I was having lunch with an old friend (let's call him RS), and was sharing my fear that Obama and the Democrats seem to be on their way to losing another election that they should be running away with!
They're facing a very imperfect candidate who has been on both sides of every issue, has made one gaffe after another, and has hitched his wagon to the policies of the most unpopular president in history. They should be ahead by a mile!
I feel the huge enthusiasm I had for Obama at the end of the Democratic primary race ebbing. I was fired up, ready to contribute dollars, and go out and work to get him elected. I heard Obama's message about wanting to be a different kind of politician who doesn't want to play the usual games. However I also heard about the sharp elbows he had displayed in Chicago politics, and how he was going to take the offense and hit back hard. I thought the Democrats had finally found a candidate who understood the Republican bitch-slap style of politics, and that gave me hope.
Over the last two months though, I've seen McCain and his surrogates make one outrageous charge after another, and I've seen Obama constantly on the defensive while the media dutifully "reports" both sides. Meanwhile Obama seems to have barely laid a glove on McCain.
Obama needs to do much more to convince this Democratic voter - he needs to show some passion, and he needs to really go after McCain. I don't know if I want to fight for a candidate who isn't willing to fight for himself! And I don't want to see 4 more years of Republican misrule because of one more Democratic candidate who thought he was too good to do what it takes to win!
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