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I thought you were an Auburn guy.
Anyway, not that any of this reflects my personal positions, but I can see that there are a lot of people out there who want to believe. They want optimism and hope. They've lost faith in the political process and politics as usual. Being an outsider or a national political novice could count in Obama's favor. Being multi-racial, too, can count in his favor because people like to be self-congratulatory when it comes to issues of race. Don't undercount the number of people who would love to be able to self-righteously tell everybody: look at me; I support the multi-racial guy.
I understand it when you say that you don't think he's there yet, but I think this could be a Jimmy Carter election kind of election (not that that was a good thing, either, in 1976). His not being ready is part of what makes him attractive because he's unsullied.
Hillary. I agree that she's polarizing. But on some level she really would compliment Obama's weaknesses. A ticket that had both of them might be strong in the general election because there's of course no way they can both come out of the primaries. I don't know if her ego could take it though.
I have no idea what will happen with the GOP.
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