Don't underestimate Obama.

Barack Obama is a courageous man. The man I want to see as the next president of the United States. But still, Obama is a politician. One who may well sacrifice principles to get elected. He really has no choice in the matter. That is, if he wants to win. A candidate who sticks to his/her principles all the way doesn't have a chance. Politicians have to be liars or deceivers or stretchers of the truth. Whatever you want to call it. That's the nature of the game. George Bush is a big, big liar. That was the only way for him to get elected. And to have the opportunity to promote his real agenda. If he had told us the truth, he'd have lost big time. Well, now it's Obama's turn to lie his way to the White House. He has mastered the successful formula. He told us once that he would accept public financing for his campaign. But now he's opted out. Because he can raise huge sums of money -- far more than he can get from public financing. Can't really blame him for that. For abandining his principles. Because that may be the only way to assure that he's a winner. He'll easily outspend his Republican opponent. And he'd have to be a fool to deny himself that opportunity. Yes, Obama knows how to play politics. I think lots of folks have underestimated him. Hillary Clinton did. And it looks like that goes for the Republicans as well. --Jim Broede