Reply #42: He understands the world in a way the other candidates can't [View All]

"the embrace of fundamentalism and tribe, dooms us all."
That's what he gets. That's why he can be so unbelievably transformational for our country.
That's where he is different from the other two candidates.

Obama may quietly be in favor of single payer, but he knows that stark warlike partisanship does not get a healthcare plan near what Dennis Kuccinich wants passed.
He knows that talking about how different people who are poor are from everyone else is not going to lift us up.

He knows these things because of his personal experience as a minority.
He also knows that only a minority of the country feels rage against the administration.
He knows how to negotiate and bring people together because he had to fit in despite not being a part of the group.
It's easy to speak to the choir with talking points downloaded from the internet.
It's more difficult to appeal to the country with a platform that addresses universal problems and cares.