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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-07-08 10:02 AM
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91. Except for one thing: he has the policy positions that are coincident with
what he talks about. He has me on working class issues and also on international policy areas. He impressed me with his analysis of the loose nukes situation in the debate Sat. night. He demonstrated an understanding of the issue and offered his own plans for tacking it. Not only did I not hear Obama offer solutions, he didn't seem to be prepared to talk about it.

Don't get me wrong. If Obama is our candidate I will work my heart out for him. I hope I am wrong about him; I hope there is more substance there and it will emerge strongly if he is elected. But I am old enough to remember Jimmy Carter and how that good man floundered around. I don't want to see another good Dem ground down by the Washington buzz saw...
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