David Brooks today has an excellent essay today that defines the essence of the difference between Obama's campaign and Hillary Clinton's.

Here's an excerpt. "Obama sketched out a different theory of social change than the one Clinton had implied earlier in the evening. Instead of relying on a president who fights for those who feel invisible, Obama, in the climactic passage of his speech, described how change bubbles from the bottom-up: “And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world!”

I hope you're able to read the full article. The NY Times has a subscription requirement for reading certain of its columnists. That's why, for example, I don't quote anything out of the Wall Street Journal. I have an on-line subscription and enjoy it. If you can afford it, I recommend you subscribe as well. But I simply do not want to take the time and trouble to try to post something here that my readers may not be able to read.

Here's a link to the full article.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/04/opinion/04brooks.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin