Remember how Obama defended Kucinich on Letterman?

[BeyondGeography]

This is aimed particularly at those who would love to make Obama part of a Devil's Triangle on Debategate:

Letterman: “No, but now, all of a sudden, we have a tremendous roster of potential candidates.”

Obama: “Great candidates.”

Letterman: “Yes, a high profile of powerful, well-respected individuals. Yourself and Hilary Clinton are two that come to mind. Is having those well known, those highly qualified desirable candidates running for the nomination, is that healthy for the party?”

Obama: “I think it is good. We’ve got terrific candidates, not just myself and Hillary. You’ve got John Edwards, who’s run a terrific campaign so far; Bill Richardson, a terrific governor; I’ve got a couple of colleagues, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich from Congress, and so we’ve got a great collection of candidates.”

Letterman: (laughs) “Now, you’re kidding about Kucinich, right?” (audience laughs)

Obama:: “ No, no, you know, he, uh, he spices things up, you know. He has that devil-may-care-attitude that I think is healthy for a presidential race.”

http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2007/04/excerpts_obama_on_letterman.html

[aquart]

1. Comparing a public conversation to a private one? Cute.

Really. Cute.

[BeyondGeography]

2. What private one?

:eyes:

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

3. "devil-may-care-attitude"...

Translation: He (Kucinich) sticks to the TRUTH and is NOT for sale.

Not trying to start an argument, I happen to like Obama.

[BeyondGeography]

4. I choose to focus on the "healthy" part

Without Kucinich and Sharpton in the 2004 campaign, the debates would have suffered. There's plenty of time for the canned responses that mainstream candidates (Obama included) have to offer, should they make it to the GE. The primary season should have more of an edge to it. That's what he's getting at, IMO.

[Mr_Jefferson_24]

5. You're probably right...

...My "translation" interpretation is more an expression of my opinion of Kucinich.