An Open Letter To Obama

Dear Senator,
When you gave that fiery speech at the 2004 Democratic Convention I was one of the many Americans who felt an immediate draw to you. You spoke with integrity, command, and with a certain type of charisma that I’d classify as presidential. Two years later when you announced your intentions to run for the Oval Office I was little disappointed. Why the rush I thought, better to get more experience before taking a run but then again I was excited to see where your candidacy would lead. Now it’s a year before the election and your campaign is in such disarray it makes John Kerry’s campaign look good. In the last few weeks you and your campaign have fallen victim to believing the media hype. Just because Hilary has a large lead in the polls now, doesn’t mean the race is over. The media should not dictate your campaign yet you’ve let it do just that. First you let your handlers leak reports to the press that you were going to take the gloves off and really go at Senator Clinton in the latest round of debates. Well either your handlers did this without you knowing, which would speak badly to the command of your campaign, or you changed your mind at the last second. Either way, the fact that you’ve gone along with business as usual at the debates makes you look weak and conciliatory after the promise of a more aggressive version of you. Just to be clear I’m not advocating a more aggressive attack on Hilary but if you’re going to say “attack” then damn the torpedoes and attack. Meanwhile the stench of desperation in your candidacy reached an all time high this week as your whored yourself out on national TV. The first misstep came as you got jiggy with it on Ellen. Senator, please tell me you at least questioned this idea before giving in. You’ve already got a strong base with both women and the GLBT community so why pander to an audience you already have. All this did was make you look like an attention starved pet who wants some cuddling from people he knows will give it to him. Then you made the big misstep of coming on Saturday Night Live. Again, you’ve got a strong presence in the youth camp so to waste your time on SNL is really inexcusable. Furthermore, other candidates and the media will use these clips to make you look like a joke to those undecided folks out there who question your experience and your presidential presence. It seems like you’re giving up to me and while I’m not even sure if I’d vote for you if the primary was today, I do know that a serious run by you in this election would be good for the Democratic party and be good for the country. Get your act together O!