Obama’s Campaign Offers a View of How He Got Here

@shane - NPR did a piece on him last week (maybe the week before). It focused on his rise in Chicago. Basically, he got started by throwing his mentor under the bus by challenging her (and his other opponents) signatures on the nominating process. IIRC, this left him smooth sailing into the state senate. At every step of his career, he only aligns himself with those that he will benefit politically.

Obama scares me because you don't know what you will really get and I really don't understand why people take him at face value (he's a politician and a lawyer!). At least with Hillary, you know what you were going to get. Pretty much the same with McCain (although I have a little hope that he'll get back to the y2k McCain).

I like this video. I think Obama is by far the "better person" but I don't vote on the man, I vote on the policies. And he hasn't convinced me yet.

Dale, where do you get that Obama is out for the power? I can find all kinds of things wrong with him but being disingenuous or power hungry have neither ever been one of them.

Funny, he says nothing about his Chicago politics. The guy is power hungry and doesn't look to make a move unless it improves his position. Scary how people believe he does all this for altruistic reasons.

Thanks for that. Maybe I'm just another biased Obama supporter, but it occurs to me that McCain hasn't really offered up anything like this. He doesn't have a positive message. This video demonstrates why Obama is winning this election.