BARACK OBAMA ~ THE TOP TEN

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) greets an overflow crowd before speaking at a rally at Rhode Island College March 1, 2008 in Providence, Rhode Island. Obama and Sen. Hillary Clinton square off in a pivotal primary series this coming Tuesday with votes being held in Texas, Ohio, Rhode Island and Vermont.

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The Top 10

This Is Barack Obama

1. Senator Obama had the judgment to be against the Iraq War from the very beginning, even when it was very popular to support it. That position could have cost him his Senate bid, but he stuck with it. He takes positions based on principles, not poll tested positions. He has the impeccable judgment to keep us safe. That's why along with getting us out of Iraq, his first priority is going to be to refocus our attention on Afghanistan and capturing Bin Laden, which now should have been done years ago.

2. Senator Obama is easily the most competent candidate in the race to guide our economy by insisting on investment in American manufacturing, providing a living wage, and creating career pathways for workers to move up the ladder. Senator Obama will reinstate PAYGO rules ensuring fiscal discipline, focus like a laser on lowering crippling gas prices, and will create a universal mortgage tax credit and eliminate income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmyBar8Lweo

3. When he finished school, he could have easily taken a job on Wall Street and become a millionaire. Instead, he took a $12,000 a year job to be a community organizer, helping people who'd lost their jobs in the poor neighborhoods of Chicago. He has great judgment and great experience helping real Americans.

4. It has been proven in national poll after national poll, most recently by TIME and CNN, that Senator Obama is the most electable Democrat running for President in 2008. He's the only Democrat who beats John McCain, and unlike Hillary and as Obama's wins in 26 of the first 37 primaries and caucuses clearly shows (including now 11 victories in row), he strongly attracts Independents and Republicans. We want to support a winner and he's clearly our best shot. 50% of Americans have said that under no circumstances would they ever vote for Hillary.

http://www.barackoblogger.com/2008/02/obama-is-strongest-democrat-to-go.html

5. After watching Bush shred the constitution for the last 7 years, it'll be wonderful to have someone with the experience of being a constitutional law professor as President. The chief responsibility of the President of the United States is to enforce the law - no candidate knows the law better than Obama.

6. We can make world history by making Senator Obama the next President of the United States, as Iowa made world history by making him the winner of the first-in-the-nation caucuses . . .

"An Obama win in Iowa will be the biggest political story coming from America in a generation, in decades, that will be covered on the front pages of every major newspaper in the world on January 4^th".

-Chris Matthews (Hardball-MSNBC: 12.26.07)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqoFwZUp5vc

7. After 7 years of Bush, we need a President with brains. Senator Obama is the 'anti-Bush'. He was president of the Harvard Law Review, the oldest and most prestigious pupil operated law review in the U.S. To be it's president, you have to be absolutely brilliant, and Senator Obama is brilliant.

8. After 7 years of being lied to by the President and other politicians, we deserve a President who not only tells the truth, but has an outstanding reputation for lifelong honesty, as does Senator Obama. We deserve an honest President.

9. It was Senator Obama who led the successful landmark effort in the United States Senate to pass the most comprehensive ethics and lobbying reform bill since Watergate. That bill strictly banned gifts and meals from lobbyists, and the use of corporate jets. He has the experience, both as an Illinois State Senator and as a United States Senator, of working throughout his entire political career for transparency and honesty in government.

10. There isn't another candidate in this race, Democrat or Republican, that offers

Americans any more of an opportunity for real change and real hope and for a real breath of fresh air than Barack Obama. This country hasn't seen a leader come along like this since John Kennedy and Robert Kennedy, and we may not see another leader like this again in our lifetime. We should seize this momentous and historic opportunity.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tydfsfSQiYc

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