My most popular post so far has been Barack Obama Endorsements [January 4-14], which I posted two weeks ago. [For a current list, see Running List of Obama Endorsements.] Since that time, there have been several high profile endorsements. Most moving of all was the stunning endorsement from Caroline Kennedy, daughter of JFK, delivered through a New York Times Op Ed piece entitled A President Like My Father. She ends,
"I have never had a president who inspired me the way people tell me that my father inspired them. But for the first time, I believe I have found the man who could be that president - not just for me, but for a new generation of Americans."
[John F. Kennedy speech at Rice University on 12 September 1962, a year after the space program was ramped up, and less than seven years before the moon landing.]
Of course, Obama does not have plans to take us to the Moon, and as I said, space is best explored by robots for now. But I believe that Barack Obama can inspire us and lead us to tackle the problems of our time.
Here is a list of the individuals above:
- Senator Edward Kennedy (of Massachusetts, brother of JFK)
- Caroline Kennedy (daughter of JFK)
- Senator Patrick Leahy (of Vermont)
- Former Senator Jean Carnahan (of Missouri)
- Congressman Rick Boucher (of Virginia)
Here are some recent newspaper endorsements of Obama:
- San Francisco Chronicle
- San Jose Mercury News
- Modesto Bee
- Santa Barbara Independent
- New York Observer
- St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Arizona Republic
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Chicago Tribune
- Seattle Times
- Rocky Mountain News
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