Unlike McCain and Bush, he is a very intelligent person. His education, his policies and ideas… the ability to construct a sentence in English.
A battle of Oil Brains is exactly what America should avoid. You need an intelligent person to make the right choice in what to do; if you have a President who has been part of an Oil Company he has a vested interest in them. America needs a President who is not affiliated with any Oil Companies so he can move America completely from Oil to sustainable/renewable fuels.
100 YEARS?!
Actually you are very wrong, according to the most senior authority here in Europe and the New Scientist, at current consumption (which is still rising) we have 40 years left. Take into account China’s increasing consumption, and we have about 25-30 years.
The technology is already there, it just needs a strong character to make the decision to switch, and although the economy will be hit short term, its better than having to rebuild a New York that’s been flooded because all the ice in world has melted.

With an over stretched Armed forces, and Americas ’’Superpower’ status at threat from Europe and China, not spending Trillions of dollars on war and spending it on Americans so they can have free health care, further benefits, and soldiers not dying for an unnecessary reason, America would be richer and better, without a President who fights his campaign on his ‘tragedies’ in previous wars.

As the first Black President of the USA, it would send a message to the world how the majority of America is over racism. It would also be one of few Presidents to fight from grass roots and have his campaign run on the funds of the people rather than the Large Corporations.
The people of Afghanistan are so boggled by the fact that there is a black man with a real chance at being the next US president. Why is this important? Because it utterly destroys the stereotype they have of America being run by rich white racist men. Like it or not, the US world image is extremely important to USA security. If the USA appears to be racist it’s because bombs and bullets have been the USA’s #1 export to places inhabited by people of colour. Anything that the USA can do to reverse this thinking only tapers negative stereotypes and the hatred it spawns against the US.

Let’s say you’re buying a new car. We all know how big of a decision buying a car is. Now imagine you’re on the lot trying to make your decision and you are approached with a sales person who has the exact personality of George W. Bush. He fumbles for words, knows little about the car trying to sell, he’s smug, cocky, thinks himself to be so damn funny and seems to be all too eager to get that commission. Now imagine someone like Hillary, an icy but seemingly friendly individual, yet you can’t help get that nagging feeling that her smile is pretty disingenuous and all she wants is be sales person of the year; an opportunist. Now imagine someone like Obama is helping you decide on a car. You know he’s a sales person and makes a living selling cars to people like you, but wouldn’t you be more appreciative of someone that is at least convincingly empathic to your needs and is genuinely charismatic instead of thinking that they were? Now imagine him in a foreign affairs scenario where he has to come to a diplomatic solution where the security needs of people are the main concern. Think about how the next president’s personality will affect their ability to work with leaders from all over the world. Never, ever underestimate the power of charisma.

Barack Obama has personal experience with poverty and the growing income gap, having grown up abroad in Indonesia and working as a community organizer in the south side of Chicago.
He also taught Constitutional Law at the University of Chicago, so he knows how our government is supposed to work.

After graduating Harvard Law, Magna Cum Laude and president of the Harvard Law Review, Obama could have become a wealthy corporate or trial lawyer but returned to Chicago to practice civil rights law.
Although each dollar benefits him in the long run, what would you rather have? A President funded by the people – who can’t actual spend the money on anything but his campaign – or a President funded by Corporations which he has then got to return their interests by paying them back in some way. Campaign reform yes, revolution no. But what would be the ‘revolution’ of how to fight a campaign be? To do that you have to be in office.
A slight exaggeration I feel, $25k per person?! So what, he has more money than the other candidate – lets hope that ensures he wins. The fact that he’s raised more money than any other President in history just proves that he is popular with those people who have money to give, and that how determined some of the American public are to seeing Obama win. Instead of the determination of the companies, it is the people that are willing to give him the money to succeed the Presidency.
Perhaps McCain has set limits because he cannot raise any more money from those that have given money already.

He has the most experience as an elected official and legislator with over 10 years in state and federal public service. He is the only top Democratic candidate who understands both state and federal government as an elected legislator.
"Obama worked as a community organizer and practiced as a civil rights attorney before serving in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004"
Seems to me he’s got a few years experience of public office – that’s federal service.
Perhaps he has not held Federal Office, but that’s not the same as a federal service.
The failures/success of his housing schemes in Chicago does not mean it was Obama’s fault, he proposed the idea and set it in motion, it was the contractor who failed to supply adequate housing, not Obama.

He has received an A+ score from the Genocide Intervention Network for being a "champion" and taking crucial action to end the genocide in Darfur, co-sponsoring and voting for all significant Darfur legislation.
Actually it was Bush who started the Genocide of the Kurds in Northern Iraq. The ILLEGAL [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraqi_no-fly_zones] no-fly zones across northern Iraq were implemented by Clinton, but in 2003, the year of invasion, Bush ordered ‘Kurdish rebels’ to be bombed. This, along with the Turkish bombing, killed 30,000 people and displaced 3 million.
Bush has murdered 1.2 million Iraqis [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORB_survey_of_casualties_of_the_Iraq_War] in 5 years.
Saddam Hussein was a very nice man in comparison; he only murdered 550,000 people in his 8000 odd days of power.
I have friends in Iraq who have come to Britain now, and some of their friends and their families weren’t killed by militants but by US forces. These incidents only fuel Anti-US anger.
Therefore, no, Bush is not a humanitarian.

Barack Obama is committed to universal health care by the end of his first term.
It will never be perfect, but to have free health care for all is not only noble, but a good idea. Here in Britain we have free health care for all; if I nearly lose a leg, I get a £15000 operation for free. I don’t have to worry about any premium on the insurance to pay off, and the system has nearly been perfected now. There are some problems but nothing major.

He has sponsored, co-sponsored and advocated for significant and realistic legislation to end global warming by capturing and safely disposing carbon dioxide, raising vehicle fuel economy standards and replacing petroleum with home-grown biofuels like cellulosic ethanol

Obama has worked to promote civil rights and fairness in the criminal justice system throughout his career. As a community organizer, Obama helped 150,000 African Americans register to vote. As a civil rights lawyer, Obama litigated employment discrimination, housing discrimination, and voting rights cases. As a State Senator, Obama passed one of the country’s first racial profiling laws and helped reform a broken death penalty system. And in the U.S. Senate, Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.

First, provide Americans with disabilities with the educational opportunities they need to succeed.
Second, end discrimination and promote equal opportunity.
Third, increase the employment rate of workers with disabilities.
And fourth, support independent, community-based living for Americans with disabilities.

Obama has been a leader on educational issues throughout his career. In the Illinois State Senate, Obama was a leader on early childhood education, helping create the state’s Early Learning Council. In the U.S. Senate, Obama has been a leader in working to make college more affordable. His very first bill sought to increase the maximum Pell Grant award to $5,100. As a member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee, Obama helped pass legislation to achieve that goal in the recent improvements to the Higher Education Act. Obama has also introduced legislation to create Teacher Residency Programs and to increase federal support for summer learning opportunities.

Crack Down on Employers: Obama championed a proposal to create a system so employers can verify that their employees are legally eligible to work in the U.S.
Fix the Bureaucracy: Obama joined Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) to introduce the Citizenship Promotion Act to ensure that immigration application fees are both reasonable and fair. Obama also introduced legislation that passed the Senate to improve the speed and accuracy of FBI background checks.
Respect Families: Obama introduced amendments to put greater emphasis on keeping immigrant families together.

Barack Obama opposed the war in Iraq from the beginning. In 2002, as the conventional thinking in Washington lined up for war, Obama had the judgment and courage to speak out against the war. He said the war would lead to “an occupation of undetermined length, with undetermined costs and undetermined consequences.” In January 2007, Obama introduced legislation to responsibly end the war in Iraq, with a phased withdrawal of troops engaged in combat operations.