why i like barack obama

he picks good people. he's had the same campaign staff from the get go. mccain is on his third set of advisers. not to mention what's become painfully obvious--joe biden is much more qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency than sarah palin is. obama picked someone substantive.

given the intricacies of understanding what is going on in the financial sector, i want someone who's smart and finds good people to come up with good plans and solutions.

i also like how obama listens to others. i don't think we need a "maverick" president. we need someone with the temperament and skills to hire and seek counsel from smart people, listen to what they have to say, think his way through it, and make good decisions.

with the $700 billion bailout request for wall street from bush, i keep remembering a pickup i often saw parked on south congress for several years, earlier in the bush administration. it had painted on its tailgate the following:

bush & cheney = pigs at the trough

more to come...