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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.
Agreed. Obama has a blank resume compared to most serious presidential contenders, has a very very shady history in Chicago (taking kickbacks from Rezzo and then blackmailing him when he was indited, screwing poor blacks by siding with the slumlord, etc). He also HAS been all rhetoric and no substance just like the GOP funding and helping him.
Notice too we saw no sign of this "cross appeal" he had last night - nor in the 3 years he's been in the Senate.
Funniest of all is the latte liberals fawning over him. He's far more religous than Hillary, far more of an extremist, far more likely to cave into the Republicans, etc.
I believe he would implode once the GOP started their mudslinging (with Hillary out of the way).
She on the other hand is tested. Nobody is going to have an easy time beating McCain, he's the GOP's strongest contester in the important western states for sure. However shes our best shot by far.
