Can We?

I fully expect to be lambasted by this entry, but I would like to ask everyone this question: Are the ideas of hope and change audacious enough? Of course this question is in regards to the Obama campaign and two of his overriding themes. Please keep in mind that I am in Obama's corner, but I feel that I have the civic responsibility to ask these questions.

While Obama is an overpowering orator, I cannot get past the ambiguity of what hope and change mean. Yes, I agree that we need a change at the top, but is blind support of Obama any better than the blind supporters of President Bush? I am in no way insinuating that Obama will be another version of Bush, but I think that questioning a candidates platform is very important. Once again, I support Obama, and consider him to be a better option than Clinton, albeit an option with less certainty of what will be brought to the table. The Blueprint that he proposes is inspiring and fresh and I can only hope that this game plan will truly convince the people that he will need in his corner to make the ideas work.

Now I try to keep myself abreast of the campaign race as much as I can, but I would by no means consider myself to be an expert on all of the issues. I like the idea of what change can bring, but is there enough substance to back his rhetoric?