He’s a good, honest, smart, eloquent, well educated gentleman who people respect and who most of us know will be a great leader, worthy of our trust when deliberating with other world leaders and caring about our welfare as Americans.

Barack gave a speech opposing the war, but faced no political risk in doing so as he was just a state senator, and faced no votes on the matter. Since coming to the Senate 3 years ago, Barack has talked about being against the war but has voted predictably and has not worked to end it.

Abe Lincoln was one of the most famous and successful lawyers in America. Barack took his Harvard Law degree and taught consitutional law.

Abe co-founded the republican party. He bowed out of a race for the U.S. Senate, forgoing his own future, in order to do what was best for his fledgling party.

Abe had run twice for the U.S. Senate, once in a losing effort that became legendary for the Lincoln/Douglass debates.

Barack did some volunteer work, and a little blow.

On story (out March 31, 2008) has not hit the fan yet but will soon. In 1996 (the same year of Hillary’s Bosnia trip) Obama filled out a positions questionnaire to seek an endorsement, then met with the group, then submitted an amended questionnaire bearing his own handwriting.

Both versions of the questionnaire reflect that Obama opposes capital punishment, and supports banning ANY AND ALL handguns—including their manufacture, possession, or sale.

On December 11, 2007, the Politico discovered the questionnaire, and Obama denied e ever saw it.

On December 16, 2007, the Politico interviewed other Chicago activists who disputed Obama’s account.

On March 31, 2008, The Politico obtained the amended questionnaire with Obama’s handwriting on it, proving the responses WERE INDEED THOSE OF THE CANTIDATE.

BOTTOM LINE:

1. Obama would raise the marginal tax rate to over 62%, through a combination of moving the top tax rate to 39.5% and removing the current $100,000 cap from Social Security deductions for business owners and the self employed. No Republican will stand for that, even setting aside the repeal of the Bush tax cuts.

2. Obama would ban handguns of any kind.

3. Obama is anti-capital punishment.

And Dodd thinks Republicans will vote for Obama?

Barrack’s 800+ bills from 8 years in the Illinois senate are far more extensive than Hillary’s entire elected record. Barrack is the ONLY candidate to pass Healthcare reform.
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/07/29/us/politics/20070730_OBAMA_GRAPHIC.html

His first year in the U.S. Senate, he authored 152 bills and co-sponsored another 427. These included:
**the Coburn-Obama Government Transparency Act of 2006 (became law),
**The Lugar-Obama Nuclear Non-proliferation and Conventional Weapons Threat Reduction Act, (became law),
**The Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, passed the Senate,
**The 2007 Government Ethics Bill, (became law),
**The Protection Against Excessive Executive Compensation Bill, (In committee), and many more.

Here is Hillary’s entire record from six years in the US Senate from the Library-of-Congress website http://thomas.loc.gov
1. Establish the Kate Mullany National Historic Site.
2. Support the goals and ideals of Better Hearing and Speech Month.
3. Recognize the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
4. Name courthouse after Thurgood Marshall.
5. Name courthouse after James L. Watson.
6. Name post office after Jonn A. O’Shea.
7. Designate Aug. 7, 2003, as National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
8. Support the goals and ideals of National Purple Heart Recognition Day.
9. Honor the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death.
10. Congratulate the Syracuse Univ. Orange Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
11. Congratulate the Le Moyne College Dolphins Men’s Lacrosse Team on winning the championship.
12. Establish the 225th Anniversary of the American Revolution Commemorative Program.
13. Name post office after Sergeant Riayan A. Tejeda.
14. Honor Shirley Chisholm for her service to the nation and express condolences on her death.
15. Honor John J. Downing, Brian Fahey, and Harry Ford, firefighters who lost their lives on duty.
16. Extend period of unemployment assistance to victims of 9/11.
17. Pay for city projects in response to 9/11
18. Assist landmine victims in other countries.
19. Assist family caregivers in accessing affordable respite care.
20. Designate part of the National Forest System in Puerto Rico as protected in the wilderness preservation system.

Barrack gets more done than Hillary BECAUSE he never gives up a chance to work with his opponents to move the ball in the general direction of our democratic goals. You see it in the way he has setup Healthcare, talking with enemies, his Iraq stance, NAFTA, on and on. Hilary’s “shoot-for-the-moon” solutions kill pretty good ones without every getting implemented themselves. And then she cannot reach compromise because she has burned her bridges. Now is the time for a top notch negotiator, sales-person, uniter and visionary.

I say Obama has just the right experience to be the president. This is exactly the same amount of experience that made Abraham Lincoln eligible to be the president of US. (8 years in State legislature and 3 years as a congressman).

All the experience thing has been way too hyped up. Hillary Clinton only has 7 years as a US senator thats it. If you include her 8 years as serving tea to foreign dignitaries and being a cheerleader to Bill a part of her resume, then consider that Obama has 12 years of teaching constitutional law a part of his resume.

Obama’s 12 years of teaching constitutional law by far beats Hillary Clintons 8 years of being a cheerleader to Bill Clinton.