My name is Sarah A. I live in Acton, Mass. I’m 34 yrs old (not sure how that happened). I have two little kids and I want them to live in a country that is respected by the whole world, not reviled by it. I also want them to see what leadership should look like: calm, cool, collected, articulate, and visionary. Steadfast. I want them to grow up knowing–not just because they’ve been told but because they can see it in action–that a real leader with heartfelt principles and a lifelong commitment to improving lives can be president even if his name is unusual in many American’s eyes, or the color of his skin is not the same as the last 42 presidents’. I think it’s important for a president to seem to rise above the fray, and I don’t mind if people are worshipful of Obama or a little too willing to project onto him their own versions of who he is; I think that just means he has done a good job of making people love and trust him, which is how we should feel about our president. He surrounds himself with smart, principled people and he will make the best decisions he can from a position of great strength. Plus, I really don’t want to have to move to Canada and I think that’s what I might have to do if Sarah Palin ever becomes president, or if the Supreme Court becomes any more conservative.

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