Thursday, March 15, 2007

Barack Obama - an interesting politician

Barack Obama's new book, "The Audacity of Hope" is his attempt to explain his outlook and worldview. It is well written and avoids too much oversimplification and demonizing but is not really clear on how to get from here to there. Still, he has identified a real need for someone focused on solving problems rather than getting elected. It can be summarized as -

"offering a vision of the future that involves repairing a "political process that is broken" and restoring a government that has fallen out of touch with the people. "

He acknowledges he's gotten a "free ride" so far and has much to prove. The campaign will be interesting.

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