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As a Clinton supporter, I'm feeling optimistic. The pundits, the polls and the professional politicians just can't read the tea leaves this time. But it looks like Mrs. Clinton's assets and smarts have steadied the ship .
As a professional salesman I have attended innumerable sales congresses and motivational speeches. Great speakers are fun to listen and often quite entertaining, but when you go back to work, having a plan and the willingness to carry it out are the "magic ingredients " that create successful careers.
It's taken a while to identify what is unsettling to me about Sen. Obama. To put it simply: its there substance behind the rhetoric? There may be - but I have no doubt about it when I listen to Sen. Clinton. Charisma and great oratorical skills are helpful in campaigns, but it's the ability to work with Congress and be familiar with foreign issues and have the experience to understand the complex issues that matters to me.
I'll vote for Sen. Obama if he receives the nomination, but for this voter, Hillary Clinton has the right stuff to be an effective president.
