American Conservative News Politics & Opinion - The Land of the Free » Dr. Dan Phillips http://www.thelandofthefree.net The Land of the Free presents articles and news about the world and the United States from a conservative, libertarian and classical liberal point of view. Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 en Senator Obama and the Social Gospel http://www.thelandofthefree.net/conservativeopinion/2007/01/09/senator-obama-and-the-social-gospel/ http://www.thelandofthefree.net/conservativeopinion/2007/01/09/senator-obama-and-the-social-gospel/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:04:13 +0000 Dr. Dan Phillips http://www.thelandofthefree.net/conservativeopinion/2007/01/09/senator-obama-and-the-social-gospel/ All the fuss over Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and his possible presidential candidacy is hard to explain. He is a recently elected junior Senator. Under normal circumstances his candidacy would be considered premature at best and hubristic at worst. So why the fawning treatment, especially by the media?

Well, I have to admit the guy is smooth. I saw him on Jay Leno, and I was very impressed with his persona. He was funny, self-deprecating, and able to banter back and forth with Leno. He is able to engage in small talk without immediately mounting the bully pulpit as many politicians are prone to do. In this respect he reminds me a lot of Bill Clinton. He seems like a regular guy. How much of that is an act, I have no idea. He did graduate from Harvard Law which tends to tarnish your regular guy credentials. But much of politics is an act, and he seems pretty good at it. (more…)

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