Obama represents what we all profess to love about our country: an intelligent youngster who grew beyond his family's modest circumstances to earn an Ivy League education and eventually win a seat in the U.S. Senate and from there launch a bid for the presidency.
That experience makes him best suited to show the world that the United States is still the shining city on the hill that President Reagan envisioned.
Should he win office, Obama will need that sense of hope tempered by his calm resolve to restore confidence in the U.S. economy--here and abroad-- as well as instill confidence in the nation's ability to conduct its foreign affairs with honor.
He will also need that strength to restrain fellow Democrats--who have the potential to widen their majorities in both the House and Senate--from drinking excessively from the fountain of power.
The country doesn't need another show of leadership staggering around drunk on authority.
Obama has demonstrated his toughness, his determination and his focus through the primaries and through a very personal general election campaign. The country will be in very capable hands in an Obama presidency.
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St. Petersburg Times:
In Clinton, we see the past; in Obama, we see a fresh start. Clinton is a divisive political figure; Obama's appeal transcends racial and party lines. She exudes competence; he radiates optimism. She came to the campaign with a sense of entitlement; he came to it with a sense of possibilities. She can be evasive, even misleading; he can be refreshingly candid about his own shortcomings and his political mistakes. She represents business as usual in politics; he at least offers the hope of something better.
The Gainesville Sun:
As much as any candidate in either party, Obama has electrified audiences, engaged those who normally disdain politics and captured the imagination of younger Americans who need to be more engaged. The biracial candidate who rarely talks about race, he resonates the politics of hope and personifies the politics of change.
The Tuscaloosa News:
[H]e has leadership qualities beyond his years. He is a brilliant and persuasive speaker. He is a unifier who honestly hopes to break the capital's partisan gridlock. And while some of his rivals for the nomination have more years of experience, Obama has quickly learned the territory in his relatively short time in Washington.
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