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Different strokes... I like "boil the hope out of him", coupled with "not seasoned enough". But I like extended metaphors, double meanings, etc. I like "Life is Like A Mountain Railroad".

How many times have you heard Obama speak?. I assure you the lines were well received at the rally--some of whom had probably not heard him speak before, just heard about him. It was probably his stump speech--or in his case, stadium speech. I've heard some of the same lines in clips from other speeches. But I don't begrudge that to him.

But, take heart--as Charlie points out, he is coming up with specific proposals in speeches to other audiences--as opposed to the rally-the-troops-to-vote speech, which is what I heard, no doubt--in anticipation of the Maryland primary the next day.

He said today that " as president he would spend $210 billion to create jobs in construction and environmental industries. It would be over 10 years, as part of 2 programs. The larger is $150 billion to create 5 million so-called green collar jobs to develop more environmentally friendly energy sources." In other words he's saying what Bush said earlier, but he's actually willing to put sizable funds behind it.

"60 billion would go to a National Infrastructure Bank to rebuild highways, bridges, airports, and other public projects. Obama estimated that could generate nearly 2 million jobs, many of them in the construction industry that's been hit by the housing crisis".

Source: MSNBC 13 Feb 2008