Barack Obama and the Difference Between Power and Possibilities

I'm supporting Barack Obama because he talks about possibilities instead of power. Hillary Clinton still talks about ultimate power and how much progress she can make once residing over a Democrat majority government willing to work with no one who opposes them and only those few Republicans who will be cooperative . I agree with her to some degree that Democrats with ultimate power can help people more then Republicans with ultimate power but what irks me is that she is still operating in this realm of wanting power as if her obtaining it is the solution for this county and for the world. As long as power is the focus of leaders and politicians there can be no real progress or transformation for humanity. What she is essentially saying is that she's gonna treat the Republicans the same way that the Republicans treated us. Great!!! There goes the never ending cycle of eye for an eye till we either destroy ourselves or the entire planet while people continue to suffer and struggle.

F@#$ that! We need something new, a new way of operating in order to start to heal, rebuild and recommit to the the country and to the world. Barack Obama talks about this new way of operating. He said in the last debates that he wants to surround himself with smart people who can tell him yes OR no to his face. He said that he doesn't want to be in a Washington surrounded by "yes" people because he understands that he is not going to be right on every issue and understands the importance of communicating and listening to other people. None of us are on this planet alone. None of us are bestowed with the gifts of ultimate and undeniable knowledge of everything. We need each other in order to make this whole thing work. Barack Obama understands this. For me, an example of his intelligence is his pledge, when president, to bring all the leaders of the world, including those who are considered our enemies, together in order to listen, not talk, but to listen to what they have to say in order to bring true awareness and communication to the international conversation. That sounds a little more like a true human being to me, one who's living up to the greater potentials of humankind, one who's not interested in power or position but is interested in the possibilities that can be created by working, talking and listening to other people. Obama strikes me as a man who understands the complexities and contradictions of the human condition, and from a place of true compassion, knows that a great conversation must be had by not only a select few, but by all.