Barack Obama Steals Hearts

Since Mitt Romney graciously stepped away from the 2008 political fray, I'm a political hack without a candidate. My fall-back conservatives (Thompson and Giuliani) are gone, and I just can't stand my fellow military veteran, John McCain. For one thing, he's exceptionally weak on the War on Terror; however, my biggest complaint is less definitive. The guy gives me the willies. When I watch him speak, I just don't see any presidential strength. He looks like he'd bolt in terror at the first opportunity. Sorry, John.

Interestingly, two women I admire very much have jumped on the Barack Obama band-wagon. I'd like to (mostly) gloss over Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg's endorsement as something that's been covered ad nauseum. Caroline's a scant 9 months my elder, and I've ALWAYS admired her poise and understated drive to be a good woman. So we'll leave it at that. But there's another woman in our same general age group who wrote a ringing testimonial for Obama on a website where I administrate--Jan Keyser. I'd like to share her observations, interlaced with some of my own. Jan actually was able to personally attend an Obama rally on January 30th, way down in her neck of the woods (Phoenix, Arizona.) Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg was featured there, too. Jan walked away with an excitement over this relative newcomer with aspirations toward the White House and gave me permission to share her words here.