you rock, barack!

(hope you will soon rule, too...)

“I learned that if you’re willing to listen to people, it’s possible to bridge a lot of the differences that dominate the national political debate,” Mr. Obama said in an interview on Friday. “I pretty quickly got to form relationships with Republicans, with individuals from rural parts of the state, and we had a lot in common.”

from New York Times article, "In Illinois, Obama Proved Pragmatic and Shrewd"
by Janny Scott, published July 30, 2007