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Reason #41 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

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Because Obama understands nuance.

One paragraph from this article by Ben Smith at Politico says it all for me:

[Barack Obama said:] “What I found and I think was confirmed today is that when you inject presidential politics into delicate negotiations it is not necesary [sic] as helpful as it needs to be. There is a lot of glare of the spotlight. There is the potential for posturing and suspicion. The way I have been working over the last week, constantly in contact with the secretary and congressional leaders, may end up creating an environment in which you can actually get something done. Because as I said, when you are not worried about who is getting credit and who is getting blamed then things tend to move forward a little more constructively.”[my emphasis]

Precisely. When you are free to do the job that you’ve been elected to do, you can…do your job.  When you’ve got someone else’s political agenda breathing down your neck, the results, if any, may be far less than what they could have been and possibly should be.  The fact that multiple individuals from both sides of the aisles are on the record indicating that neither McCain nor Obama are needed should have been enough.

John McCain is too busy worrying about what he can do to get back the most positive aspects of his once lauded “mavericky” self.  But now, when I hear mavericky, all I think of is gimmicky.

On November 4, vote for Obama/Biden.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:08 pm September 25th, 2008 in 57ReasonsObamaBiden, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, leadership, WH2008 | 2 Comments 

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Reason #42 to VOTE FOR Obama/Biden

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Because of the Obama/Biden Energy Plan.

I’m making a virtual punt here and directing you to my hot off the keyboard post at BlogHer on this topic.

Sorry for the delay in Reason #42 but my site was down for several hours yesterday. I’ll post #41 before the end of the evening.

On November 4, vote for Obama/Biden.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 5:33 pm September 25th, 2008 in 57ReasonsObamaBiden, Barack Obama, Energy, Environment, Joe Biden, WH2008 | Comments Off 

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