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I am disheartened by emotional responses to any political campaign. When people make decisions based on their heart rather than their head there is rarely a good result.
I am not sure how much weight you should give to these sort of reports though. While I am sure there are quite a few that are quite excited by Obama I don't feel that the majority of Obama supporters are like this.
People are excited at the prospect of change, but what change means is very likely different from person to person. The biggest change many of these people want is a change from Bush. It doesn't matter if congress supports him or not. It doesn't matter if he actually did even half of what he's been accused of doing. The fact is, he is not liked. He has used fear to build his mandate (from 9/11 and the axis of evil to the war on terror). Add to this, the economic uncertainly that many are experiencing.
It doesn't matter who is responsible (if any one person can be held responsible). What matters is that the leader is the person people look to for solutions. Bush isn't giving them what they want and Obama seems to be saying the right things.
For some people this is enough.
For others, they've read his policy papers and scrutinized his voting records and listened to what he is saying... and that is enough.
The thing is, if the media has to choose between which type of Obama support they want to focus their story on they are going to choose the fanatic over the one that has done his or homework... every time.
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