Gingrich Predicts Obama in Iowa

Obama still has a ton of work to do, but everything suggests that he’s going in the right direction.

Obama is going to destroy hillary in Iowa. Look at the 2nd choice numbers.
hillary has very little support behind her first choice voters. Obama is the overwhelming 2nd choice for Democrats in Iowa.
He will also win NH, and SC. It will be interesting because she won’t give up and then it will come down to who’s better organized in the other 47 states.

I used to actually care at what Newt had to say until he pulled his sham on his Conservatives of possibly running for President, only to sell his workshops. Forget you Newt! Don’t care what you have to say anymore!

So another Republican hack is giving ammunition to the Obama campaign… doesn’t it raise the least bit of suspicion? Maybe the Republican’s want to face Obama in the general because he has not been properly tested or vetted in the Democratic primary. Imagine how badly the Republican party will slaughter Obama…inexperienced is probably just the tip of the ice berg. Obama supporters are latched on to an IDEA of what they describe is “hope.” Ideas can only take us so far– get behind a real supporter with experience–Clinton, Biden, Dodd, anyone BUT Obama… what a joke. If Obama is nominated we won’t stand a chance in the general… Obamaites, don’t ruin this for all of us.

Gingrich is a fool. I’ve never seen anyone more intent on predicting everything but all he does is blow with the wind. Hillary was a lock to be President, according to Newt, then it was 50-50 after a poor debate performance. Now that she is slipping in the polls she is going to lose be a surprisingly wide margin. This idiot reads the latest poll and then parrots it as his “prediction.”

Obama winning in Iowa would be no great surprise as Hillary is by far the most distrusted candidate out there on the liberal side.

TexasDem…polls show Obama ahead of Hillary. That seems to be a no-brainer at this point. You just spit nails at Newt because he’s a Republican, which makes you a biased blogger, and have no validity of intelligence behind you. Newt may not be my favorite person, but he is extremely intelligent when it comes to politics.

In the Big picture shes has a huge lead over everyone- lets focus on that! There is no question she will win the nomination- so lets not dream here…. One small state = very little in the big picutre. Gingrich is a fool-bottom line.

I said “jail” above! I meant “hospital”. LOL!

Hillary’s going to be the next “Comeback Kid”, ala Bill style. I still believe Hillary’s nomination is already locked up and this is all just high drama for entertainment. We don’t actually see much about them in the news are far as policies are concerned, but we do get plenty of news on the just teh mechanics of the race.

I’d rather see Hillary stay in the Senate as Senate Majority Leader. Who ever becomes president on the Democratic side, I hope selects Bill C. to be either Secretary of State or Ambassador to the UN. And to reserect the Clinton economic team. We need this to at least start cleaning up everything that GW has destroyed in the last 7-8 years.
And my first choice is Edwards, my second is Obama and my 3rd is anybody not Republican.

It’s fun to watch the dems tripping over each other with Hill and Obama. Hill will NEVER get elected. Although I don’t agree with his politics, Obama is honest…which is more than I can say for Hill and crew. Bill is nothing more than a liability. No one wants these mafiosos back in the WH.

I cannot wait for Iowa. I have nothing against women leading the U.S. However, I would prefer a woman other than Hilary. For me, she seems too polarizing and the ammo the republicans need to win the White House in 2008. I for one cannot wait until Obama begins winning early primaries and takes the Democratic nomination!! Otherwise, if Obama cannot win the primary – lets bring back Bill!

I respect Oprah’s opinion but I am surely not going to let her choose my candidate for President. I would hope that the American people would be able to think for themselves and choose a candidate they want and not who someone else chooses. Oprah has power but not that much power that she can make up my mind for me……….

Who cares about what this washed up Republican hack has to say?

I hope Newt is correct. Because if he is, that will give us (republicans- God’s nation loving people) and easy shoo-in for the presidency. Because God knows we can’t nominate anyone of any merit this election. And as far as Oprah’s involvement goes… She wields millions of votes as the “talk show queen” and what she is doing is not only un-american but just plain dangerous. I mean this is an election for the leader of our nation and the free world. NOT a popularity contest.

GO OBAMA!!! We as americans need to say no to royal families!!! No more BUSH and NO MORE CLINTONS!!!
OBAMA FOR A BETTER AMERICA!!!

There were two polls yesterday that pitted Hillary versus her potential Republican challengers. One was an ONLINE poll by Zogby that found Hillary trailing Republicans, the other was a poll from Gallup that found Hillary beating all Republicans by substantial margins.
Which do you think got more coverage?
As of about 9AM, the Zogby poll was covered on TV news 15 times and the Gallup poll was mentioned twice – by the Hillary campaign’s Mark Penn and Ann Lewis.
The Gallup poll showed that if Hillary was the nominee she would beat Giuliani by five points but if Sen. Obama was the nominee the race would be tied. Gallup also showed Hillary beating John McCain (by 6 points), Mitt Romney (by 16 points) and Fred Thompson (by 13 points). Hillary also leads all Republican contenders in Real Clear Politics’ poll average.

TexasDem, Well, don’t be too concerned for Hillary. The nomination is already hers. Don’t fall for the scripted drama.

What a load of garbage. Edwards will win the state, for cryin’ out loud. The handwriting is on the wall.
One poll among polls which are poor indicators of voter sentiment in Iowa does not a winner make. Obama has squandered millions, while Edwards until recently spent virtually NO money there and was still in a statistical tie.
Everything else is trash, but the media desperately want to make it a race between a 40-state loser (Clinton) and a 50-state loser (Obama).
It’s transparent.

BTW, if being the wife of a President counts as experience I guess we should get ready for Laura Bush 2012 ?????

Hilliary is DONE. She will lose the first three states but hang on a while until she is finally put to rest, hopefully, once and for all. The counrty is DOME with the Bush/Clinton era for good.
She should not be the first female president. It would be better for the gender to wait for a truely honest, sincere person with a good heart. That is what most females represent and is their shining quality.
The nominee will be Obama, although, I think that Biden is the BEST candidate for the Dims. If I wasn’t GOP, I’d consider him. I watch all of the debates, both sides and he is a clear standout for experience, gravitas and personality. He is actually pretty funny, when he’s not angry about something. I really like the guy, I just don’t agree with all of his positions. I think he’d protect America in a heartbeat, which is my #1 concern.

It’s about time Obama started getting some positive press. I agree with Newt, Obama is building a movement. Obama’s experience is equal to Hillarys, it’s his wisdom and fair mindedness that makes him the better candidate. Dick Chaney and Donald Rumsfeld had lots of experience, where did that get us??? Obama has been in public office alot longer than Hillary, and he’s lived his life with a lot of integrity. In this election I think wisdom will trump Washington experience. Obama 08

sps91158 – The Zogby poll was done online, I participated in the survey. Online voters are more likely to skew toward Obama. In addition, the survey is opt-in, not random, which means diehard liberals are a large piece of the pie.

Obama can be elected and independents and some (former) republicans will be happy to vote for him. Obama has more or as much experience than Giuliani, Thompson, Romney, or Huckabee. As an independent, I would most like to see Obama vs. Huckabee for the general election. I’d vote for Obama at this juncture, but I’d be swayed.
Clinton vs Huckabee, no question, it’s Huckabee from what I’ve seen. Obama over any other republican. Huckabee over any other democrat.
Clinton? Never.

Again republican machine trying to divide democate and rule. I think Gingrich is supporting OBAMA, GOOD FOR YOUR BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA.
IWOA VOTE FOR HILLARY THE BEST PERSON TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE USA!
4HILLARY!

Poor, hypocritical Newt has been trying to return to significance ever since he left his cancer-stricken wife for another woman. He’s the penultimate Neocon– Seldom correct but never in doubt!
No one cares what you think Newt! Please relay that message to Tom Delay as well.

Bob–so an ONLINE poll is more reliable because it’s the most recent? That’s ridiculous. I would think it would be less reliable. And by your own argument, the poll that showed Barry leading within the margin of error is old news too isn’t it? It’s not spin… it’s fact and I’m sorry you can’t understand that. I don’t trust polls altogether, but an ONLINE poll that the MSM was all over is ridiculous.
All I can say is: remember Harold Ford Jr. and his campaign in Tennessee. I worked on that campaign and really wanted to see him win (and still would), but this country has shown it’s true colors that it is not as racially progressive as we think it is.

Well I think I would rather listen to Newt’s predictions rather than Rove or Bush —-
I would also like to believe that Obama will take Iowa by a storm — this country is ready.
And, what is this school teach voice that Hillary just got — the slow, low manish one.

We have some really interesting comments here! A few which really shock me in that people still believe that Obama is A: Terrorist that went to a madrassa, B: Unelectable because he’s black , C: Inexperienced and incapable of being president, even though we’ve have much less experienced presidents in the past.
I’d like everyone to check their so called “facts” before blabbering the same rhetoric over and over again. I’m with John Edwards on this, anyone that wouldn’t vote for Clinton just because she’s a woman or Obama just because he’s black – I believe should NOT get to vote. We’re the freaking United States of America, what happened to people? Equality? All men created equal?
I don’t agree with everything Obama stands for, mostly just gun control, but I support the great majority of what he is and what he has to offer. Run, Obama, all the way to the White House and jar this country back on track.

If Obama wins Iowa, all bets are off. It can change the entire voting dynamic. The momentum from an Iowa victory can boost the winner to a win in NH and SC and so on to the nomination. It has happened before and can happen again.

Lol, HillaryHub? That’s her personal propaganda site. It’s pretty low rated as far as web traffic is concerned. The Gallup poll has a pathetic sampling number in the mid hundreds where Zogby’s sample is over 9,000. To date Zogby has been way more acurate than any media herd poll. Personally, I’m supporting Rudy but wish all the best to Obama!

I get the impression this is going to be very similiar to 4 years ago with Hillary being Dean and Obama being Kerry. Obama was little known outside of Chicago heading into the primaries and the voters are beginning to recognize his passion towards making positive changes in this country and it is showing in the polls. Obama isn’t out to be the first African American President, he is out to make this country a better place for us and our children. I get the impression that Hillary sees this more as an opportunity to make history and be the first woman president. I have no problem voting for a woman when there is a woman candidate worthy of being President. Hillary is not that woman.

NObama will win Il. Hill is a paper tiger and will be shown to be so. In the end a Republican will defeat the eventual NObama/Clinton/Oprah ticket.

If Obama is the Dem nominee, I will vote for the Repubs.

This is too funny. Horizon says we need the “authenic” Biden. Right. Sue illustrates that anyone divorced should not be allowed to talk. Most hilarious is the people’s party of equality and diversity is saying some interesting things about Osama’s ethnicity. I clearly don’t have the nuance to comprehend all this.

A Barack Obama presidency represents a huge fundamental change in US politics. Just the basics are significant — Barack is of mixed race, has a Muslim father, has an Arabic name, and lived overseas for several years as a child. These facts, even on the surface, will make America look entirely different to the rest of the world — in a good way. It will be much more difficult for those who hate America to claim we are the enemy of the Islamic and Arabic world when our president’s name is Barack Hussein Obama. Plus he has limited inside the beltway experience, few connections to the lobbyists and special interests that have influenced the White house during the past few decades and an inspirational, uplifting, charismatic style that we have not seen since JFK. This is the kind of change many are looking for and this is the change America needs now.

Anyone coming on here and stating they would not vote for a man simply because of his skin color… how do you people sleep at night? How does the color of a persons skin determine how qualified they are to lead the FREE nation? You people are no different than the extremists that attack this nation and the freedoms we all have. Shame on all of you.

It’s this type of ignorance that has this country in the position it is currently in. And for the record I’m a 27 year old white guy living in southern California.

To TexasDem, TrueBlue, and others of similar sentiments: What is amazing to the majority of America is you criticize hope, reason, and tolerance—but you want to instill fear, cynicism, and corruption. You’ll realize shortly that you’re in a minority. America is tired of your rhetoric. They will no longer work.

I’m a white republican that would vote for Obama because he is a breath of fresh air in the corrupt arena of American politics. Even though I don’t agree with most of his “solutions”, I believe he offers a new vision for America versus the stale old guard baby boomer ideas. BTW, I’m also a baby boomer.

Jennifer,
I’m a white male.

Hillary – MODERATE policies??? What? Has the Democrat Party drifted sooooo far left to where SOCIALISTS are now moderates? Socializing 1/7 of the US economy (health-care industry) is not moderate.

I sincerely hope Gingrich is correct for once and is predicting accurately. After much research of all presidential candidates, I have reached the conclusion that Mr. Obama offers American’s the best opportunity to be able to return good governance to the United States. We must remove the control of the federal government from the continuation of “politics as usual”, and return it to the control of the people. Not only during his career in the state of Illinois, Mr. Obama has demonstrated the unique ability of being able to author and pass into law legislation on a bi-partisan level, against all odds, and a long entrenched political machine. Legislation which has included reforms to health and welfare, criminal justice, and the most sweeping ethics reform legislation of any state. He has been endorsed by the fraternal order of police for his work in the justice area. All this in the nation’s 5th largest state with the 3rd largest city. As a United States Senator he has worked to author and enact legislation on a bi-partisan level as well, evidenced by his successful work with Republican’s Richard Lugar and Tom Coburn. He also brings an obviously above average knowledge of constitutional law to the arena as well as an understanding of the problems of all people from the poor to the rich. Regarding other candidates, Joe Biden and John McCain represent the most experience in the politics as usual area, but Biden is un-electable for a number of reasons, McCain may have a ghost of a chance against the business financed campaigns of Romney and Giuliani. Romney is too embedded with big business and a proven flip-flopper. Giuliani is running on one merit alone of questionable doubt, and his past is too connected to corruption and immoral ethical standards which automatically raise a red flag to most people of intelligence.Then we have “tax hike Mike Huckabee” who will attract the religious right who may stand a chance by pulling support from Romney. Hunter, Gravel and Tancredo are out of the picture and Ron Paul’s libertarian stances won’t sell to the mainstream, which leaves Edwards and Hillary. Edwards has less experience in an elected public office than Obama or Hillary, and I don’t believe he can overcome his connection to the well healed and make a credible connection to low and middle income American’s, despite all the talk to that extreme. Hillary’ main asset of course is Bill. I think if all who are supporting Hillary were to ask themselves the question as to just why are they supporting Hillary, the answer would have to be, because she brings Bill with her. While she would bring lots of experience being first lady to the table, I wonder just how that equates to experience in dealing with the likes of Kim Jong-il, Ahmadinejad, or Putin, who presides over an imploding state. I question her ability to effectively enact non-partisan legislation beginning with the task handed her by husband Bill to formulate a health care plan and the subsequent demise by the Republican led Senate and Robert Dole. Her first term as senator also has not been stellar. I also question her lack of clarity on policies and questionable votes in Congress. I also don’t believe she can bring stability to right our own imploding economic condition, which brings me back to Obama. Obama has demonstrated the ability to answer all questions put to him regarding major issues facing the American public without non-answers or work-arounds, as Hillary and others do. While a number of his answers and policies may not sit well with some, and I myself do not agree entirely with his stands, but if he becomes president, they will be debated by 435 congressmen and 100 senators, who hopefully can reach a consensus regarding policies that can benefit us all. I firmly believe Obama brings this ability and quality to be able to get the job done, and I hope the majority of Americans do their own unbiased scrutiny of the candidates and reach the same conclusion as I have.

After reading 50% of the posts here all I can say is I’m sorry I ever defended this republic so you democRATs could run this nation.
Russia would be a better place to live than a democRATic controlled USA.

I’ve been a Republican for as long as I have been able to vote and I support Obama. The country needs a real person/leader in the White House – we can not afford another propped up bum selling our assets and values piece by piece. The presidency is not the place to acquire personal power. Obama is the only candidate (though I don’t agree with all of his policies) that has the best interest of the WHOLE nation(not just his party)at heart. Go Obama! If he gets the Nom. I will vote for him.

Super-socialist, socialist, or socialist-lite? Gee, what a choice.

An on the Republican side in Iowa. GO HUCK!

Obama might win Iowa. If that happens, he’ll get a lift into New Hampshire where the independants are lining up for him. South Carolina voted for Jesse in ’84. Could be a good start for Obama. Still a lot of work to got to beat Hillary INC.

It appears Hillary is gonna auger-in, how sad, and with all her experience. Experience, something none of the dems have. After Hillary is out of the race, there’s Obama. Now here’s a man that really has it dialed, maybe 6yrs total of political dues paid. Hillary has no history of getting anything accomplished, likewise Obama is right in the “front row” with her, nothing, oh but he’s smooth. I read a quote, it goes something like this.
“If the position of president was a street, someone would have to hold Obama’s hand while he crossed it.” Clemmet Shofnick—-WOW! He’s got my vote. What are the people thinking, the dems are a bunch of FREAKING LOOSERS!!!!

Sorry Clintons but the people of Iowa are not stupid and have had enough of your shady deals and want to end the rancor in Washington. Obama is the best honest bet the dems have. I personally support Ron Paul but would consider Obama but never Clinton.

Is there a brain in the house? Doesn’t look like it. You people all talk like politicians actually mean what they say. The fact is, they say what they think you typical Americans want to hear. Their only motivation is to get elected so they can start collecting our money. Wise up people.

New direction and new ideas !!! This is the greatest joke of the 2008 Presidential campaign.Is it possible at all that so many seemingly intelligent people really believe that any candidate could have new,workable ideas and that he or she could turn the country in a new direction?Given the kind of the world we live in,can Obama do anything to offer a new direction?

Newt: New poll you may want to factor in: Strategic Vision/Iowa: Clinton-29%, Obama-29%, Edwards-23%. Guess the Obama surge is over (or, more accurately, it never was anything more than a media creation).

Barack Obama has been underestimated from the start, but the tide has turned. Iowa is just a small state but it represents momentum. After he proves he can beat Hillary there’s no stopping him. she’s in for a big disappointment and it will be sad to watch. I don’t wish her ill will, just want her to go away as a Presidential candidate.

Well, Jefferson, Obama may tell Osma Bin Laden the American neclear password! I do not need an honest 3 year old to be our president! We need strong, smart and expereinced Hillary to be our president!

If Hillary does get the nomination, I really pity whoever she chooses for her runningmate. That poor thing will just sit in the corner gathering dust, because we all know who her REAL vice-president will be.

As for experience — can someone tell me exactly what bills or legislation Hillary Clinton co-authored or wrote while senator? The answer is none. Da, folks, that woman has been in elected office for a full 6 years and her biggest move was a huge blunder — her vote for the Iraq war. Now I hope that type of judgement and experience is not what voters want.
Let’s vote for change and a candidate that has passed an ethics reform bill through congress, that has passed legislation in his state to get over 100,000 people healthcare — plus he has done a whole lot more. I am talking about Mr. Obama.
Vote Obama — it’s time for a new direction America.
Obama ’08

Right now, Mark Penn is trying to flog Hillary’s strong national Gallup numbers against Rudy. What he’s not saying is that she still hasn’t cracked 50% against a Republican frontrunner whose party hasn’t coalesced.
She never did crack 50%.
Look, I’m a Republican. I want Rudy in the WH in the worst way. I think he would be a much better C in C during wartime than Hillary, who would feel compelled to prove herself in ways military that Rudy would not, much like Lyndon Johnson felt himself compelled to in 1964.
However, even I understand how powerful an Obama candidacy would be for the “turn the page” crowd. It would be as if Bobby survived in 1968 to run against Nixon. Obama is hitting his stride at just the right time.
Obama can beat Giuliani. It would be close, but Barack can win. Rudy, however, will beat Hillary Clinton like a rented mule. Democrats don’t see this, but I can see this coming a mile away. Women will go into those voting booths and abandon her, even though they will tell pollsters otherwise.
There’s pantsuit tough, like Hillary, and there’s real tough, like Rudy. Put it this way; John Gotti never would have wasted his time putting out a contract on Hillary Clinton, would he?
The question on who’s tougher answers itself.
But the Hope issue goes to Barack going away.

First of all, I am not an Obama or Clinton supporter, but the comments that Obama is a Muslim need to stop. He is not, end of story. As for Iowa, he will probably win, especially if Edwards fades in the final weeks, and after Iowa, who knows?

I hope Newt is correct. Because if he is, that will give us (republicans- God’s nation loving people) and easy shoo-in for the presidency. Because God knows we can’t nominate anyone of any merit this election. And as far as Oprah’s involvement goes… She wields millions of votes as the “talk show queen” and what she is doing is not only un-american but just plain dangerous. I mean this is an election for the leader of our nation and the free world. NOT a popularity contest.
Posted by: Andrew Sawyer | Nov 27, 2007 10:54:16 AM
see that?? —-^^^
jeez, people are so stupid. you all deserve exactly what you get !!! most of the blockheads in this public schooled nightmare jungle of ignorance would prefer someone they like and are used to seeing and can identify with , someone very popular in the mainstream media, someone dumb and boring like them , (but a believable actor mainly…) someone like …
RON REAGAN (made movies with monkey = his big claim to fame before politics) OR AHRNOLD S ( married into the $$ and political game via ms schriver , and SHE runs the gov show in california btw,he just does what hes always done …ACT!!)
good job intelligent voting persons! (snicker…)

Obama is a good soul. I hope americans will allow him the opportunity to lead this great nation.

THE ‘WHY’ OF USEFUL IDIOTS
People magazine and other such rags as well as a myriad of vapid shows on both cable and network tv gives the impression that celebrity is far more important than substance. That the Clintons are viewed as akin to rock stars shows how much the political debate has slipped. It was apparent that Bubba loved the perks of his office more than actually doing his job of running the country. But the current hero “worship” directed towards Ma Clinton still escapes serious understanding. An empty resume, a career enhanced only due to the circumstance of her marriage and the inability to truly articulate a vision for a better America seem to matter little to an adoring media. Perhaps once the primaries have ended and the BEAST finally disposes of her two very weak challengers, more serious discussion will take place and the country will get a full understanding of why the BEAST is NOT the person who should be entrusted with the leadership position—we can dream can’t we?
It was revealing when, in the Dim “debates” in Las Vegas, whenever her opponents challenged Hillary, the crowd boo’ed. Not only is this incredibly rude behavior, which one can expect from the far left, but it’s instructive. The supporters of Hillary don’t want her to be asked hard questions, they don’t care if she can answer hard questions, they just want her to win for emotional reasons. They have basically turned off their evaluative processes, their rationality, in order to back a candidate who appeals to them on some emotional level.
Now, to some degree, emotion plays a part in any decision. However, when you turn off your critical thinking skills, you make bad decisions. If Democrats were actually THINKING, they’d support a candidate who could articulate his or her positions and face tough questions. One might disagree with Dim ideology, but one must at least respect people like Biden or even Obama who actually discuss details and are not evasive.
The vast majority of people (87%) will believe anything they are told in a poll. An equally high number (88%)will also believe anything that an “authority” in their own political party tells them…or worse yet, some “celebrity” (ala Babs Striesand)— these “sheep” then turn around and spout off on blogs and over the water cooler and regurgitate all they have been told and present it as if they had done the research themselves—as if they could actually think for themselves. Polls can be manipulated by framing the questions in such a way as to encourage certain responses—thus providing fodder for the “sheeple”.

Does Marrying Bill Clinton Qualify Someone To Be President?
If a CEO of a fortune 500 company were to retire, would anyone seriously consider his wife to be an adequate replacement simply because she was married to him when he ran the company? What about a Super Bowl winning football team? What do you think the reaction of their fans would be if their coach’s wife was being seriously discussed as his replacement?
It sounds ridiculous, doesn’t it? Yet, Hillary Clinton has practically been anointed by the press and the punditocracy as our next President, despite the fact that her run at the presidency is almost entirely based on being Bill Clinton’s wife.
By that, I mean that if Bill Clinton had meant the sweet nothings that he whispered in Monica Lewinsky’s ear and he had divorced Hillary and married Monica, today Monica would be planning her Senate reelection campaign while Hillary would probably be working as a lobbyist for the Chinese toy manufacturers association.
But isn’t Hillary Clinton a brilliant politician in her own right? Oh, please. She has been involved in more scandals than the whole rest of the Democratic and Republican fields combined, she’s a participant in an off-putting sham marriage, she has minimal charisma, she is one of the most polarizing figures in politics, she has a reputation as a shameless liar, and so far, in her entire tenure in the Senate, she has never once accomplished anything of great significance or displayed notable leadership on any issue. Additionally, this is a woman who has gotten away with taking bribes, which is what her famous “cattle futures” scandal was really all about and had she been Hillary Jones, ordinary person, as opposed to Hillary Clinton, First Lady, she would have ended up in a jail cell over White Water.
However, if you listen to the talking heads on TV, she’s talked about as if she’s a political genius. Does it make you a political genius to poll test every publicly stated position you have and then script out a response that allows you to change your position and go the other way if public opinion changes or, more importantly, if you think you can get away with it? Maybe it does — if you can come across as being genuine while you do it. But, Hillary comes across as exactly what she is: An amoral shrew who’s willing to lie about anything and everything, destroy the lives of people who get in her way, and help cover up and enable the frequent affairs of her husband, all because she has an all-consuming urge to achieve power for power’s sake — and that’s just what liberal Democrats like John Edwards and Maureen Dowd think of her. Republicans generally aren’t as kind in their assessments of her personality and character.
So, how in the world has she managed to become the favorite in the race for the presidency? Simple: because of her husband, she has been the beneficiary of a double standard that is outrageous, even by the standards of the mainstream media. Many of the liberal movers and shakers in the press are Baby Boomers who look at Bill Clinton as being “one of them”.
Out of love for Bill, Hillary has received the sort of fawning press coverage that’d you expect a Soviet premier to get from Pravda before the Berlin Wall fell. That’s why Hillary can get away with staging questions at her political events and also why her campaign was so grievously offended when Tim Russert actually tried to get her to come down on one side or the other on a question about giving illegal aliens driver’s licenses: Hillary Clinton is so used to being treated with kid gloves by the mainstream press, that she was shocked when she was asked to play by the same rules as the other candidates.
Sometimes people like Clinton, who’ve been given every break and then some because of nepotism, try to step it up a notch to prove to people that they’re worthy of the high honors they’ve so effortlessly acquired. For example, whatever you may think of Ted Kennedy, nobody can say that he hasn’t been a great champion of liberal causes. George W. Bush is another example. He may have been born with a silver spoon in his mouth, but he ran a business, he flew fighter jets in the National Guard, and he was elected twice as Governor of Texas before he became President. On the other hand, Hillary has not only never run a business, every job she ever held the private sector was given to her because of who her husband was.
Yes, she did manage, again, because of who her husband was, to get elected as a Senator in New York, one of the most liberal states in the nation, but that’s a rather thin reed to use as justification for a run at the Presidency. Just as a point of comparison, Dan Quayle was relentlessly bashed as being too inexperienced and green to be Vice-President, despite the fact that he has served in the Senate just as long as Hillary Clinton and had spent two terms as a Congressman besides. Even more impressively, Quayle won office on his own merit, not because he happened to have married the right person.
What it all boils down to is that Hillary Clinton is Kevin Federline becoming famous because he was married to Britney Spears. She’s “Brownie” being appointed as head of FEMA, not because he was the best-qualified person for the job, but because he knew the right person. She’s every 22 year old “C” student with a business degree who has been allowed to leapfrog over dozens of more capable people and start as a top executive because his daddy happens to be a heavy hitter in the company.
Does that mean she can’t win the Presidency? Oh no, she could certainly pull it off. In fact, people like Hillary Clinton get ahead of their more qualified competitors so regularly that, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” has become a cliche. But, Americans should be forewarned that who holds the presidency, particularly during the war on terror, is not a trivial matter and unlike the Senate, where you’re just one of 100 members, the President alone has to make decisions of great import. Since that’s the case, don’t Americans deserve better than a leader of the free world whose chief qualification for the job is being Mrs. Bill Clinton?
THE BEAST IS “UNDER-QUALIFIED”
You can vote for her because….
You like her,
You like Bubba,
Because she’s a dem,
Because she’s a woman,
Because she can make millions with a tiny investment,
Because she has copies of your FBI file,
Because she will have the IRS audit you,
But you can not vote for her because she is the most qualified.
Will the BEAST and her minions be able to pull it off……? Clearly the answer is yes, as we will confirm in a year. This is what America has become. From the wilderness, accomplished men of vision formed a democracy, based on individual freedom and self reliance, that rose to be the mightiest power on Earth.
And now that once mighty empire of rugged individualists has become a nation of cripples, victims, loafers, degenerates and helpless children turning to an unaccomplished woman who’s done nothing but who promises to somehow make every day a sunny one at no expense.
Her election will prove that we are indeed unable to care for ourselves and that we must be more tightly controlled, just like any group with special needs. We will have shown that we are a danger to the world with all our weaponry but our inability to properly manage such power. Perhaps the UN should come here and provide oversight like they do for any Third World country.

I am amazed at the number of people who talk of the ignorance of Blacks compared to Whites. This is so sad. Beyond that, the last time I checked—it takes 23 chromosomes from each parent in creating a child. So Barack is just as White as he is Black. This “blood formula” that was created—oh, before whenever—truly created an ignorant level for the likes of most to calm their self-esteem. However, if it works for ya—use it. Certainly not bothering Barack.

For once Newt gets it right!

Its so good to see the ‘useful idiots’ of America salivating for more socialism in our great democratic republic. Americans its doesn’t matter who wins the primaries or the presidency in 2008, we all will continue to lose our freedoms slowly but surely. God please help my foolish country!!!

Gingrich WANTS Obama to WIN… THat tells you that Republican Party is NOT afraid of Obama AT ALL…. WHY? Majority will NEVER VOTE for a Minority to be a Leader of a Country…. It will cause MORE chaos.
Bottom Line, if Obama wins the nomination, he will definitely lose the General Election. He will NEVER carry any Southern States and the Midwest STATES…. Remember the Reagan’s “Southern Strategy”… Most young people have no clue…

I agree I am a registered Republican but I will rather see Hillary Clinton all the way in the White House because she will bring back the U.S. Constitution back in the White House and hopefully stop NAFTA, eventhough her husband signed it but never went into effect until this Bush-master put in effect in 2003…beside when Bill Clinton was in office he was more effective in border issues and trade, except handling Islamic terrorist he had Madelyn Albright advised him wrongfully…well I hope Hillary will have better advisor with her because I believe is she the best candidate because she is a true American at heart…PEACE OUT…MON’

I know I’m ready to Barack the vote!
It’s time to turn the page, distancing ourselves from the scandals of the past and present. We need a new day and a new face for America. Hillary can’t provide that. The Republicans can’t provide that. Barack Obama is the right man for this time.
I’m fired up! Lets change America!
OBAMA in 2008.

I JUST READ THE REPUBLICANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR GLOBAL WARMING? MAN, I WAS A REGISTERED REPUBLICAN…BUT MY QUESTION IS? ARE YOU PEOPLE DRIVING A HYBRID, OR LIVING LIKE THE AMISH PEOPLE? HELLO MR. AL GORE IS THE AMBASSADOR TO GLOBAL WARMING ISSUE? THAT’S A JOKE BECAUSE HE HAS 3 BIG MANSION THAT PRODUDUCES MORE POLLUTION THAN MY LITTLE GHETTO CONDO IN THE HOOD…WHEN AL GORE COMMUTES HE HAS A BULLET PROOF SUV THAT WASTE MORE GAS THAN MY JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE…TELL ME HOW IN THE HELL IS GORE OR OBAMA GOING TO CLEAN THE GREEN HOUSE EFFECT? NOW ESPECIALL NEWT GRINGHES IS ENDORSING THIS OBAMA, THAT’S IS TOO FUNNY MY AMERICAN FELLOW…IT’S ALMOST AS FUNNY OPRAH SUPPORTING OBAMA…FOR ONE THING OPRAH IS A HYPOCRIT AND RACIST…REMEMBER BRO’S I AM HALF JAMAICAN AND CHINESE SO DON’T CALL ME RACIST…OPRAH ONCE SUPPORTED HILLARY AND CLAIMED HILLARY IS HER GIRL HAVE YOU PEOPLE FORGOTTEN THAT? YOU PEOPLE WATCHED TO MUCH TELEVISION LOOK AROUND YOU YEAH THE ILLEGALS ARE TAKING OVER, JOBS ARE GOING OVERSEAS, GAS GOING HIGHER, U.S. TROOPS STILL IN IRAQ, HEALTHCARE AND HOSPITAL GOING BROKE…AND WHO’S CONTROLLING THE HOUSE AND SENATE …YEAH ELECTED DEMOCRATS…
ANYBODY BUT OBAMA OR RUDY… I DON’T SUPPORT HILLARY BUT SHE DOES HAVE MORE EXPERIENCE RUNNING THIS NATION…

the latest zogby poll of nearly 10000 voters with a margin of error of 1% shows hillary losing to all 5 gop nominees while obama leads them comfortably. she does not top 40% in a single poll and people have made their mind up on clinton- she is like poison to the dems in november. she will lose iowa and go on to lose the nomination because dems are to smart to nominate the most hated woman in america.

Newt needs a pipe, a smoking jacket, a small New Orleans style beard and tenure at UpTown Tulane. He’s a poor history professor, and a revisionist to boot who clammers on every camera he can find.
No poll, by anyone, can be or is of any value in Iowa.
Iowa does not vote. It has a caucus method .. it’s a shotgun method .. that changes every hour right up to choosing which side of the room one wants to stand on, and not be persuaded to cross the room … but alas, the lue of those home made browines are too much for too many.
Remember, Kerry languished..as did Edwards, but they finished one two…I’m sorry to say .. the worls would be a better place if Edwards had won.

Didn’t Newt already predict that Hillary would win the nomination in a landslide? What’s the point of making predictions if you are going to change them week-in and week-out?

I hope Newt is wrong. I really want Hillary to win in Iowa. I hope she can win the nomination. It would be wonderful if she would lie, cheat, steal, and put everything she has into this campaign, so her definite loss will be most painful for her, the power hungry beast. Then she can be washed up and bitter like John Kerry. Go Hillary!!!!

There are a few thoughtful comments out there, but seems to be mainly just a lot of ‘anti-anything-that-I-don’t-agree-with’ mind-set from all sides, articulated with non-constructive bashing and name-calling.
It’s anything BUT “progressive” if forward is the direction one would like to go.

Hillary wins nomination in a walk, and gets slaughtered in the general.
Sorry, lefties, but the mainstream of this country won’t elect one of your favs, of whatever color/gender/hairstyle.
You shoulda nominated Gebhardt last time, you woulda beat Shrub in a walk.

Bold new direction, new ideals, Anybody remember a Gov. from Georgia being touted in the same manner? Anybody remember Jimmy Carter and what we got with him?
Having said that, I would vote for Bugs Bunny before the hil

Newt is one of the smartest policy guys out there, and he’s a polling genius too. He’s probably right here. And those of you predicting Obama will lose because he’s black are missing two key points — (1) he was raised by his white grandmother and (2) is the child of privilege and the Chicago political machine. The Chicago Democrat machine elects black stool pigeons and race-baiters all the time, because they are easy to control. I predict Obama will win big, because Iowa Democrats want someone who is bought-and-paid for, rather that someone like Hillary who is unpredictably sleazy. Obama has the party’s interests in mind. Hillary has her own. Iowa Dems ought to want a partisan. America ought to want someone who puts America first… neither of them stack up.

Obama honest, he’s running a dirty campaign.
Obama campaign “helping to place” Hsu story. And at a campaign event in Iowa, one of Obama’s aides plopped down next to me and spoke even more bluntly. He wanted to know when reporters would begin to look into Bill Clinton’s postpresidential sex life,” Ambinder writes.
Obama’s Idea of an ‘Ethical’ Campaign’
His media spinmeister-David Axelrod was tagged by the New Yokr Times as being the likely source behind leaks to the Chicago media regarding scandalous information about Obama’s lead political opponent during his 2004 Senate run at a particulary opportune time during the Democratic primary for Senate.

Is this the same Newt that predicted Hillary would win?

on the other hand if Hilary is nominated she spells blood for the dems party. i tell you why. she is the single candidate out there that will drive the least motivated rep to the polling stations.
secondly she would drive off indepedents to the rep party . listen to hilary, always talking about right wing machine, thats stupid politics,simpy energizing the rep base. Mr Obama is terribly smart. he goes for the problem and not the people. u need to see republicans give up hope of the white house if Mr Obama is nominated but get energized if hilary is.

An Obama win is a Republican dream and probably a Republican plant. Never will this country elect a black former muslim as president.
Go ahead democrats, nominate him, and live with a Republican for another four years, ha, ha, ha.

of course he does…….the GOP is so worried about Edwards winning the state that they will say anything.

Most of the comments posted here appear to be a squabble between people who intend to vote for one Democrat or another. I won’t jump into this fray except to post my one opinion and then leave. My opinion is that a year from now, when all of the ’08 votes have actually been tabulated, the Democrats will once again be screaming “foul” and whining that the Republicans have “stolen” another election! It really makes no difference who the candidates are, Republican or Democrat, because the Dems are wrong on just about every important issue facing the country. A majority of the voters will recognize that fact when crunch time comes next November.

MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO…THIS IS WHAT AMERICAN ARE BECOMING LIKE WHAT EVER THE MEDIA COMMERCIALIZED IS WHAT THE PUBLIC FOLLOWS…OBAMA IS TOO COMMERCIALIZED, NEXT HE WILL BE RAPPING IN AMERICAN IDOL…WAIT AND SEE…HE’S ALREADY DANCED ELLEN DEGENERES SHOW AND ALREADY A COMEDIAN IN SNL…

The Democrats are stupid beyond belief to nominate Hillary, by the way. No other candidate will bring GOP voters out to the polls the way she will.
The Democrats have got to understand one very salient fact if they hope to win in ’08: A large number of people HATE Hillary. The reasons are debateable; however, the fact remains.
If the Dems reeeeaally want to take back the White House, it’s gonna take a nominee who can win over the Independents and some on the other side of the aisle. That candidate most likely is Barack Obama.
He is the one Democrat who has sizeable support on the right. Do not underestimate the importance of that. The 2008 election is WAY too important!

Obama showed uncommon courage and judgement in opposing the war (from the start). He was running for office at the time, too.
Too bad the same can’t be said for Hillary.
As for Edwards, I can forgive him. He has fully acknowledged the wrongness of his vote for the war.
Hillary is every bit as stubborn and wrong-headed as her buddy W. Bush.

I truly believe that Senator Joe Biden is the best candidate during this period in our country’s history. When push comes to shove and people enter the voting booth, I expect he will be the surprise candidate in Iowa.

Hey now.. you people are all wrong about the Harold Ford non-election in 06. It had nothing to do with race, in fact I personally think he got so close because he is a good looking, very articulate and likeable young black man.. what beat him is his family name. The name Ford is disliked and distrusted and often associated with criminal politicians. He got close, very close to a win, and he ran mainly on conservative values.. but his family last name and his prior voting record in congress is in direct conflict with his claims of conservative values.

The Neo-con Republicans try to move just a bit to the left (compassionate consevatives) to appear like Democrats, while the Democrats are not bringing our men and women in Irag as quickly as possible (they use to be for the immediate withdrawl of troops) because they want to appear as tough as the Neo-con Republicans. In the end both the Replicans and Democrats are the same. Both stand for wasteful government;contining the war, while the middle class and poor are told that for the sake of patriotism to have their children die for these senseless wars, created by the elitist corporate powers and their puppet politicians; stealing our hard earned money with an income tax, to make them-selves rich, powerful and enjoy the best pensions and healthcare, while stealing our social security money for their stupid domestic and defunctional foreign policy. I am a woman and but will not vote for Clinton. I am a minority but will not vote for Obama.
I am patriotic but refuse to let the neo-con have my vote. All of the vermin above steal from us and want to send our children to die or be left with the enormous debt to pay with a devaluing American dollar. Wake up America….vote Ron Paul!

Here’s more on the Zogby poll that shows Hillary trailing all 5 GOP candidates while Obama leads them all. Apparently, Mark Penn, the chief political strategist for Hillary Clinton criticised the latest Zogby Interactive survey simply because it showed Hillary in a bad light. Penn mischaracterized this latest online Zogby poll as Zogby’s first interactive survey ever – a bizarre contention, since they have been developing and perfecting their Internet polling methodology for nearly a decade, according to Fritz Wenzel, Director of Communications at Zogby International. Zogby stands by the results.

So another Republican hack is giving ammunition to the Obama campaign… doesn’t it raise the least bit of suspicion? Maybe the Republican’s want to face Obama in the general because he has not been properly tested or vetted in the Democratic primary. Imagine how badly the Republican party will slaughter Obama…inexperienced is probably just the tip of the ice berg. Obama supporters are latched on to an IDEA of what they describe is “hope.” Ideas can only take us so far– get behind a real supporter with experience–Clinton, Biden, Dodd, anyone BUT Obama… what a joke. If Obama is nominated we won’t stand a chance in the general… Obamaites, don’t ruin this for all of us.
Posted by: TexasDem | Nov 27, 2007 9:50:19 AM
Dude, Bush, yes GW Bush is behind Hillary! Do you have a picky memory?

As good as Obama is he does not stand a chance because his name is Barack Obama. We’ll see about Iowa, but the majority of middle America and the rest of the country is just not prepared to elect someone with such a name. Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton. Those are the kinds of names America is used to. Not someone that shares a Muslim name with Public Enemy No. 1. Sorry, Obama people, you have wasted your time and money. Selling out and changing his name would possibly have made him the first black President. Not now.

bob: Nope. Makes me think neither he nor Newt know what they’re talking about. Nice try thought.

Oh bob… there’s still room for you on another bandwagon…
I’ll remind you: Hope is only a word if you don’t have a candidate experienced enough to implement it. Support Clinton, Dodd, or Biden–anyone but Obama. Fired up? Ready to go? Please do. Go away and don’t ruin our chance at winning in the general. Look at Jena, LA and tell me that race relations are what you think they are and then tell me that Obama will bring us together? Support a real viable candidate and not an EMPTY phrase that your candidate cannot back up.

If Clinton is to the Dems what Reagan was to the GOP, then why don’t we just nominate Nancy Reagan? She is probably as qualified as Shrillary…

i just recently returned to the planet earth.
who is obama?

I’m a conservative, so I don’t really have a dog in this Democrat primary fight (unlike Bill Clinton). Nevertheless, Biden is clearly the only one on the platform who GETS IT. When the candidates and the sheeple in the audience were all carping about the racial profiling created by the Patriot Act, Biden was the only one to stand up and say that the Patriot Act did not authorize profiling of muslim air travelers (which is unfortunate when you consider that none of the 9/11 hijackers looked like my grandma who is as likely to get pulled out of line at O’Hare as a 24 year old “student” from Syria with an expired visa). All the other candidates were clearly pandering and Biden was the only one who seemed remotely aware of the actual FACTS.

I like Biden too. Probably one of the smartest members of the Senate, but he has a serious “diahreah of the mouth” problem. Too many off-the-wall, goofy statements makes him a risky candidate.

It seems to me like both of our candidates are socialist enough for our tastes. And they can beat those Republicans who believe in all of that economic freedom stuff. I think we should just relax and let whoever wins the nomination trash the conservatives and beat them so that the government can take over our lives.

OBAMA WILL WIN BECAUSE HE HAS A MALE APPENDAGE. HILLARY WISHES SHE HAD ONE.

Can you imagine how mad Hillary will be when she is the only woman Bill would not help get in to the White House?

Don’t vote for Hillary. Even if you’re threatened at gunpoint.

Iowa and New Hampshire get alot of publicity but they are tiny little states with little relevancy, except to the mainstream media pundits and web bloggers.
Super Tuesday, February 5th, 2008 is the real date that matters. Anyone who stumbles on 2/5/08 is a goner. New Hampshire and Iowa lost all their value when all the other states moved their primaries up. Too bad the candidates and their supporters fail to see that.

oh yeah, al gore is a joke too!he wants to save the trees but cant seem to do the same for the hair that was on the back of his huge head. is he gaining weight? his peace prize win was a joke!

Please nominate Hillary. Please.
Seems it might be the only way democrats could screw this one up.
Of course they could put Reid and Pelosi in charge. . .oh wait. Never mind. *Sigh* Here comes the GOP again.
When can the REAL donkey come out and play? These dynastic hypocrites should be shown the door.

It’s scary how stupid many of these comments are. Wow. Just wow.

Ron Paul will surprise all.
Hillary will win Iowa for the Dems.

Ya, Hillary has a TON more experience than Barrack. Remember that one thing she did that one time…it’s on the tip of my tongue…I can’t exactly recall, but she did something once that would qualify her. Right?

Look out Barack & Oprah. Barbara Streisand (yawntle) just endorsed Hillary. LOL
That’ll really help Hillary out with the down home folks. (NOT)

OK—I’ll say the unthinkable—the American people are still not ready for a black or a women in the oval office so the Dems are nuts if they nominate either one of them as their candidate. What does that leave them?

We all know Newt is a long time admirer and supporter of Hillary Clinton, so I believe every word he says.

3 words: “Remember Howard Dean”

I laugh at this talk about the experience factor. Laying next to her husband for eight years doesn’t mean Hillary has presidential experience. Obama has the identical experience as only one other president: ABRAHAM LINCOLN. He turned out alright. Obama means CHANGE, and that’s what American wants and needs.

edwarz will won

Hillary is just like Bill Clinton. She will govern like a moderate Republican and will do nothing to change things. She is completely uninspiring. It will be four more years of stagnation. Obama reminds me of Robert Kennedy. He has the potential to build some unity in this country and get us back on the right track.

In Diane Sawyer’s interview with Newt Gingrich on GMA, November 27, 2007, she appeared shocked that Huckabee would run an ad that indicated he was a Christian. Ms. Sawyer seemed stunned that a presidential candidate would state he is a Christain in no uncertain terms in a nation such as ours with diverse beliefs.
I do not see anything wrong with Huckabee stating he is a Christian. Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs–including presidential candidates. Everyone knew of former President John F. Kennedy’s strong commitment to Roman Catholicism, a denomination within the Christian faith.
Also, it just seems prominent people in our nation as a whole no longer know the ultimate, changeless, timeless truths found in Scripture. They do not know who Jesus the Christ is or why He interrupted life on earth with His presence as He did 2000 years ago.
If Jesus is who He claims to be and if Diane and others holding her same opinion fully understood Jesus’ 3-year ministry on earth, I believe there would be far fewer people who can’t seem to comprehend why a person would stand firm on his beliefs in private and in public as appropriate.

the “clintons” were impeached! they shouldnt be allowed back in.
we dont need anymore scandels! once a cheater, aways a cheater, she wants restituition for her husband. anyway, God put a man over the woman not the woman over the man, the other meaner countries are laughing at the us for even contemplating the idea.

Barack Obama get a gip. Let me say I am seventy one years old and I was married to a black man for twenty five years. (I too am a white grandmother.) We married in 1955 it was not so popular for what we called mixed couples back then. What nonsense that people use racial remarks about ordinary black people. These remarks are used against uncouthed or violent people. What’s more, blacks do it too. I have lived it so get over it !!!!! Correct your own attitude. People like Obama are the one that keep racial division going. and you buy into it. Most white people have so much more to think about in their lives that racial remarks are not important or even thought about. Now don’t say that white people are thoughtless about black people because that’s not what I’m saying and you know it!!! Once you get over yourself and stop looking for everything that you can construe as racial you might find that all of your problems are not caused by whites but are caused by you not taking responsibility for your own actions. There will always be some inequality for you as there is for white people but you are so busy looking at your own misfortune that you can’t see the problems of others. You think you are the only people that have suffered.