Barack Obama and Poker

It's interesting that I ran across this post on Barack Obama and poker on Super Tuesday.

Obama’s analytical mind helped him excel at draw, stud, and hold ’em, and also at the sillier, more luck-based variants of the game that other players chose, such as baseball. Yet, even with the beer drinking and cigarette smoking, there were unspoken rules of conduct. When a married lobbyist arrived at a Springfield game with a person described as “an inebriated woman companion who did not acquit herself in a particularly wholesome fashion,” Obama made a face indicating that he wasn’t pleased. Link says that the lobbyist and his date were “quickly whisked out of the place.”

Sounds like Ted Kennedy wouldn't be welcome at that game.

Speaking of Barack Obama and Kennedy - I can see many similarities between Obama and JFK. If elected it would be a sort of changing of the guard just as it was in 1960. JFK really didn't do much as a US Senator either but he had a charisma that made people want to vote for him. Also as a President JFK was very cautious. He didn't do anything with civil rights out of fear of rocking the political boat. JFK didn't go hog wild spending money on liberal programs because he understood that "it's the economy stupid." In fact some of the most effective tax cuts came under JFK.

Obama's poker style seems to indicate that he too would be a cautious President.