The two Americas: Bill Clinton represents the American dream. Obama not so much. [View All]

[Proud2BAmurkin]

John Edwards always talks about class divisions being as important as race divisions.

Bill Clinton's backstory is more insipring than Obama's. Obama was from a more priviliged background than Bill Clinton.

Obama always talks about the being a black candidate with a funny name but I would say Bill Clinton's hurdles to get to where he was were much higher. I don't think Clinton would have had the "audacity" to run for president after serving one year as governor nor would anyone support him if he tried it. Obama had one year in the senate before launching his campaign.

You couldn't get any more underprivileged than Bill Clinton growing up. It's a much more inspirational background story and he probably relates as well or better to the real struggles of black Americans.