Run, Obama, Run

Reasons to run.

1. This is not about you. This is about the country. This is about the world. This is the call of a new generation. Step up.
2. This is about your children, and the children of the world. You want them to have a great future. And so you run.
   
3. This is a new century. Old fights need to be laid to rest. There is a need for a certain freshness. There is need for fresh air.
   
4. The economy has to be reimagined.
   
5. Restore intelligence to the White House. End the dumb war in Iraq. Forge lasting peace. Spread democracy the progressive way. Nudge the Middle East towards a final map.
   
6. Export hope to Africa. The dictators need tough love. They need ouster slips.
   
7. It is a fairly good career move for a politician. The perks are fine. They play music when you enter a room, things like that.
   

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