re: #1060 vxbush

But that doesn’t tell me when the committee decided to go with Obama. That’s what I’m curious about.

I think he was nominated for his vision of changing US foreign policy, and won because the committee supported that vision. i.e. the shift from confrontation to diplomacy, more emphasis on the middle east early in his administration and the rest. Yep, it was based on hope and change and can’t hurt his standing in the world.