2006-10-23 23:14:40 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Well by some of the answers, I guess there is allot of people scared to have a Black American as President of the United States. Yes, he can win, yes he does not have allot of experience..but his cabinet may consist of the brightest and best advisors available, and yes he has a IQ over 91.
2006-10-24 01:48:45 · answer #1 · answered by Fitforlife 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here's a little of his background:
Barack Obama has dedicated his life to public service as a community organizer, civil rights attorney, and leader in the Illinois state Senate. Obama now continues his fight for working families following his recent election to the United States Senate.
Sworn into office January 4, 2005, Senator Obama is focused on promoting economic growth and bringing good paying jobs to Illinois. Obama serves on the important Environment and Public Works Committee, which oversees legislation and funding for the environment and public works projects throughout the country, including the national transportation bill. He also serves on the Veterans ’ Affairs Committee where he is focused on investigating the disability pay discrepancies that have left thousands of Illinois veterans without the benefits they earned. Senator Obama also serves on the Foreign Relations Committee.
During his seven years in the Illinois state Senate, Obama worked with both Democrats and Republicans to help working families get ahead by creating programs like the state Earned Income Tax Credit, which in three years provided over $100 million in tax cuts to families across the state. Obama also pushed through an expansion of early childhood education, and after a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama enlisted the support of law enforcement officials to draft legislation requiring the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.
Obama is especially proud of being a husband and father of two daughters, Malia, 8 and Sasha, 4. Obama and his wife, Michelle, married in 1992 and live on Chicago ’s South Side where they attend Trinity United Church of Christ.
Barack Obama was born on August 4th, 1961, in Hawaii to Barack Obama, Sr. and Ann Dunham. Obama graduated from Columbia University in 1983, and moved to Chicago in 1985 to work for a church-based group seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods plagued with crime and high unemployment. In 1991, Obama graduated from Harvard Law School where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review.
2006-10-24 00:23:14 · answer #2 · answered by el 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He's only been in the senate for 2 years, hardly enough to qualify for the most important job in the country.
Name anything that qualifies him besides one good speech!
You guys think he can draw the middle in, cause they don't know anything about him. Put a camera in front of him and the gig will be up.
PS his book sucks
The American Dream is alive
2006-10-23 23:25:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
OBAMA What qualifications does he have other than being a media darling?
2006-10-23 23:19:03 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
He'll have to come out of his cave to run wont he?
2006-10-24 04:40:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVEN IF WINS HE IS NOT GOING TO DO ANY GOOD TO YOU OR ME.BUT DEFINATELY HE WILL DO THE BEST FOR HIMSELF.
2006-10-23 23:17:33 · answer #6 · answered by saffron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
too inexperienced
too liberal
the pros will chomp him like popcorn in the primaries
2006-10-23 23:45:26 · answer #7 · answered by Mad Roy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no way
2006-10-23 23:27:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋