Reply #24: The best campaign launch in my memory [View All]

[stevietheman]

Inspirational speech *and* a great overall product launch, and I'm impressed, although I continue to prefer Gore or Clark at the top of the ticket for my rationale of comparative gravitas.

I maintain my concern that Obama is not experienced enough, and has seemingly come out of nowhere, but I cannot deny the warm fuzzies and the audacity of his running. There's no question there's a great guy here. But there remains questions about what specific interests he will be beholden to if he wins, despite his speaking about bringing together the entire country (if only that could actually happen; we are a forever factional nation). And these questions are there because we really don't know a lot about who Obama is. He will ultimately have to fill in all the blanks if he actually intends to make it through this very long process.

As far as the launch is concerned, it couldn't really be more perfect. Great speech, great launch location and positioning, great logo (it's unforgettable and reflective of contemporary user interface approaches) and a state-of-the-art website (and I say this as a webhead). And heck, I'll even throw in that he's good looking and has a lovely family.

This really was the launch of a lifetime. Will Obama be able to live up to the promise? I have to admit that a part of me is rooting for him to be a lasting, luminous political figure who changes the world forever for the better, and that by itself is a credit that Obama has already clearly earned, possibly even with many of his political opponents. Obama has found the key to getting people to want to support him.