Obama's Dilemma

Barrack Obama has been campaigning for nearly two years. When He first started, His charisma and tremendous oratory skills drew large crowds and the kind of buzz most candidates would kill to have. Today, His speeches are a bit more tiresome. We've heard all of this before . . not only from Him, but from others in His party as well. After nearly two years, Obama has been in the news so much that He can now be perceived (falsely, I may add) as an experienced old sage. Of course the only experience He has now that He didn't have two years ago is running for President. He didn't have foreign policy experience back then, and He still doesn't. He still has no economic experience, no military experience, no executive experience, no experience reforming anything. But because Obama has been so visible for so long, many people will perceive Him as having all that experience. Of course all of this works against the image of Obama being something new . . and people want something new. Enter Gov. Sarah Palin. Over the next couple months Gov. Palin will most likely wow the crowds in much the same way Obama did during His first few months. By election day she will still be seen as a fresh face . . an outsider out to change Washington. Obama's dilemma is that by then the general public may see Him as old news, and compared to Gov. Palin, He might just not measure up. Or at least that is my hope.