Here's what Mister O. says for himself:

"This is a defining moment in our history.

Our nation is at war. Our planet is in peril. The dream that so many generations have fought for feels as if it's slowly slipping away.


We've seen the cost of Washington's inaction and indifference.

The time has come for a President who'll be honest about the choices and the challenges we face; who'll listen to you and learn from you even when we disagree; who won't just tell you what you want to hear, but what you need to know.


I'll be a President who finally makes health care affordable and available to every single American the same way I expanded health care in Illinois,by bringing Democrats and Republicans together to get the job done.

I'll be a President who ends the tax breaks for corporations that ship our jobs overseas and puts a middle-class tax cut into the pockets of the working Americans who deserve it.

I'll be a President who harnesses the ingenuity of farmers and scientists; citizens and entrepreneurs to free this nation from the tyranny of oil once and for all.Ê


And when I am President, we will end this war in Iraq and bring our troops home. We will finish the job against al Qaeda in Afghanistan. We will care for our veterans. And we will restore our moral standing in the world."


These are policies and goals, not project orders, but they ring true and they certainly point in the right direction. Let's put him in and let him roll on them.


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