How did you first become an Obama supporter?

[Cracklin Charlie]

27. Portland

Like you, I was a Hillary supporter in the early stages of the 2008 campaign. I even voted for Hillary in Missouri's primary. One day I saw, on Democratic Underground, a photograph of the future President onstage at a rally in Portland (maybe April 08) that was attended by an estimated 75,000 people. He stood on that stage, seemingly completely at ease in front of all those people (75K is a big crowd) and I thought "This guy has nerves of steel". Right then I changed my vote to Obama and never wavered.

It just seemed to hit me at that very moment that this was a guy who was unafraid of whatever they could throw at him. I also had the feeling that he would not be too upset to have his name on schools, bridges, hospitals, highways, and buildings. To my mind, there is only one way for him to achieve that kind of tribute. Good presidents (Roosevelts, Lincoln, Washington) are the ones who receive that kind of acclaim.