Dash Riprock
08-14-2008, 09:32 AM
The Obama campaign has for months pursued the odd strategy of having the junior senator from Illinois act as if he were already kinda-sorta president of the United States. In June, it tried sticking a quasi-presidential seal on his lectern. In July, Obama conducted what seemed like official state visits with foreign leaders and delivered something like a â??prenauguralâ?? address in Berlin, inviting comparisons to JFK and Reagan. Itâ??s an understandable ploy. More than most candidates, Obama needs to appear like a plausible commander in chief because heâ??s not only inexperienced, heâ??s novel.
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