'News Worth Noting' Obama Knows Novelty Goes Only So Far
Fresh Face in Washington in the ‘08 Race Who Still Must Report to Day Job
WASHINGTON--There is always, it seems, a fresh new face breezing into a presidential race, offering himself as the person to change the tone, eliminate the vitriol and transform the old ways of politics. U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (Dem., Ill.) is auditioning for that role in the 2008 campaign. He said so himself, leaping into the Democratic contest the other day on a promise to “advance the cause of change and progress that we so desperately need.” A long line of Democrats, Republicans and independents have gone before him, casting themselves as the sparkling candidate of the new politics only to find that their freshness withers well before the balloting begins. Think John Anderson, Gary Hart, Ross Perot.... (Black Chronicle)
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