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preference to what they perceived was missing. The trouble with that approach is that the more the critics pointed out his 'faults' and inadequacies, the more the people saw what THEY wanted to see and ensured his momentum. You see, they had the crystal ball: their intuition and foresight, which was working well. They could clearly see the results of the 'experienced' politicians around them; the parlous state of America at this moment in time, both in dollar level and world reputation, and its increasing vulnerability to terrorism, thanks to the 'experienced' ones in power. Anything, it seems, was better than what they had before.

Third, these pundits, armed with all their knowledge and expertise, depended on logic to give them the answers: the logic of past results, the logic of experience and qualifications, the logic of saying the right things about the economy, health and education, for example. But logic wasn't working this time round. In fact, logic was so untrendy now, so pass. Barack Obama and his progress was defying all kinds of logic and the experts couldn't explain it. Especially when they expected him to be flawless to deserve that presidential mantle and he wasn't. He was just an ordinary man who was running rings around their logic, statistics and undeniable 'facts'. The longer he stays in the race, the more he is proving them wrong.

It seems that the only other thing which truly matters in this election is public intuition, something the pundits missed entirely, or initially smirked at. Every now and then, like Elvis Presley, Martin Luther King, Princess Diana, and now Barack Obama, the public selects someone intuitively and subconsciously that they want to honour and worship. Someone they wish to focus all their aspirations, dreams, love and affection on as hope for better things - that Chosen One. For whatever reason, their choice is difficult to fathom, other than the favoured person being in the right place at the right time, though that special person also has to have something essential which draws people to them and galvanise that hero worship. With Presley it was his singing talent and looks; with King it was leadership and empathy, with Diana it was her beauty, no doubt. But with Barack Obama it is his simplicity, vision and leadership attributes. His genuine desire for change.

He might prove to be the worst president in history, or probably the best, but right now, our instincts say 'Go' and that is really what matters: the power of collective consciousness to bring dreams to reality and go against the 'facts'. America is ready for real guidance and empowerment now and, with one powerful statement, 'Yes we Can', Barack Obama is both empowering the country behind him and providing the vehicle for that exciting journey to the White House.

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