I certainly am not a fanatic. But I agree with him on several key issues, and disagree on some as well
I disagree with any further attempts at gun control
I agree with maintaining a womans right to choose.
I agree with attempting to engage not only our allies, but our potential enemies
I agree with making sure that America takes care of Americans.
The thing that gets me from the right and thier failure to understand why Obama is poppular, is exactly what cose them the last Presidential election, and control of both Congressional Houses, is that it is the fault of the right.
American politics generally have a cyclical nature. There is no question that Americans widely rejected the GOP in a large part after the last 8 years. Which really brought the election down to either Hillary or Obama. Hillary being the former first lady of a President who become hugely unpoppular in some independant circles, lead to her loss.
McCain would have otherwise been a good candidate. I have always respected the man, but his age, and of course the choice of Palin, being as inexperienced as she is on the national and international level doomed his campaign. Plus he also made some really key mistakes on the campaign trail. If he would have chosen another VP, the election might have been closer, but the biggest reason Obama now resides at 1600 Pennslyvania Avenue is due to the GOP. Firstly in the actions of Bush for the last 4 years(and in some cases 8 years) and the marginal campaign of McCain, then throw in a very good campaign being run by Obama is what has lead to hysteria on some people's part.
The thing that is being overlooked is that peope that are fanatical happen on both sides. It is just much easier to capture those examples and broadcast them with the advent of youtube and other grass roots displays that are a bit over the top.
I can search through youtube and find plenty of examples of Palinistas that are just as star struck as any Obamabot. I could also list more than a few examples of people that I know personally that have made some comments in regards to thier candidate of choice versus the opposition that, if uploaded to youtube would encounter the same ridicule.