There were so many reasons to vote for Barack Obama on this last Nov. 6.  

But for me, one, if not THE MOST PERSUASIVE reason, was that if you put a truly smart man up against it, you're likely to see him get smarter.  Because the real definition of intelligence is somewhere between IQ and EQ (emotional intelligence).  A truly sage human being has a good mix of both.  And that's something I've always felt in Barack Obama's vibe.

I think the same was true of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, and well, all our really great presidents who consistently win the test of time.

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