacon.blogspot.com/2007/02/tom-daschles-endorsement-of-orack-obama.html

[Bicoastal]

1. Who cares what Daschle thinks--he lost to a Republican in 2004!

:sarcasm:

Just mimicking what people are saying about Lamont on other threads.

[JI7]

3. and that's why this matters

they look to Obama as the one who will bring people to our party .

[jackson_dem]

2. Tom Daschle. Now there is a voice for "change" and the epitome of being anti-status quo!

:sarcasm:

[Bicoastal]

4. SEE? SEE? And I was only kidding before! It's BUS-THROWIN' TIME!!!

[AX10]

5. Daschle was the poster child for establishment rule.

[JI7]

6. no, that's these guys

[cloudythescribbler]

7. Very good -- I hadn't known Daschle was such a longtime supporter