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Make no mistake: He's running
All but launching a presidential run, Barack Obama has added serious star power to the 2008 race -- and made history.
By Walter Shapiro [2007-01-17]

  • We don't need another JFK.

    Whether Mr. Obama stands or falls, he will do so on his own merits. I wish him well. I don't know enough about his policies so far to form a decent opinion...time will solve that issue for me. (I know enough about Ms. Clinton to know she could never earn my vote. I know enough about the Republican Party to know none of them could ever eran my vote.) Here's hoping he finds his heart and soul and sticks with it and doesn't allow the process to trip him up.

    I, too, lived through the 60s and was at the time enamored of the "Kennedy mistique." Thankfully, history has demonstrated what tremendous flaws JFK had. Bay of Pigs, Viet Nam...all his good deeds do not outweigh his penchant for secret wars, and for that he is no better than Nixon or Bush.

    We need a president with a greater moral compass as well as a vision which includes all Americans.

    -- thanks for yout time
    Wednesday, January 17, 2007 05:50 AM
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