Posted on 10/15/2006 8:52:00 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US Senator Barack Obama, a rising political star who generates extensive media coverage, is reportedly leaving the door open to a 2008 presidential run.
The Democratic lawmaker appears on Time magazine's cover, coinciding with the release of his latest book, "The Audacity of Hope," which sets out his political views.
Asked if he will enter the race for the White House once November's midterm legislative elections are out of the way, Obama, 45, avoids offering a definitive answer, but appears to be more seriously weighing the idea.
"When the election is over and my book tour is done, I will think about how I can be most useful to the country and how I can reconcile that with being a good dad and a good husband," he is quoted as saying by Time.
"I haven't completely decided or unraveled that puzzle yet," said Obama, the only African-American currently serving in the US Senate.
Obama generates strong enthusiasm among Democratic party activists but some pundits have warned that a presidential run in 2008 might be too much too soon for the young and inexperienced senator. Others believe that the United States may not be quite ready for a black president.
In an excerpt from his new book, Obama argued that progressives should not shy away from referring to religion and faith in political discussions.
"Over the long haul, I think we make a mistake when we fail to acknowledge the power of faith in the lives of the American people, and so avoid joining a serious debate about how to reconcile faith with our modern, pluralistic democracy," Obama writes in the passage of his book carried in Time.
Such an approach is "bad politics" and cedes ground to partisans on the right, he said.
"When we abandon the field of religious discourse -- when we ignore the debate about what it means to be a good Christian or Muslim or Jew; when we discuss religion only in the negative sense of where or how it should not be practiced ... others will fill the vacuum," he said.
Hey Obama, you can run but you can't hide.
there's a blonde joke here, somewhere....
C'mon now, he made #18 The Best Dressed Men In The World 2006, per Esquire mag! Isn't that enough?
Hey, I never thought of that.....quite possibly. Then WE will run Thomas Sowell, and Namma Jamma will head for the hills : )
Just what we need, another presidential administration that deals with the world on the basis of "hope."
The Clinton administration "hoped" that Kim Jong Il would keep his word, and "hoped" that Osama wouldn't. We see how that worked out.
Trust, but verify? Nah. Trust and "hope" your enemies are dealing with you in good faith.
thank God he is an empty suit, How else will that hand up his azz work. This puppet will dance to the MSM and the DBM
and his "job" will be written overnight in the newspapers of feather.
Sad part, Obama will think he is appreciated
truth is this very elite parading him are the
most racist bunch on the planet.
No.
His wiki bio says the Obamas are members of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ.
thanx
In more shocking news The Cubs aren't going to be in the world series this year.
The media is afraid to say anything bad for fear of being called racist.
I'm a black female voter. He has absolutely NO appeal to me. To me, he's not even handsome and I'm not saying that because he's a DemocRAT. I just don't understand why the LSM keeps hyping this guy.
Thanks. Had several questions regarding my thoughts on female beauty, which inspired me to post photos of the lovely ladies in question.
It should be African-Caucasian. Having been raised by his white mother and her parents he's more white than black. IMHO, it's hypocritical to use the color of your skin to get ahead but deny it to other peoples.
Just marking my word.
This is not an endorsement of any kind. This is not support of any kind. This is not favoritism of any kind.
Just marking my word.
Sorry, live in Illinois ( I know YUCK) and that is all I hear on the radio, TV etc. So sick of them pushing him down our throats! He is being groomed, nothing more, he IS an empty suit!
I was trying to find that, someone posted a month ago or so, part of his bio, that said he was & converted. Hmmm.
Whatever I say will be wrong, because I don't support him, either. But I will try to post some of the articles that are all over him.
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