Why is Barack Obama so popular?

I'll tell you why.

In his e-mail today marking World AIDS Day, he talks about the challenges we face with the pandemic. And this is how he frames it:

"We can turn away from these Americans, and blame their problems on themselves, and embrace a politics that's punitive and petty, divisive and small.

"Or we can embrace another tradition of politics - a tradition that has stretched from the days of our founding to the glory of the civil rights movement, a tradition based on the simple idea that we have a stake in one another - and that what binds us together is greater than what drives us apart, and that if enough people believe in the truth of that proposition and act on it, then we might not solve every problem, but we can get something meaningful done for the people with whom we share this Earth."

This man is inspiring. He knows the importance of leadership. He actually ansers questions instead of dancing around talking points. He's becoming a symbol for the "Common Good," and America needs that right now. The world needs it.

I don't care if he's just a "Freshman Senator."  I'm ready for him to be President. Today.