Okay, okay. [UPDATED!!!****!!!!]
I have loads of other things I should be doing, but I'm getting excited about a new political landscape. I still believe in the candidates with more experience, but I also believe in Obama—his vision, his charisma, his sensible intelligence. Don't forget also that there is still a person in charge of this company and he's going to the middle east to try to save us from the huge mess he (and his administration) have dragged us into. You might find this story, about both Barack and the current situation in Palestine and the Middel East, interesting. Its from a blog, written by Bernard Avishai, I've been following. I read a lot of political mumbo jumbo in the mags and on the web but don't normally get too in depth with teh Jews and teh Palestinians, but this guy is blindingly brilliant and pragmatic and measured and able to look at the bigger picture outside of one race or religion or ethnicity, which seems to give me more hope of a solution to the East end of the Med and the perpetually messy religo-political situation.
And it seems like Barack is winning over a lot of people, myself included, with the idea that he's a leader who will make our country and our world a better place. Better man than I. And that's number one on my list of required skills to take my vote.
[Updated Wednesday, January 9, 2008]
PS. AMAZING post outlining what the press needs to know for Bush's Jerusalem visit. Here.
PPS. I know. I know. Go Hillary! I fought at the last book club that we should be supporting the two more experienced candidates rather than Obama. Well, what the hell do I know about politics anyway? I couldn't even make it through college.