Marc Andreessen is a businessman and software engineer who wrote some of the first web browsers and co-founded Netscape. In early 2007, he got to spend some time one-on-one with Barack Obama and came away with an extremely favorable impression. (Link).

Smart, normal, curious, not radical, and post-Boomer.

If you were asking me to write a capsule description of what I would look for in the next President of the United States, that would be it.

Having met him and then having watched him for the last 12 months run one of the best-executed and cleanest major presidential campaigns in recent memory, I have no doubt that Senator Obama has the judgment, bearing, intellect, and high ethical standards to be an outstanding president — completely aside from the movement that has formed around him, and in complete contradition to the silly assertions by both the Clinton and McCain campaigns that he’s somehow not ready.

When I read stuff like this about Barack Obama, I am more and more hopeful for the future. More than anything, I want a smart president who is analytical and who leads with reason and logic. Obama is running a great campaign and he is showing great organizational skills as well as surrounding himself with excellent campaign staff. Everything I hear about is more and more positive.

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