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Obama SAID that he isn't an idealogue, and he is seeking to bring the country together. Certainly that is the SMARTEST strategy to follow at the start.
As time goes on, I'm sure that Obama's idealogy will assert itself. But then, I'm not totally convinced that he HAS an idealogy.
Just look at Obama's coalition. He had rich, latte-sipping liberals working side-by-side with black ghetto gangsters. They have nothing in common.
Obama has a unique capability to be either black or white, depending upon who his audience is. Just watch his accent change as he goes from speaking before a black audience, to speaking before a highly-educated white audience.
Who knows. But I figure that he's probably going to be better than Bush. Hopefully Obama will use his smarts for the benefit of the country.
