Besides, Obama has 10 years of political experience (Hillary and John Edwards had six). He has been a state senator and US senator. Keep in mind his degree from Columbia is Political Science with emphasis on international relations. While a US Senator he served on three of the four foreign relations committees and served on several subcommittees involving specific countries.
What Obama recently said during his acceptance speech pretty much sums it all up - "We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country," He mentioned similar statements about gay marriage and gun control.
Although I may not agree on all of Obama's views, I think the most important thing for our country is to earn our respect back. We can only do that with an intelligent, well spoken president. McCain won't ramble quite like Bush but he doesn't even know what countries border Iraq or how many houses he owns.
It take a congress to pass new laws, we can vote Obama in and pressure congress for the things we don't want Obama to change.
