Barack Obama has proven that he can step up to a challenge and has the judgment to make the right call even when it’s not the easy one.
As a community organizer, Obama developed strategies to empower ordinary citizens to improve their communities. Realizing he could do more to help if he had a law degree, he attended Harvard, the top law school in the country. He did so well that he became president of the Harvard Law Review.
Listen to the people he worked with and you soon realize that he is an extremely intelligent, tireless worker. As an Illinois state legislator and U.S. Senator, he impressed his fellow legislators, both democrat and republican, with his intelligence and work ethic.
As a candidate for the democratic nomination, he proved to be the best campaigner by defeating the Clinton political machine which basically built most of the current Democratic Party. His command of issues like the economy, healthcare, energy independence, and foreign policy (the Bush Administration is moving to Obama’s position Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan), have frustrated the McCain campaign to the point that they have resorted to character attacks on Obama (and it’s only July!).
Historically, if you analyze the position of president, judgment and the ability to handle unforeseen challenges are the essential characteristics a candidate for president needs. George W. Bush as well as many other presidents has said as much.
What many have realized is that Barack Obama’s steady temperament (no-shock Barack) and decision-making abilities make him the ideal candidate for president.
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