-- Luke
Quoting andie nachgeborenen <andie_nachgeborenen at yahoo.com>:
> Even Carrol thinks he's great -- his doubt is that one good man could make a
> difference. Well, I share that doubt to some extent. But no one made Wayne
> Morse the point man of the DP either. They have Obama. I'm not the only
> person who thinks he might be a viable candidate for President within a
> decade. Although I am advocating voting, indeed, campaigning for Kerry this
> time around, I am under no illusions about the DP, I just want back to the
> usual horrors. But Obama offers better, and shouldn't we celebrate good news
> when it occurs?
>
> Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> andie nachgeborenen wrote:
> >
> > He'll have to compromise in the Senate, but it's hard to imagine him
> selling out.
>
> I'll accept your descrition and evaluation of Obama -- and still argue
> that the only material difference he will make in U.S. politics is
> increase the vote for the "other" Democrats. At best, he'll be another
> Wayne Morse, who as far as I know never won a Senate vote. Obama won't
> sell out; he'll speak for the right things. And the same old government
> policies of the DP (as described by Michael in reference to JFK on
> Pen-L) will always triumph.
>
> Carrol
>
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