TOWNHALL.COM: The Democrats did what everyone knew they had to do: nominate Barack Obama by acclamation on the first ballot of their convention in Denver. But Hillary Clinton made everyone wait until nearly halfway through the balloting before making that inevitable motion, and in so doing underlined the chief lesson of the convention. The delegates were almost evenly split between her and Obama, and the deep division in the party was painfully evident.
The reservation so many delegates had about Obama had one clear cause, and it had nothing to do with the fact that he is black. On the contrary, the fact that he is an African-American counted heavily in his favor, and may have been the decisive factor in his victory. The reservation has to do with his lack of experience. Obama became an attorney, served as a member of the Illinois State Senate for eight years, and was then elected to the U.S. Senate in 2004. He has served in that capacity for fewer than four years -- his only experience in a federal office. And now, as intractable problems beset the U.S. economy and the Middle East is wracked by turmoil, he offers himself as a candidate for the presidency of the United States.
One doesn't have to be an excessively partisan Republican, or indeed a Republican at all, to wonder whether a man with a record that anemic is ready to shoulder the somber burdens of the presidency. How broad and deep is his understanding of the American economy -- or indeed, of economic principles in general? Even more important, perhaps, is how ready is such a man to take on the leadership of the world's most powerful nation in its dealings with other countries? Will the Democrats Win? >>> By William Rusher | August 29, 2008
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Warum viele Amerikaner an Obama zweifeln: Mit einem perfekt organisierten Parteitag und einer brillanten Rede wollte Barack Obama auch die letzten Zweifler von sich überzeugen. Es ist ihm nicht ganz gelungen. Es gibt sie noch, die Abwartenden, Unschlüssigen und entschlossenen Gegner der Demokraten. Was sie über Obama denken >>> Von Torsten Krauel | 29. August 2008
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