Gary Hart: Obama and the Courage of our Convictions (Essentially an endorsement)

A year or so ago I wrote a book entitled The Courage of Our Convictions. It urged Democratic leaders to restate the principles that guided the party successfully through the age of Roosevelt (1932-1968): commitment to national community, security alliances, citizen obligation, and equality and justice. Only when our principles are clear can voters know who we are and identify with us and can we develop persuasive and effective policies,and programs. Principles, policies, programs.

The Iowa caucus results seem to support this ideal. Senator Obama is a man of principle. He is committed to restoring a sense of national community to America. He believes in restoring our security alliances through active diplomacy and engaging those who disagree with us in constructive dialogue. He restates the requirement that we all give something back to America, to become engaged in the public arena, in the national interest. And, most important, he is the walking embodiment of equality and justice.

Already the Obama candidacy has sent a powerful message around a watching world: The torch has been passed to a new generation of American leaders, and we don't care what color it is.

As one who has struggled throughout a lifetime for restoration of idealism to American politics, I can only smile, and perhaps shed a tear of happiness, that our time may have come.

This is a new day in America. Let's call it hope.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-hart/obama-and-the-courage-of-_b_79776.html

how many great Democrats suddenly loose their greatness when they support another candidate(tho to be fair, there is a number of Obama supporters who also talk down on great Dems once they support one of the others)

Personally i fail to see why supporters of any candidate would loose respect or want to attack another Democrat just because of who they decided to support(tho that can be blamed on me being an outsider )

Mondale destroyed him in a debate: "Where's the beef?"

He was the same kind of all generalities, no specifics jagoff then that Obama is now. Fuck'm both.

maybe a lot of those folks will follow his lead and endorse Obama as the "unity" candidate.