Ben Adlin you should be a journalist (because, seriously, read his post about Obama)

For those of you who don’t read Liberal College Kid (which is probably most of you), I’m going to do you a favor and link to a post that Ben Adlin wrote on the 8th about Obama.

Here it is:

To disclose my own political preferences, I (at the moment) support Obama in his bid for the Democratic nomination. I’m as tired of candidates throwing around the c-word as everyone else seems to be, but what frustrates me is the even more cliché stance that Obama “has no substance behind his rhetoric.” It seems a favorite among people who have already made up their mind about the election, driven more by laziness than critical thinking.

Is it difficult to sum up Obama’s platform in a handful of words? Yes, it certainly is. Jake [referenced earlier in the post - JP] illustrates that point splendidly by comparing Obama’s message to those trumpeted by other candidates. Hillary is about health care (I, the American voter, get that), and Obama is about… “Change”? What in the world does that mean?

I realize that I’m posting far more than usual about politics, but what the hell, it’s a political time of year, and I think (along with my friend and co-worker Teresa) that this is an election where we are presented with the chance make an important generational shift in our leadership.

Speaking as one of these upstart young 20-somethings that have suddently decided to screw up all these primary results, I think it’s important that we recognize that part of what good leadership means is an ability to inspire.

Inspiration has the power to grant a president long coat tails with which he (or she! let’s not be unduly unfair…) can protect his political allies. It can grant a president a measure of soft power and an ability to finesse areas of foreign relations that have for too long been met with blunt instruments and “tough” politics.

And it can go a long way towards interesting the American people in what Washington is doing. Far from wanting voters to be ignoring politics (so the government can do things like, oh, erase a bunch of civil liberties?), Obama wants people to be involved. That comes from inspiration, not fear.

Let’s put an intelligent person at the head of this country. Someone with the drive and the public, cross-party mandate to shake up the incumbent political machinery.

Obama has my vote. I hope he has yours, too.