Obama's meteoric rise was based not on issues -- there was not a dime's worth of difference between him and Hillary on issues -- but on narrative, on eloquence, on charisma.
Charles, I'm chuckling. You forgot that the many issue Barack Obama gained notice for was his opposition to the war in Iraq. If you need a reminder, here's a 2002 interview on the war on Iraq:
In fact, Obama, who was then in the Illinois Legislature, showed a great grasp of the issues surrounding the Iraq War at that time.
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