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Article: Obama vs. McCain as change agents.(EDITORIAL)(Barack Obama, John McCain)
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- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- September 8, 2008
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Byline: the Monitor's Editorial Board
After two weeks of back-to-back political conventions, the country knows this much: Change trumped experience as the mantra of both campaigns. Experience marched up the hill as a theme, but didn't capture the flag. And yet, as professed standard-bearers of change, the candidates still lack a certain amount of credibility.
Let's start with Democrat Barack Obama. While his election would mark a historic change as the first black American in the White House, his 2008 convention speech didn't measure up, especially against his 2004 debut as that convention's keynote speaker.
Four years ago, the fresh face from ...