What has Obama actually done to make him so admired by Democrats (besides beat Alan Keyes by 60-points 
)?
I think it's amazing. The guy is a State Senator and gains nationwide attention and a great amount of admiration. I could never imagine my joke of a State Senator in Obama's position.
Let's be fair to Obama.
1. He is exceptionally articulate, overshadowing Clinton at the DNC.
2. He has an exceptionally powerful "rags-to-riches" personal story.
3. You might disagree with it, but he had a productive record as a State Senator.
4. He packaged himself as a moderate in his speech.
It's a good start, but let's see how well he does in the Senate.
I agree. Obama is a great speaker. He does have a great personal story. He's an impressive individual.
However, the way I see it, he will become one of the Senators I dislike the most. He will end up having a voting record that I highly disagree with. In my opinion, Illinois will have the worst Senatorial delegation.
Alan Keyes also is a great speaker with an amazing rags to riches story.
And, if you saw the deabtes, he ate Obama alive and spit out what was left to stomp on it.
Keyes creamed Obama in the debates, and that is why he didn't win 10 percent of the vote or something along that line.
