The American Face of Change

One luxury of unemployment is the attention one can divert from actual work to that of television. I have tried my best to not refute my intellect by divulging my viewership toward the likes of Judge Judy and Maury Povich. Instead, I have focused on CNN and MSNBC coverage of the New Hampshire primaries, specifically the momentum that has propelled the Senator Barack Obama campaign into viable contention to win the Democratic nomination.

I consider myself fortunate to have seen Senator Obama speak publicly while he was in Richmond supporting the Jim Webb senatorial campaign. It is quite easy to notice the affable character, warm demeanor and moving oratorical abilities that the Senator possesses. It is precisely these characteristics that have helped trump the “inevitability” of the Senator Hilary Clinton nomination.

It is difficult for Clinton to regress, even slow, such momentum because of what Obama has become. His campaign has evolved into a movement of an idea, and ideas are slow dying. Obama recognizes this, altering the use of the pronoun I with that of we in recent public speeches.

Many Americans are weary and disenfranchised with current political ideology and implementation. Obama represents the desire to correct such political aversion. He has effectively appealed to Democrats as well as Independents (and some Republicans as well). As long as he does not commit any unforeseeable grievances in the eyes of prospective caucus goers, it appears that Obama stands to win the Democratic nomination.

Change does seem to be palpable.