Barak Obama's Campaign For Change

Echoes of "Yes we can!" filled the auditorium at Fort Worth Convention Center on Thursday, Feb. 28 as presidential hopeful Barak Obama was scheduled to take center stage. Obama, a democratic nominee for president in 2008, came to Fort Worth to speak about his campiaign for change, and gave a speech of hope for thousands of American dreamers.
The crowd consisted of people from all walks of life, and all ready for something new. Currently as the only African-American in the U.S. Senate, Obama decided to run for president in the 2008 election with only a few terms of experience as a senator under his belt against political giant Hilary Clinton, New York senator and former first lady who had spent eight years in the White house. She's married to a former president, Bill Clinton who many regrarded as a great president, especially democrats . Despite his love scandal and near impeachment as a president, many believe that Clinton was still able to bring the United States to financial prosperity.

However, now his wife is in the hot seat. Can she do the same? Or can she do even better? Only time will tell. But at around 8:15 pm, Barak Obama took the stage at the Convenstion Center in front of thousands delivering his plans for the country.

Though the odds seem to be against his favor: him being Black, him having the least experienced of all the other candidates both democratic and republican, and people afraid of him being assassinated or not really sure if he could really deliver what he is saying, people still listen to him. He literally feeds off of the American people as he mentioned in his speech on Thursday. At one point as the crowd began to resound "Yes we can! Yes we can," in unison once again, he lifted the microphone to let it echo so that the American people (perhaps those who would be watching the 10 o'clock news later that evening) could hear how people are behind him. I believe this is what makes him a strong candidate. It's not necessarily because of his credintials or because he's the most experienced and he's had large significant results in the past for what he's done (if so, the media isn't reporting much on these things).

It's his ability to inspire people and stand up for real change and things a bit out of the ordinary for typical American politics. The fact that he may be able to rally an entire country behind him may be the very thing that allows him to be an effective president. Not only that, but also his determination to keep going and spur on despite threats, odds, and what the media says. And that's change we can believe in.