I don’t need President Obama to walk on water, raise the dead, or even turn America back into the world’s shining beacon of light. I’m aware that we’ve had eight long years of fuckups that won’t go away overnight, if they go away at all.

On the contrary to your “Messiah” meme, I have a very low bar set for whichever Democrat I condemn to the task of fixing the Bush regime’s mistakes.

“Don’t spit on the Constitution. Don’t sacrifice basic human decency in the same of security. Don’t hire your buddies to do important jobs they’re unqualified for. Don’t commit our military to a half-baked strategy based on fully baked intelligence.”

It’s kind of like the way your body starts to heal itself within days after you stop smoking. All that’s needed, at the start, is a cessation of behavior.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/colorado/colorado_2008_presidential_election

Both come within the margin or error in Missouri…

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/missouri/missouri_2008_presidential_election

(I would give Obama a slight edge over Hillary Clinton despite being down 1% more in the polls. He has a better shot at winning over undecideds.)

If he could take both, that could be enough to win.

No. You win by appealing to people on an emotional level. That’s all Bush had. Obama actually has substance as well. But unlike Kerry, he can also inspire people. You need both.

To recap…

All style and no substance = Bush
No style and all substance = Kerry
A good mix of both = Obama… as well as Clinton and Edwards.

You can fool all…

and

Better to remain silent…

Neither of the current candidates deserve my vote, and frankly, neither have done anything to show they respect my vote or have earned my vote.

And yes, I do place some blame for Harry Reid’s abysmal behavior on their piss poor leadership as candidates.

There’s a huge difference between running an overly wonky boring campaign and running a campaign based on Seinfeld, the show about nothing.

http://www.prospect.org/csnc/blogs/ezraklein_archive?month=02&year=2008&base_name=imagine_1

At least with Clinton, you know what you’re getting. Which is not to say that I like all of that either.