His optimism is part of the American dream...

Movement is fresh. Change is coming to America. Barack Obama is evidently the man to beat after winning eight successive primaries and caucuses since Super Tuesday. The Republican's best bet, McCain, accepted it this week by criticizing Obama directly for the first time. And what does Obama do amidst all this negative criticisms against him? Obama is now addressing what is turning out to be a central issue in the election, the economy. He is reaching out to all people. What does this tell us about him? It only shows that he is tough. His optimism is part of the American Dream. We know his record -- the courage he showed when he voted against the war in Iraq in 2002 when so many others were silent or simply went along with the "mob mentality" in Congress. From the beginning, he opposed the war in Iraq... please don't let anybody forget that truth. He is for diplomacy.