Original Message: ----------------- From: jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:45:24 +0000 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Obama's New Rules
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Robert G. Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.slate.com/id/2152252?GT1=8702 > > 7. The bubble must pop. > Skeptics note that we've been through swoons like this > before-including for McCain in 2000. Obama could turn out to be just > another liberal fad, like Howard Dean in 2004. Once he decides to run, > the cynics assure us, his halo will tarnish or crack. And maybe so. > But this time, maybe not. >The reason for bubbles is that when a politician is new, every person >can project their own political beliefs onto the candidate. Once >people start to learn what the politician actually believes, their >popularity eventually comes down. I think that's valid. It's one of the reasons governors have had an advantage over senators over the last 35 or so years, governors have no record of votes on national issues. >Moreover, I think that Peggy Noonan's comment on a possible Condi Rice >candidacy is relevant here: "The Presidency of the United States is not >an entry-level political position." People argued that George W. >Bush was inexperienced when he ran for President with only six years' >experience as Governor of Texas. We're talking about Obama running >with only four years' experience in the Senate, and no executive >experience. Texas is not a typical state in that it has a collective executive. See http://texaspolitics.laits.utexas.edu/html/exec/0501.html Bush had little real executive experience before being president. He had never had responsibility regarding foreign affairs. Dan M. -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web - Check your email from the web at http://mail2web.com/ . _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
