A Tough Week

Its been a tough week to be an Obama supporter. Rejecting public financing was the right political move but you really have to have the blinders on not to see that it was a broken promise. This isn't the first time the Senator has let me down to be honest. The fact is, Obama's actions don't entirely match his message all the time. We can lie to ourselves and say that Obama's pamphlet over Hillary's healthcare plan wasn't troublesome, but really, it was kind of underhanded. We can tell ourselves that he doesn't attack his opponents, but he really does, he is just very adept at hitting his opponents hard without appearing to attack them.

However, there is one thing that I do know, that Obama's shortcomings don't approach John McCain's or even the Clintons'. The fact is, he is your standard politician, he is just very very very good at it. The point is, as one West Wing episode put it, "In the battle between a President's demons and better angels, for the first time in a long time, we have a fair fight." I look at the globe and I see a horribly unjust war, a foreign policy that does nothing but exacerbate middle east divisions, I see people dying for democracy in Zimbabwe, and I realize that the United States cannot afford not to elect Barack Obama. He will be sweeped into office with an overwhelming mandate. The rest will be left up to his better angels.