Saket Vora

You might have inferred from a few of my earlier posts, or the new icon I have on the right side of this website. I am endorsing Barack Obama for President.

In the past, I have tried to keep politics off this blog. It isn’t something most people want to hear, and it does not serve the primary purpose I had in mind when I began this enterprise. However, it is a subject that I am interested in, and enjoy discussing with my friends.

Barack Obama has captured my interest like no politician has before.  I found myself this week at the Silicon Valley headquarters of the Barack Obama campaign, signing up for voter phonebanks, and becoming a part of the Stanford get-out-the-vote campaign. I have never done any of these things before.

Obama is a unique politician. No candidate has ever matched all my beliefs or priorities, but when I listen to him speak, consider his record, or think about his upbringing, I am convinced that among this year’s field of candidates, he is the best person for the job. Some candidates run on ‘expertise’ or a quarter-century worth of experience. You don’t make decisions by yourself when you are President. More than anything else, I want a president with good judgment. Judgment to select advisors, to think through policies, to plan a course of action. Obama inspires confidence in me at all these things.

I could give a laundry list of what I think about him or the other candidates. But I won’t do that here.  I just wanted to explain some of the recent changes you might have noticed around here.