Barack Obama Soaks Up More Indie Cred

“I certainly don’t remember an election like this,” he said. “I was motivated in 2004, but I was motivated from a place of disgust and fear. Whereas this time, I really feel motivated from a place of possibility. And all of those terms, Obama has sort of picked them out of the dictionary and put them out there — possibility and optimism and change. It’s so refreshing, even though it’s turned into a bandwagon for the other candidates to jump on. Like, what an awesome bandwagon for everyone to jump on!

“It’s been sad for me, but I’ve had a real problem being able to get behind Senator [Hillary] Clinton in any real way, particularly over the last couple months,” he continued. “Six months ago, I would’ve told you I would’ve been thrilled to cast my vote for her, but the way her campaign has unfolded is so wrong to me. The mailers that have gone out in a couple of the primaries calling into question Obama’s record on choice are particularly phony, and for her to try to attack him over that is counterproductive for politics; it’s counterproductive to the cause. In policy terms, she’s an excellent leader, but I feel that the way she’s playing this game is so old, and the rulebook she’s drawing from is so outdated, that it isn’t translating to me, it’s alienating to me.”