Barack Obama still faces doubts
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BY MICHAEL SAUL
DAILY NEWS POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
Wednesday, December 26th 2007, 4:00 AM
WASHINGTON, Iowa - Barack Obama's soaring, inspirational message seems to work its magic on most voters in his audiences, sending them off with a warm and fuzzy we-can-change-the-world feeling.
Not Stan Potratz.
"There's just an air of eloquent naivete about him," Potratz, 62, said after a town hall meeting here last week.
Even as Obama has drawn virtually even with Hillary Clinton in some early-state polls, he still faces doubts from would-be supporters on whether he can deliver on his vision.
In a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll, Iowa Democrats regarded Clinton as the stronger leader, by 36% to 28%, and the more experienced, by 45% to 9%. But 56% valued a new direction and new ideas even more.
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