Dreams from My Father

Throughout my years in Springfield I had clung to the notion that politics could be different,and that the voters wanted something different,that they were tired of distortion,name-calling,and soundbite solutions to complicated problems;that if I could reach those voters directly,frame the issues as I felt them,explain the choices in as truthful a fashion as I knew how,then the people's instincts for fair play and common sense would bring them around.If enough of us took that risk,I thought,not only the country's politics but the country's policies would change for the better. President Obama