I also finishsed his book a few weeks ago. I think he has some ideas that I like, some ideas that I think would be disastrous, and is generally far more liberal than I am. But at this time, I think he'd get my vote. I want out of Iraq and I want public healthcare- which happen to be two of his biggest issues.
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Catch the interview with Barak and Michelle Obama on 60 MINUTES, Sunday Feb. 11 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on CBS. Excerpts:
quote:...asked..if growing up in a white household had caused him to make a decision to be black, Obama replies, "I'm not sure I decided it. I think... if you look African American in this society, you're treated as an African-American. It's interesting though, that now I feel very comfortable and confident in terms of who I am and where I stake my ground. But I notice that... I've become a focal point for a racial debate," says Obama.
...when asked...whether she fears for her husband's life as a black candidate. "I don't lose sleep over it because the realities are that... as a black man... Barack can get shot going to the gas station," says Michelle Obama. "You can't make decisions based on fear and the possibility of what might happen."
Will being African-American hold him back as a candidate? "No.... If I don't win this race it will be because of other factors --[that] I have not shown to the American people a vision for where the country needs to go that they can embrace,"
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