Green Options » rahm emmanuel http://greenoptions.com/tag/rahm-emmanuel Posts tagged 'rahm emmanuel' Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Convention Conversation: Is Obama “Presidential” Enough? http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/28/convention-conservation-is-obama-presidential-enough/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/28/convention-conservation-is-obama-presidential-enough/#comments Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:02:04 +0000 Timothy B. Hurst http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/08/28/convention-conservation-is-obama-presidential-enough/

Wednesday morning I attended a rooftop “Convention Conversation” at the Denver Athletic Club sponsored by The Denver Post, Politico, and Yahoo!  The event featured former Senator Tom Daschle, presidential historian Michael Beschloss, and Representative Rahm Emmanuel. And though I thought I was late when I rolled in at 8:26, the busy Rahm Emmanual arrived fashionably late at just around 9 for the 8 AM event. Fortunately, the breakfast-time meeting didn’t kick off until about 8:45, after this under-rested, hungry blogger was able to capitalize on some free coffee, fruit and bagels.

The topic on the docket was whether or not Barack Obama had “the right stuff” to be the President of the United States. Panelists discussed the personal qualities that have distinguished the nation’s greatest presidents and whether or not Obama possesses them.

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