06.04.08
Obama clinches nomination
Barack Obama has done it. A half-black African, half-white American who started out in community organizing before he moved on to politics is the democratic nominee for President of the United States. On Oct. 5, 2006, I wrote this in a blog item: “An intriguing matchup would be Barack Obama against John McCain but Obama probably isn’t ready and McCain might not win his party’s nomination.”
Well that’s exactly what we have on June 4, 2008, Obama vs. McCain. I was expressing some doubts, but Obama has proved he is up to the challenge and McCain emerged from a crowded Republican field. Maybe I have a future career as a pollster or pundit. Anyway, Obama has made it this far and if he can draw out the differences between himself and McCain, he ought to be the next president of the United States. America is ready to fix what’s gone wrong.