Mister Obama is (understandably) trying to be very careful in choosing what he says and does while seeking election. If he intends to GET elected, he has no choice but to tread warily, because the guttersnipes and trolls and slime-merchants have demonstrated that they do not care for or about virtue or intelligence; they care about generating shock, restimulation, fear, and other base emotions.

My belief at this time is that he is doing pretty well for his first time in a national campaign, performed well against Hillary and is doing well against old man McCain. But he knows too well that one foot put wrong (the Dean shout comes to mind, for example) can result in catastrophic setbacks.

I believe that if he is elected, as I hope and believe he will be, the pressure of having to win approval from as many people as everly possible will be replaced with the pressure to generate a positive path of action and sell it to Washington and the country. It seems to me we will then see the best he has to show the world and it will be a major improvement.

I could be wrong, of course, as many people here will hastent o inform you, should you ask. It happened once before.


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