Pros and Cons of the leading Democratic Presidential Candidates Part 2 - 11.29.2007.2

Continued from Pros and Cons of the leading Democratic Presidential Candidates Part 1...

These are a few Pros and Cons of the various candidates that will be appearing on at the Heartland Presidential Forum that will be webcast live by TV One on Saturday.

Senator Barack Obama

Pros


• Lawyer
  
• Current 1st term Senator
  
• Healthcare advocate
  
• First African American candidate with a chance
  
• Liberal in most policies
  
• Oprah Winfrey is major supporter
  
• Not Hillary Clinton
  
• Gained multiple former long-time Clinton supporters
  
• Consistently against Iraq war
  
• Charismatic, compassionate
  
• Pro-abortion
  
• Strong individual citizen support (internet donations)
• 
  
  Cons
  
  
• Lawyer
  
• Relative short public office experience
  
• Black
  
• Has interracial parents
  
• Lived in an Islamic nation (as a youth)
  
• Allegedly a smoker
  
• No military service
  
• Non-traditional name
  
• Pro-Illegal Immigration
  
• Anti-school vouchers
  
• Pro-immediate withdrawal from Iraq
  
• Pro-abortion
  

Continued in Part 3...