The Red Brick Times

So far, a candidate for US Senator from Illinois seems to be the best person suited for the US Presidency. He appears to combine the hopefullness of McGovern, the intellectual capability of Kissinger (without the Machiavellian paranoia), and the honesty of Jimmy Carter (without shooting himself in the feet). He spent his formative years in the grinding poverty of Indonesia, went to Columbia and Harvard Law, worked in public advocacy in Chicago (turning down a Supreme-Court-track Law Clerk recruitment) and won State office representing the poorest slums of the Chicago area. The New Yorker Magazine online profiles Barack Obama in their October 12 edition. But others have been reformed by the Washington machine after reaching the Senate. His career should be worth watching, in hopes of a future presidental race where there may actually be a clear choice, based not on partisan lines, but on ability and achievement.

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