Can someone explain to me why they want Obama as President? Honestly, I can't figure it out. When I hear him speak, I hear a lot of "change" rhetoric, but I believe you hear that from someone every time there is an election. Someone wants to change the "status quo of the broken government in Washington." It's always "broken" and someone will always "fix it". But, why *really* vote for Obama?

My main issue with him is that I don't think he's ready to be President in the current state of the world (in 2000, maybe.. but not 2008). Here is a quick list of 10 very large, very important, issues the next President will need to be able to juggle on day 1 (no particular order, and the list is not complete).

1. Iraq
2. Iran
3. N. Korea
4. Strained relations with Russia
5. Oil prices
6. Global terrorism
7. Healthcare
8. Recession, maybe recession? At least, the falling dollar.
9. Border control
10. Illegal immigration.

But, the list can certainly go on...

11. Israel/Palestine (different than usual as Hamas has some control)
12. Lebenon
13. "Global warming"
14. The housing "crisis"
15. Hugo Chavez

And, of course, it could go on...

16. Possible death of Castro
17. China getting even stronger
18. India/Pakistan
19. Afghanistan
20. Deficit

It could go on, but those are some of the major issues of right now. On day 1, the next President needs to get to work on almost all of them (16, 17 and 18, maybe not day 1). How do people really believe Obama will be able to handle these issues? Is his draw really the fact that he wants to pull us out of Iraq? If so, what's his plan for the impending intensified war between the Sunni, Shia and Kurds when that happens? The unfettered Iranian and Syrian influence that will happen?

I'm sorry, but I really don't see that he's ready for the job. Not withstanding the fact I may not agree with his politics, even if I did, I don't know that he can really do it.

I did read his website. Not all the issues, but some of them. Most I don't see an actual plan laid out. A lot of "Obama will fix XYZ", but nothing detailed as to how. What I did see that I didn't like was this, in his "plan" for Iraq:

Obama will immediately begin to remove our troops from Iraq. He will remove one to two combat brigades each month, and have all of our combat brigades out of Iraq within 16 months.

That right there shows a pretty naive view of the Iraq situation. What if things deteriorate while this "plan" is in action? Will he still remove the troops, or keep them there? What happens if some are right, and as soon as we're gone (or enough gone) what's left of us is slaughtered because the opposition knew in advance when to plan for it? I simply don't like this "plan", and don't see any indication that Obama knows he may have to keep this plan adaptable to the real-world situation on the ground.

The 'Press Iraq’s Leaders to Reconcile' section also seems a bit naive. These people have hated eachother for ages. All many of them know is hatred of eachother. It's not just a regional thing, it's a deep rooted religious difference. This isn't the US, where a Christian and Jew can agree to share something, this is where nobody wants to give an inch, because it would show "weakness", even if it were the right thing to do. It's a culture we don't understand logically, and it's a mindset so engrained that "pressing" anyone doesn't seem like a working strategy. Not to mention it seems like these people don't like being "pressed" by the West. They don't want us meddling, and I think that's somewhat clear. We should support things, and the pressing should be done by countries like Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Turkey.

So, Obama supporters, 'splain it to me. What do you see in him beyond being a good orator and saying "change" many times? How do you feel that in today's world he is really the best person to handle all these major issues in tandem? Assuming you vote for a party and not a person, why do you think he could do it better than Clinton?