Obama

The Democratic nominee for President is giving one hell of a kick ass speech at the moment. I really hope this is the Obama we see for the rest of the campaign.

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I hope so too.

One of many reasons to hope so is that the VP candidate for the other major party is an overt creationist and climate change denialist.

And the presidential candidate for that party is 72 years old, with a history of melanoma and significant trauma. And has said he may serve only a single term.

That's a far cry from my only reason, but it's a good reason.