For This Red Meat Crowd, Obama�s �08 Choice Is Clear - New York Times

We are not convinced, about Obama.

Besides, if we don't get Democrats elected this November, 2008 will be irrelevant.

We, at the Lantern, hope we have seen our last charismatic, shooting star president in the White House. We need someone who knows what they are doing in foreign policy and who is really good at cleaning up huge messes.

For This Red Meat Crowd, Obama�s �08 Choice Is Clear - New York Times:

Sept. 17 - Senator Barack Obama insists, as always, that he is not running for president. But there are compelling clues that he is not exactly not running, either.

The most obvious was his keynote appearance here on Sunday at Senator Tom Harkin's legendary steak fry, a popular Democratic ritual in Iowa, and a prominent staging ground in this first presidential caucus state. The crowd rushed Mr. Obama when he arrived, then mobbed him for hours as other politicians wandered the fairgrounds introducing themselves and shaking hands.

But beyond his first trip to Iowa, a visit that was guaranteed to set off new speculation about his presidential ambitions, Mr. Obama is in the midst of an unconventional publicity tour of sorts. Fresh off a closely watched journey through Africa, including a stop at the home of his Kenyan-born father, Mr. Obama is about to publish a second book that supporters believe will outpace his best-seller from 1995.