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I don't think he is a good public speaker at all, he is always stuttering. He needs to learn a thing from Hillary, who is a very good public speaker...

At the very least - he will make us look good. But I think he will follow through with all that Congress allows him to.

He looks ok on paper. He at least sounds thoughtful in his book, and seems to learn from mistakes.

Whether he will make a good president, dunno. If taken from the standpoint that a president should be like a CEO, don't see why not.

I don't really see much of a difference between Dems and GOP, though. Ultimately, they all owe their livelihoods to a corporatocracy. There will be very little fundamental change in the way government operates if Obama gets in.

To me, it seems that fighting corporatocracy and being a good speaker are his only selling points. Much more than that is needed I'm afraid, to make a real change: apart from fighting corporatocracy, big changes are required in foreign policy, the economic 'credit culture', and last but foremost in environmental policy. I'm afraid nothing much will happen when Obama is there.

Still, I think he would do better than the other candidate ...

Let's be fair, throwing words around is how people get elected. They have to communicate to the electorate if they want to get anywhere. All politicians try and sound good, all of them say what their target voters want to hear, that crosses all political boundaries, ultimately this is a race and everyone wants to win. You can't get down on either candidate for doing it, they are going to give it their best shot, not leave it to chance.

As to the worth of the substance, guess you have to suck it and see. If you're lucky it'll be blackcurrant.