Articles on Barack Obama

Here are some articles about Barack that were influential for me. Lots of politicians say nice things like about being bipartisan, but this is some proof that maybe he really does mean it.

This one is about his Il Senate days. Not about issues, but about approach to
working with people.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/30/us/politics/30obama.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

"What if a politician were to see his job as an organizer, as part teacher and
part advocate, one who does not sell voters short but who educates them about
the real choices before them?."


This is about his time as President of the Harvard Law Review. It's also
mostly just about him working with people. Actually, I think the take away of the article is supposed to be that he wouldn't be a good president because of his leadership style, but I disagree.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/us/politics/28obama.html?pagewanted=1


Obama talking about black issues and education. Pretty interesting.

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E0D71E3DF932A3575BC0A9629C8
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This is a good article comparing Obama and Edwards' opinions on
poverty.

http://select.nytimes.com/2007/07/31/opinion/31brooks.html

But really, for the issues, you have to read his speeches yourself, and then
maybe see what some experts think.

http://origin.barackobama.com/issues/

In particular, I agree with his foreign policy views, poverty, and education,
and government ethics reform issues. I also more or less agree with his
approach to energy and technology although you can kind of tell he's not an
expert on energy. The stuff he says on technology is pretty good, actually,
because he talks about technology policies in terms of encouraging
participatory democracy. I also agree with his approach on health care, but
in that case, I don't really know what's going on, and most people say that
his, Edwards, and Clinton's plans are pretty similar. I haven't really read
too much about what he says about immigration but from what I've heard him
talk about, I agree. He also used to have something on rural america that I
thought was good, but I guess you can probably find a speech on that somewhere
else. And besides having the right opinions on the issues, I think he's got
the right approaches.

I really like that he's not into blaming Republicans and trying to paint
Republicans as the "enemy."

I also really like that he has a lot of literature. He provides reasoning behind his positions, and he provides a vision for what an ideal system would look like. I generally agree with his reasonings and so I trust his judgment more.