Well, one thing that I have noticed on another thread is that some folks are beginning to let media-speak set into their opinions of the various candidates... And the media-speak on Obama is that he hasn't done any thing and isn't saying anything...

This is a terrible injustice but is more a sad commentary on just how unjournalistic our media has become...

I used an example in the other thread of the work that Obama did in the Illinois state house in bringing about video-taping of interogations and confession of suspected criminals...

Where was the political payoff??? Where ere the lobbiests with big checks... No where...

This was a "heart" issue and speaks volumes about the man becasue he not only got the legislation thru but he also had bipartisan support in doing so... No easy feat with the right wing law 'n order folks fighting him...

This showed courage... He had nothing to gain politically but everyone gained from his work in making for a more just system where confessions could no longer come from intense beatings...

Will we hear about things like this on the campaign trail??? Probably not... Campaigns are in the details of policies... That is unfortunate because if they were I believe that Obama would look even better...

B~