Obama takes the big leap

Well, not really, wonk. I'm sure if you ask Bayh, the two reasons he didn't run are Obama and Clinton. Everyone else is just flotsam. Obama will raise $100 million quite easily.

 

That's nothing. Only two men have ever stepped from the Senate to the White House -- Warren G. Harding and John F. Kennedy.

 

I knew there weren't many. Didn't realize the number was that small.

 

I hope he wins.

I don't know if he will...

 

Then that doesn't bode well for McCain or Hillary, either

 

Interesting, the track record for governors versus senators. I too never knew that number was so low.

 

The guy's really . . . really . . . REALLY liberal.

I take McCain over Obama.

I take Obama over, say, Brownback.

Other matchups are open to discussion.

 

That stat only means anything, if it does at all, if you consider who's actually running in 08. Who's the top gov. candidate, Mitt Romney? A black guy with a name that sounds like Osama has a better chance than a Mormon from Mass. Bill Richardson is prob the top Dem guy, but how's the New Mexico gov going to upend Hill and Barack in fundraising among Dem supporters? That stat, Govs over Sens, will be amended in 08.

 

Good for Barack. I wish him well.

 

I like Obama, but I would support Bill Richardson too.

 

He's our only hope. That is all.