Perry, ZK, I couldn’t agree more. The reasons I support Barack are simple; he’s intelligent, well-educated, well-spoken and of a different generation than the leaders who have made such a mess of things. It seems that it is time for new blood in Washington, at least. But more than any of those reasons is his approach to partisanship. He repeatedly reminds us that we are not Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, black, white, Jewish or Christian only. First of all, we are Amnericans, and we are all in this together, like it or not. This country faces enormous challenges in the coming years, and a divide and conquer strategy is not appropriate in governing a country. Should we divide and conquer the terrorists? Yes. Should we divide and conquer in Iraq? If it will work. But divide and conquer,when you are talking about the citizens of this country, is not only counterproductive to good governance, it is morally wrong. Wedge issue politics need to be left behind if we are to tackle the coming housing collapse, the SSI / Medicare crisis, immigration and many more issues that are currently being pushed to the side. We can only tackle these problems together, in a civilized and sensible way; through reasoned debate. I hope Obama is sincere in his wish to do this.
