February 4, 2008
Political Science Department
Obama For President, but first...
Barack Obama seems like a heck of guy, but I'm not convinced he's ready to be president. I like a candidate who talks about hope---so many seem to be trying to scare us all to death---but I want him to get a little more experience.
I think Hillary Clinton has a better chance of getting us out of Iraq in a reasonable way, and I'm hoping she'll follow her husband's economic policies. That's not what she's saying she'll do, but then her husband said a lot of crazy things too, and he managed to avoid ruining the economy.
Or we could get a Republican president. Everybody says the Democrats are going to win this thing, but then last summer everybody said Giuliani would be the Republican nominee. Political fortunes change pretty fast---just ask our current president.
As for Obama, I say we bring him back to Illinois...and run him for governor.
If he can hold that office for a few years without doing anything disgraceful (that's setting the bar pretty high by Illinois standards), he'll have done the people of Illinois a great service, and he'll get some executive experience for his next presidential run.
Sigh. I don't really know what I'm talking about. When Bush was elected, I figured he'd probably do a decent job, so what do I know? Maybe I'll just vote for Ron Paul, so that whatever happens I'll be able to say it's not my fault.
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