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March 22, 2008

Merkley and Obama, both behaving like grown ups!

Jeff, his wife Mary and Barack.

Barack doing what he does best - inspiring Americans.

Mary, her husband Jeff and Barack having an adult conversation.

Incredibly, Jeff managed to avoid calling Barack a "just another captive-of-special-interests fraud" or "a complete sellout" as Steve Novick did. He didn't accuse Obama of "unjustifiable political timidity" or charge that Barack is "sorely lacking in fiscal responsibility" as Steve Novick did. And most amazing of all, he managed not to derisively characterize Obama as "some great Kenya-Kansas hope" as Steve Novick did. All of which helps explain why Steve Novick's back-handed pseudo-endorsement of Obama raised more questions than it answered while Jeff Merkley's endorsement of Barack Obama made perfect sense.

Interestingly enough, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson summed up my view and I think that of many PK readers by describing Barack Obama as "once-in-a- lifetime leader." Of course, unlike both Steve Novick and Jeff Merkley, many of us here at PK have been favoring Obama for many months now. But it is good to see others recognizing what we've been saying about him.

Posted by Kevin at March 22, 2008 05:52 PM