JLB
December 13th, 2006, 11:59:16 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6173373.stm
One could be excused for thinking that a 45-year-old African-American with barely two years' experience in the US Senate and a name that evokes America's two most hated enemies wouldn't have an ice cream's chance in hell of winning the presidency.
Mr Obama's trip to New Hampshire has put the spotlight on him
But Barack Hussein Obama has proven once again that in American politics, truth is a lot stranger than fiction.
I went to the see the senator's maiden voyage to New Hampshire over the weekend, my overnight bag packed with caveats and my pen dipped in Beltway cynicism.
I came away thinking that Hillary Clinton has a huge problem on her hands.
One could be excused for thinking that a 45-year-old African-American with barely two years' experience in the US Senate and a name that evokes America's two most hated enemies wouldn't have an ice cream's chance in hell of winning the presidency.
Mr Obama's trip to New Hampshire has put the spotlight on him
But Barack Hussein Obama has proven once again that in American politics, truth is a lot stranger than fiction.
I went to the see the senator's maiden voyage to New Hampshire over the weekend, my overnight bag packed with caveats and my pen dipped in Beltway cynicism.
I came away thinking that Hillary Clinton has a huge problem on her hands.