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\u00c2\u00a0I was planning on voting for Hillary in the California primary. They don’t come any more intelligent, and she and Bill have not only the experience, but the desire. They’re wonks. They live to govern. But then I saw Frank Luntz on "Bill Maher", and this Fox News pollster said the Republicans didn’t know how to run against Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

I was wondering whether I’d become a Clinton myself, triangulating, second-guessing the public. Sure, Hillary was a woman, but Barack was black. And racism runs deep. I know, because I’m Jewish. Everything my father said about anti-semitism turned out to be true. When the curtain closes, would America really vote for a black man?<\/p>\n

But now I was wondering… Had the country truly changed?<\/p>\n

Sleeping on it, I woke up and I realized I had no problem with Obama, but I hated so many of his supporters. The Hollywood celebrities, making videos, dunning me. Who do they think they are? It’s one man, one vote. And America is sick and tired of the famous telling them what to do. And so am I.<\/p>\n

But then I read Frank Rich’s column in the Sunday "New York Times". And it cemented the deal, I was going with Obama. He boiled it down to a question of hope. Sure, Obama was about poetry, but could I believe? If Hillary was President, there’d be trench warfare in Washington, D.C. But, if Obama was elected, there was a chance this country would be swept up in optimism, change could be effected, the Camelot of JFK could return. <\/p>\n

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Ask Not What J.F.K. Can Do for Obama<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Still, I believe John McCain is a formidable candidate. That it’s not a slam dunk for the Democrats. So even though I was about to leave Felice’s house, when Steve Kroft announced he was going to interview Barack Obama on "60 Minutes", I decided to hang out, see what the candidate had to say.<\/p>\n

And although poised, Obama was so young, and so thin! Could this guy really be an effective President? Steve Kroft asked him about his experience.<\/p>\n

Barack Obama responded that there are many old, established companies in America, but only one Google, young, rich and successful. And that sealed the deal. I’m an Obama man. I’ll vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination, I’ll be unhappy if David Geffen gets the last laugh, but I want someone who lives in the now, who knows what’s happening today, not someone lost in the past.<\/p>\n

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