Back to Obama!

I have been reading for long the pieces written by Dr. Fakhruddin Ahmed in op-ed pages of The Daily Star. His recent articles, mostly on the ensuing US presidential elections (I remember one exception being an article suggesting that Bangladesh consider giving honorary citizenship to some noted Indians who were born in Bangladesh), have been interesting. But I am constrained to point out one particular streak of opinion in his recent articles on US presidential elections: the betting horse must always win the race, no matter what. The week before last i.e. before the Indiana and South Carolina primaries, he bemoaned Senator Obama's several political mistakes; criticised him for his failure to denounce his one-time religious leader, Jim Wright; took him to task for his unguarded comments regarding the mental make-up of small-town voters in Pennsylvania; and seemed to have rebuked Senator Obama for remaining elitist in attitude (gulp the coffee being offered even if you need orange juice).
With a convincing win in the South Carolina primaries on May 6, Senator Obama is again receiving all praise from Dr. Fakhruddin and in our view rightfully so. In The Daily Star of May 11, 2008, he has quoted Kenny Rogers' unforgettable 1978 tune where an old man is advising a younger person about mastering the art of knowing “..... when to walk away and ..... when to run”. Nothing succeeds like success. Or as my grandmother used to say when you begin winning no defeat touches you and when you are dying there is no medicine.
Be that as it may, who in Bangladesh would not like to see Barack Obama walking into the White House?