There is an excellent article in the American Prospect about Democratic Senator Barack Obama. Here is an exceprt from the article:
...Obama wants nothing less than to redefine progressive values, make them more universal, and unite the country around them. His staggering 72 percent approval rating in Illinois -- a number that reflects strong support not only in and around Democratic Chicago, but from Republican downstate as well -- shows he may be figuring out how to do that. His first year in the Senate suggests a man on a long, ambitious, and intricate journey. It’s not too much to say that the future of the Democratic Party, and maybe even the country, could be profoundly affected by where that journey ends...
.....And other stuff-----
The following comments about the president's speech are from The Akron Beacon Journal:
"A former oil executive telling us we are addicted to oil is like a tobacco company executive complaining that their employees take too many smoke breaks. Exxon made almost $11 billion last quarter, while Americans are paying surging prices to fill their gas tanks and heat their homes." - Paul Hackett, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate
"The economy is not good, and I don't know how anyone can say it is." - 29-year-old Angela Newberry of the middle-class Dayton suburb of Huber Heights; Newberry is a Democrat and union member who works at auto parts supplier Delphi Corp. along with her husband, Shawn
(**Note: Bush was an oil executive before he was elected to office in Texas.)
