I certainly agree with Catherine that most of the Democratic candidates are making similar promises.  I keep hearing this argument though that Hillary will better be able to “follow through” on those promises – While I’m trying to be open-minded on the point, it seems a tough sell.  

For example, what is it going to take to “follow through” on healthcare – The Democrats are unlikely to have 60 seats in the Senate, and even if they do there will be plenty of moderate democrats who are unlikely to support the similar plans that Obama, Hillary, and Edwards have proposed.  So what will it take to follow through? It seems to me that you have to build support for these plans within the entire country, not just the Democratic party.  This is the point about Reagan.  Regardless of whether you agree with his ideas or not, he was a transformational leader because he was able to build a broad base of support for those ideas.  

I am supporting Obama – Not because he gives great speeches, but because I believe he has a better chance of building broad based support for the Democratic ideas proposed in the campaign and therefore a better chance of “following through” on these promises.  My question for those that believe Hillary will better be able to “follow through” is whether they disagree with the assessment that broad based support is important, or whether they just believe that Hillary will be better at acheiving that support?