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Originally Posted by milktoaste

From Wikipedia:
I had never heard of this man untill he ran against Hillary for the Democratic Nomination, and neither had most of us. In my own personal opinion, he won because he was the most attractive option in the election. Democrats had an easy job defeating the GOP after Bush screwed everything up. We didn't need to know anything about Obama, we didn't care that he went to a rascist, seperatist church, or that he had gone largely ignored by the Democratic party up untill that point. .

In some Clintons supporters' mind, it was Hillary not Obama that was the most attractive option in the lesson---remember how nasty the primaries were in the spring, when she was hammering the Obama campaign with the experience and credibility debate.

And not everyone knew much of nothing about Obama. Perhaps those that have a disinterest in politics--but I along with several other friends of mind, predicted Obama would be president 5 years ago when he made the keynote speech and the 2004 Democratic National Convention. This was the beginning of his rise--from there on it wasn't so much he was ignored by the party--just needing to raise and establish himself and credibility as some members of congress already had. He served on the Foreign Relations Committee while in Senate, and practiced as a civil rights attorney--so he made a mark early on to some, maybe not a universal one--because it was yet to come.