out to endorse? Seems most Senators did that after ther were only two of their colleagues left. I'm sure Kerry waited until Biden was out as the Delaware Senator was one of his most ardent and public backers through the whole swift boat thing.

I like Obama, but I'm actually getting a little turned off to the campaign. It's nothing that Obama's done really, it's more the whole aura of the campaign thing going on. His events are like religious revivals more than campaign events. I'm all for change, but he and his supporters seem to think that the power of repetition by repeating the phrase over and over is going to make him change Washington. He's been in Washington for over 3 years now and has done relatively nothing to change the tone or bring Democrats and Republicans together. Ethics reform you say? That was going to get done with or without Obama, as Harry Reid made ethics reform the top priority of this Congress, giving the bill the number S. 1. Stopping nuclear proliferation? Who is against that? That's the "we love puppies" foreign policy bill, that Lugar asked him to help with replacing other Democrats like Nunn, Biden and Bradley that he had worked with in the past 20 years.

If Obama gets the nomination I will back him with no reservations and go out and campaign for him. I like most of his policy proposals and think he can give a good speech (although he definitely needs work on debating). Again though, his campaign emphasizes that he is going to be able to bring the country together, mostly through the power of his personality and charisma. He's a once in a "three generation" candidate. Its the turning point for America. He'll restore American credibility around the world just by  being elected. How he'll bring people together and do all this is a little vague, but the folks that go to his events don't seem to care.

If elected, I hope he's one of our greatest Presidents, I really do. I just don't buy all the hype yet about what a transforming figure (other than being half white, half black) he is or will be. Will he be able to deliver on his promise of refoming Washington? If history is any guide, both past candidates and his own Senate record, the odds are that he wont.