Letters to the Editor
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@ zootsuiter
No, I can't.
This is actually one of the things that pushed me into the Obama camp.
Originally I wasn't sure he was the real thing, that he was progressive enough, that he was substantive enough, etc. He seemed a decent fellow, but early on I didn't have any evidence he was a heavyweight.
It was the recognition, though, that he was quite literally putting his life on the line by running that made me give him the benefit of the doubt, that he really had something to contribute that he (and more importantly, his family) deemed worth the risk.
That kind of courage speaks volumes to me, and convinces me that Obama is not just interested in being president.
On the other hand, whatever you think of this quality, it's fairly transparent to me that Clinton really really wants to be president because she really really wants to be president. Not that she doesn't have a worthwhile (if middling) agenda, but she just seems driven more by ambition to me, which is troubling.
(That's a bit of a digression and I probably shouldn't have dragged Clinton into this, but that was my train of thought. The real point was that I agree with you, zootsuiter, thanks for your comment.)