re: #346 ggt

I actually like him, I just wish he’d had more time in national politics (time to distance himself from the Chicago handlers) before running for office.

Funny thing about timing the presidency. Obama saw his shot in 2008. Even though he’s young, he’d have been wrong to skip it and start planning for a decade or two from now instead. Who knows what would happen to his stock? And sitting around the Senate getting moldy isn’t the best strategy (ask McCain, Dole and the many more senators who don’t get past the primaries).

People like Nixon are rare. You really just get one shot, gotta take it.