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| Contributor | Gerald Farinas |
| Last Edited | Gerald Farinas Aug 04, 2004 06:34pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Sun-Times |
| News Date | Wednesday, August 4, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Obama just can't help but shine
Chicago Sun-Times
At Obama's various stops since Saturday, he has been afforded celebrity status by Democrats and even some Republicans after his breakthrough keynote speech last week before the Democratic National Convention and his appearances on national news programs like "Meet the Press." On schoolyards and in musty-smelling town halls, voters are comparing him to their pastor, marveling at his good looks, transferring change from their pockets into his hand -- he picked up $2 that way Tuesday -- and urging him on to greener political pastures even before he has earned his promotion from the Illinois Statehouse to the U.S. Senate. "Barack is even better than John Kennedy," said retired schoolteacher Jane Spires, a Democrat from Decatur who watched Obama speak Monday in Clinton. "He just smacks of sincerity. I feel like he's a real person. I like the fact he isn't blaming everything on the Republicans. I like the fact he's a person who seems to be trying to bring America together, not be divisive. And I like how he talks in a normal tone of voice, not shouting and screaming."
A political unknown just 18 months ago, Obama has created a movement, even within heavily Republican areas that favored George W. Bush four years ago and that Obama didn't carry in last spring's Democratic primary. "You need to run for president in the next election," retired farmer Boyd Stenger told Obama as he extended his hand to the candidate following a speech the senator delivered to about 100 people in a town known for its broom corn and nearby Amish population. Stenger, a 66-year-old resident of neighboring Arthur, voted for Bush nearly four years ago and said he has his mind made up on Obama after watching his televised speech last week. |
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