Obama makes it official, kind of

Well we finally have what everyone has been waiting with eager anticipation for and that is Barack Obama's entry into the 2008 presidential race. Well we have been told that is what everyone has been waiting for and he is not quite officially in yet. It seems as if he like many candidates has fallen into that vortex of politics referred to as forming an exploratory committee. Now what exactly does that mean? Well essentially it means that the junior senator from Illinois is going to ask people if he should run or not. He has one foot in the water but is timidly waiting for the all clear to jump into the pool. I must say I get sick of hearing about these candidates forming exploratory committees. I mean if you do not know if you want to run or not maybe it is just not in you. I mean you should know if you have a reasonable chance at your party's nomination unless you come from nowhere, Wyoming or wheretheheckamI, Rhode Island. Maybe Mr. Obama is considering whether he is ready to take on the Clinton monster. I mean he waited to announce his exploratory bid when Mrs. Clinton was out of the country in Iraq, some guts. Although he was able to shut Mrs. Clinton up as she postponed her speech so as to not be overshadowed by the media darling's announcement. I keep wondering what everyone seems to see in Obama. The media certainly has come down with a bad case of Obama fever as has the All-Powerful Oprah. This is a man with practically no experience who now believes he can lead the world's most powerful nation and in a post 9-11 world at that. Apparently Senator Obama's inexperience is not enough to shake loose Chris Matthews from the Obama train. He recently expressed that he thought the lack of experience might be good for Obama since he has not become corrupted by years in the Senate. What a wonderful image Chris Matthews paints of congress where you go in one way and come out a warped shell of your former self. Maybe I can't see the potential greatness because I am looking at things through conservative frames. But I cannot help it because they are prescription.