Nell said : "It was more than 45 years ago that JFK got elected and I can tell with full certainty that Senator Obama is no Jack Kennedy."  Well following US politics for some time I have to agree with you on this.  The only similarities between them are they both give good speech .  The major difference is that JFK fought Castro all his life and Senator Obama wants to meet Castro during his first year as President.  JFK was some what central, not soo conservative, not soo liberal.  Obama was the most liberal senator last year.