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Mike Huckabee, the Republican Iowan caucus winner (01/03) maybe an evangelical preacher, but Barack Obama, the Democratic Iowan caucus winner, is America’s new Messiah.
In New Hampshire, the enthusiasm demonstrated by supporters, volunteers and the just plain curious who turn out to see the Senator from Illinois is unmatched by any of his rivals, and I dare say unmatched in American politics since the days of J.F.K (John F. Kennedy) and all those unfulfilled promises.
There is a tremendous groundswell of support for Obama or ‘bounce’ as the political pundits call it, since he won the Iowa caucus on January 3.It is not just democrats who flock to see him give speeches in school gymnasiums or veterans halls across New Hampshire; independent voters (people who choose not to declare themselves republicans or democrats), and new comers to the political process, along with a significant number of republicans come to hear this young charismatic preacher tell his story of hope.
In poll after poll taken in 2007, the American public expressed their displeasure with the Bush administration and with Congress - displeasure reflected in the lowest approval ratings ever for a sitting President (approx. 20%). It seemed that the American public had lost faith in their government and lost confidence in its leadership.
After four years of war; a slowing economy; a mortgage crisis; stagnant wages and, rising oil prices, Americans have declared themselves ready to throw out the partisan politics and the war mongering of the Bush administration and look for a new political direction. Obama is that new direction. He offers a starving American public, a fresh face, a black face and a future full of hope, not frustration, and a future full of optimism, and not fear.
Obama offers Americans a new political reality; a reality that unites rather than divides and offers hope, rather than shame. He delivers his message in impassioned speeches at rallies and town halls across New Hampshire. His speeches are reminiscent of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, mixed with John F. Kennedy’s ‘ask not what your country can do for you country’ speech.
Iowa Caucus victory speech, in Des Moines, Iowa.
“….when the world sees America differently and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united. You will be able to look back and say, this was a moment when it all began…this was the moment when we beat back the politics of fear and cynicism. This was the moment when we dared to hope..”
So, as we sit and wait for the 1.3 million New Englanders to choose their next president on Wednesday, January 8, the new Democrat with a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother appears more and more presidential by the minute.
In New Hampshire, the most recent CNN-WMUR poll out Monday, gave Obama a nine-point lead over his nearest rival Hilary Clinton, who was comfortably leading Obama last week.
In New Hampshire, the enthusiasm demonstrated by supporters, volunteers and the just plain curious who turn out to see the Senator from Illinois is unmatched by any of his rivals, and I dare say unmatched in American politics since the days of J.F.K (John F. Kennedy) and all those unfulfilled promises.
There is a tremendous groundswell of support for Obama or ‘bounce’ as the political pundits call it, since he won the Iowa caucus on January 3.It is not just democrats who flock to see him give speeches in school gymnasiums or veterans halls across New Hampshire; independent voters (people who choose not to declare themselves republicans or democrats), and new comers to the political process, along with a significant number of republicans come to hear this young charismatic preacher tell his story of hope.
In poll after poll taken in 2007, the American public expressed their displeasure with the Bush administration and with Congress - displeasure reflected in the lowest approval ratings ever for a sitting President (approx. 20%). It seemed that the American public had lost faith in their government and lost confidence in its leadership.
After four years of war; a slowing economy; a mortgage crisis; stagnant wages and, rising oil prices, Americans have declared themselves ready to throw out the partisan politics and the war mongering of the Bush administration and look for a new political direction. Obama is that new direction. He offers a starving American public, a fresh face, a black face and a future full of hope, not frustration, and a future full of optimism, and not fear.
Obama offers Americans a new political reality; a reality that unites rather than divides and offers hope, rather than shame. He delivers his message in impassioned speeches at rallies and town halls across New Hampshire. His speeches are reminiscent of Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech, mixed with John F. Kennedy’s ‘ask not what your country can do for you country’ speech.
Iowa Caucus victory speech, in Des Moines, Iowa.
“….when the world sees America differently and America sees itself as a nation less divided and more united. You will be able to look back and say, this was a moment when it all began…this was the moment when we beat back the politics of fear and cynicism. This was the moment when we dared to hope..”
So, as we sit and wait for the 1.3 million New Englanders to choose their next president on Wednesday, January 8, the new Democrat with a black Kenyan father and a white Kansan mother appears more and more presidential by the minute.
In New Hampshire, the most recent CNN-WMUR poll out Monday, gave Obama a nine-point lead over his nearest rival Hilary Clinton, who was comfortably leading Obama last week.
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