Clinton Camp Downplays Obama Win

Notice how Hillary actually slights each state she loses as she is slighting Obama. For Iowa it was that the state didn’t pick winners anyway, and even in NH and NV it was complain, and dirty Obama’s record–then in NH, she “finds her voice.” In SC, she has dissed the state by saying they pick people who lose. And Bill already said that SC voters are probably going to pick someone who looks like them–in a sense claiming that the voters of SC can only see race. Did Obama say–”well, I’ll probably lose Iowa because they want to pick someone who looks like them” or did he say he wasn’t woman enough to win NH (though the media did spin the women’s vote). I hate the way the Clintons characterize the voters in States they are worried about, or states they lose. Obama doesn’t do that. Obama respects the win, whether it was for him or not. He certainly doesn’t diss the state BEFORE they vote. Hilary disrespects the turnouts, the results, and therefore the state itself.

The Clintons will do literally ANYTHING to win. Their only game is to place race with this one. Do they actually think anyone will want to support her in November if she actually does become the nominee? Many democrats will feel ashamed of how they did it, and I, for one, will feel disgusted if it comes to fruition.
It is not 1988 any longer, and I hope people will stand up and reject this type of bigotry. Ridiculous…

Through the muck of dirty politics a true “statesman” reigns. Hillary and Bill could stand to learn a lesson from a man like Obama. He is a “statesman” with integrity and ethics. Of course, this is just one old, woman’s point of view.

There has never been a better time for some informative thinking!!!!!!!!!!!

Aren’t “Black” voters Americans too? Does the “Black” vote count for nothing? Obama also won a 94% “White” state. let me say that again – 94 percent……..white. Obama won it. So, stop acting like this is some sort of fluke and it is of no importance when the truth is Obama is strong with white as well as blacks and THAT is what the word UNITY is all about!

It looks like the Clinton’s plan is to give Bill a third term in the White House. President Clinton proved in S.C. that he won’t be the subdued, in-the-background kind of presidential spouse, as he was originally portrayed by Hillary. On the contrary, he will obviously be her equal in the White House, and with him much more camera-avid and well-spoken than her, President Clinton will clearly become the public face and voice of the White House. He’s just that kind of person, and this last week has demonstrated that beyond doubt.
With President Bill Clinton getting a third – unconstitutional – term in the White House, we may end up two dynasties running the United States for 28 years. Then perhaps Laura Bush will run – since she also has “White House experience.”

Moral of the story: Mudslinging doesn’t work. This is indeed a new kind of campaign.
Bill Clinton’s attacks are not “just a part of politics”, it’s only a part of HIS politics.
I’d rather vote for the rookie who is willing to learn something, and who helps his team and his sport than for the veteran who is only in it for one last ring before she retires.

It will be so nice to see Hillary win the democratic nomination. I can’t wait to say, ” I told you so” to all the sheep writing on this blog.

she tells it like it is. deal with it.

The win for Obama, in South Carolina, was a win for Democracy, as we finally turn from the current president-by-inheritance trend. Way to go, South Carolina!

Since the first debates I’ve been deeply disgusted with the absence of respect that Senator Clinton has shown for her colleague, Senator Obama. She has repeatedly denigrated his experience, his judgement, his remarkable sense of history, and his vision. Furthermore, with the aid of the only President who’s ever been impeached for perjury and subsequently disbarred, Senator Clinton has repeatedly distorted Senator Obama’s comments to create a racially divisive atmosphere in the hope of gaining white and Lationo votes. In her supercilious, patronizing manner we’re only a step from hearing her refer to Senator Obama as “boy”. I had really believed that Democrat’s white patronization ended in the 60′s and only remained as an O’Reilly Factor.

The Clinton’s (especially bill) are professional politicians. They know that the only way that they can get back into THIER Whitehouse is to play down and dirty.
Expect the worse from them and remember every time they drag the contest into the mud, they are successfully turning off Americans desire to vote. These are the same Americans that Obama is reaching out to and inspiring.
This is modern aged disenfranchisement, and they know it. I believe they think it is their only chance at winning. Just look at the people the Clintons hang with, people like James Carville.—-birds of a feather, so to speak.
It will only get worse from them. I wish that there was some way for Senator Obama to point at exactly what they are doing, explain it and say. “THAT IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF POLITICS THAT WE WANT CHANGED IN THIS COUNRTY”
That is something hard to express when you believe in taking the high road.
Good luck to us ALL.
Bill & Hilary are willing to do anything to win, no matter what it does to the Democratic Party or our country.

Comparing Obama’s overwhelming victory to Jesse Jackon’s victory in ’84 and ’88 is just another not so subtle way for Clinton to say to white America HEY, OBAMA’S BLACK! DON’T FORGET THAT HE’S BLACK. AND UM, HE’S BLACK. Yes, Bill, we got that memo. But we aren’t the backwards racists that you take us for, even in SC. That’s why as many white men supported Obama as they did Hillary (not true for Jackson). And why Obama beat Hillary solidly among whites under 40 of both genders. So, Bill, your “red-neck baiting” didn’t work. So just stop it and grow up. You’re giving Southerners a bad name.

If Obama doesn’t win SC with 60% african american then where? and please stop whining everytime Hillary question his records and abilities. Obama does not have any accomplishment to back up his words and only with hopes you can change anything. Obama stop crying!

O.J. Simpson would have won in S.C. against Abraham Lincoln. So don’t break your arms patting yourself on the backs Obama backers.
Think about this…. Why are the GOP’s so afraid of Hillary and don’t give a damn about Obama? Some food for thought for Democrats who are dumb enough to vote for Obama.

from first in the south to who cares about SC, truly the rudest most uneducated people in AMerica.

The south carolina vote tonight proved the same thing we saw in Nevada. African americans are RACIST. White people gave Obama a chance in Iowa and NH. African americans arent giving ANYONE a chance whatsoever. If it wasnt for Bill Clinton campaigning so hard there, Hillary wouldnt have even got the 17% . John Edwards had nothing to do with any of this. He is from South Carolina and won the state in 2004. Yet he got THREE PERCENT of the African american vote. They ought to be ashamed of themselves.

Hilary and Bill have a deal. She helped him get to the White House and now it is her turn. He owes her and this is a debt that he has to pay.
Their strategy is to continue to try and marginalize Obama. Somehow when he wins it has less meaning then if she wins. Blacks who continue to support the Clintons are foolish. Whites, Latinos, Asians, etc. who can’t see through their political scheming are foolish. Now that Caroline Kennedy has endorsed Obama, she is just another private citizen whose opinion doesn’t count. Is everyone in the country stupid with the exception of the Clintons? When this race began I thought that I would vote for Hilary if she got the democratic nomination. I no longer feel that way. If she gets the nomination I will either not vote or I will for the first time in my life vote republican.
Wake up America!! Let’s change our hearts and minds and vote for a real person!–

What else are they gonna do?

TWO PRESIDENTS TOO MUCH, ANYWAY:
“…One problem with the George W. Bush administration is that it has brought a kind of plural presidency in through the back door. Vice President Dick Cheney has run his own executive department, with its own intelligence and military operations, not open to scrutiny, as he hides behind the putative president.
No other vice president in our history has taken on so many presidential prerogatives, with so few checks. He is an example of the very thing James Wilson was trying to prevent by having one locus of authority in the executive. The attempt to escape single responsibility was perfectly exemplified when his counsel argued that Mr. Cheney was not subject to executive rules because he was also part of the legislature.
We have seen in this campaign how former President Clinton rushes to the defense of presidential candidate Clinton. Will that pattern of protection be continued into the new presidency, with not only his defending her but also her defending whatever he might do in his energetic way while she’s in office? It seems likely. And at a time when we should be trying to return to the single-executive system the Constitution prescribes, it does not seem to be a good idea to put another co-president in the White House.”

way to keep the racial stuff out of the campaign Bill. You went right to a direct comparison to Jesse Jackson 20 years ago for that shot. SC is made up of a bunch of stupid niggards.
Obama did not ask to be voted for because he is black, because he will promote black issues. He is the best candidate. Period. When white voters vote int he majority for the white candidate does that make them racist? When they start saying that all blacks are alike, comparing Obama to Jesse Jackson for instance, is that racist?

Thoes that want to belivie that this primary was not about race is are no different than the Bush administration when they ignore science to de-bunk global warming. Pull your heads out of the sand. Obamas win in SC was all about race and nothing else. Here is the math:53% of registered Democrats in South Carolina are African-American. Barack Obama, with 78 percent supporting him. Nineteen percent of blacks voted for Hillary Rodham Clinton. While a quarter of whites voted for Obama, three-quarters of whites split their votes between the two white candidates, Clinton and John Edwards, voting 40 percent for Edwards and 36 percent for Clinton. Edwards’ support came almost entirely from white voters. It is very resonable to assume had Edwards not been in the race that Hillary would have picked up most of the voters that supported Edwrads. Had this been about message and not race it would stand to reason that Edwards would have done far better than the 2% of African-Americans support he recievied. So Obama won almost exactly by the same percentage number as there were registered African-Americans with the exception of the 25% of white, most of whom are between the ages of 18-29, voters. Clinton of course did get 20% of the African-American voters to support her. If Obamas 25% white vote is news, then Clinton hanging on to 20% of the African-American vote is news as well. Futhermore, Obama and his media patrons made this about race, and spent the whole week slamming the Clintons, which took 10 points from Clinton and gave them to Edwards. Clinton left the state to campaign elsewhere while Obama spent the week courting the black vote almost exclusively. Obama proved he can win in a state with a majority of African-American Voters durring a negative campaign with a lot of media support. What happens when he has to run in the rest of the country. The most telling exit poll number was that 83% of thoes surveyed felt Clinton was the most experienced, and 53% (the exact percentage of African-American voters) felt the race should be about “change”. Super Tuesday will be grim for Obama and his supporters.

Why is the media insisting upon using this unprecedented step toward full equality as a source of division? I can’t figure it out. Both during a recent debate and out on the trail, Obama and Clinton agreed to leave the topic of race behind completely, since it is the Democratic Party that has consistently stood up for minority rights, the fight to end poverty, and focused their efforts on improving the middle class and giving those want to achieve that status the opportunity to do so. Yet for some reason the media can’t seem to understand that the American public is tired of the press holding a magnifying glass over something that does not address any of the major problems facing the United States. For several primaries now, the economy has been the issue that Democratic voters have cited as the most important in exit polls, with health care and the war in Iraq coming in second and third. RACE is not even on the list, so why is it being given so much attention?

This really upsets me. It’s troubling to think that Bill Clinton was once the leader of our Great Nation. Spewing his dirty politics and untrue statements about Senator Obama. From the beginning I didn’t trust Hillary, and her Husband has cut the cake for me….. I do not think very highly of the Clinton’s.

Why do you all think ill of the Clintons? At least the male Clinton has proved that they can the economy of the country running perfectly with his record on the economy from 1993 through 2000. I hope all of you writing here really follow the economy and you know that the economy of this country and the rest of the world was at its best during the Clinton years. Bush 1 left behind a very anaemic ecomy. Where is dthe economy today? Look at what has happened since Bush entered the white house. Come on, do you really want peace of mind? Then, vote for another Clinton. That name is synonymous to economic prosperity.

the author should make public how much money he/she has contributed to the obama campaign. why does the media have to be so biased? this is exactly the kind of stuff that led to the blunder of iraq invasion … Ok so obama won SC big , do the clintons have to sing in praise for him… look at his speech from NH after losing, its as if he just won the primary, also why doent anyone heckle obama the way they do it to the clintons??

Posted by: Shiree,
“”It will be so nice to see Hillary win the democratic nomination. I can’t wait to say, ” I told you so” to all the sheep writing on this blog.”"
Shiree,
Rest assured she will win the nomination. This win for Obama won’t change what will eventually happen. However, she will only win because of the hatched job her and Bill have done to THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. Of course only some of us are able to see it and denouce their tactics. “The sheep” as you say, would be you all, those of you that are falling for it. Those of you that are letting them ram Hillary down your throats – regardless if she is the best candidate or not.
Now, just because she wins the nomination does not mean she will win the general election. Again, the rest of us aren’t sheep. It is because we are not sheep, it will be a cold day in you know were before we vote for that lying, dishonest, cheating, self-serving, power hungry, do-nothing politican name Hillary Clinton….
So the question then becomes, how do you suppose she will win with only half the support of Democrats? You know she won’t be getting any from the Repubs. since they hate the Clinton’s. The Indeps don’t want her either – because they like us, remember the scandal clad days of his administration and the divisiveness it caused. So, again, where will the votes come from?
Posted by: SC, WV,
Please whatever you do, DO GO OUT AND VOTE. I, too, was in the same position of supporting Hillary. I also pulled my support for her – but that was last year (I pick up on this very quick) when I stopped supporting her. I haven’t made up my mind who I am for now – Edwards or Obama, either would be fine with me. Eventhough, I haven’t made up my mind regarding the two remaining candidates, I do know that come Nov. I WILL NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES be voting for Hillary. So I encourage you to vote – you don’t have to vote for her – just as long as you vote for someone. Either way, the Democratic party will get the message….This party is about us, not the politicians and their WANTS.
I totally agree. He turned what could have been a good and almost sure victory for this party into a street brawl and divided the party(among gender, racial, class). He insulted the intelligence of the voters. More important, he made the Democratic party look like a total joke.
As for the article, many of us already knew this would happen. This story is not anything new. I predicted this a week ago – as did many other people. Oh and this: “Clinton insisted his message has been “99-point-9 percent positive for 100 percent of this campaign.”
Well that is just a total lie. And that is the reason REAL DEMOCRATS should reject these people………get ready to take your Democratic party back America. That is if you are a fair minded and reasonable person.

I’m confused here. How can you say you are a Democrat voting for Obam but if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination apparently allot of you will vote for McCain. If that’s the case, then you are a disgrace. You Democrats in here are disgrace to tap dance on the Clinton years. Yeah I remember the Clintons years the greatest president in modern times. Yes we need change. We to change back to the Clinton years. And you can’t fool me I know allot of you Obama supporters are really republicans in drag.

If Obama doesn’t win SC with 60% african american then where? and please stop whining everytime Hillary question his records and abilities. Obama does not have any accomplishment to back up his words and only with hopes you can change anything. Obama stop crying”!
What accomplishments and abilities are you suggesting Hillary has???
Being a former frist Lady doesn’t count!
Clintons stop lying!!!!
BTW, If Hillary wins the nomination…She won’t win the White House.
The Rebulicans are chopping at the bit for Hillary to be the Dems candidate…Wonder why????

“I’m confused here. How can you say you are a Democrat voting for Obam but if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination apparently allot of you will vote for McCain. If that’s the case, then you are a disgrace. You Democrats in here are disgrace to tap dance on the Clinton years. Yeah I remember the Clintons years the greatest president in modern times. Yes we need change. We to change back to the Clinton years. And you can’t fool me I know allot of you Obama supporters are really republicans in drag”.
Now I’m confused….”change BACK to the Clinton years” is no change at all…Its just more of the Clintons. Going Back is not a Change.

“Well marge Hillary has a very good record in NY as a US senator for 8 years. What record does Obama have? I know you Obama supporters are Republicans anyway”.
What are her accomplishments over the last 8 years?
I hope you’re not counting “her” vote in favor of the war good.

Uhh marge what are Obama’s accomplishments? Hope? Yes marge you are confused not to realize the greatest economy ever under the Clintons. I find it hard to believe you are a Democrat. Some food for thought for those dumb enough to think obama can win the presidential election.

It is unbelievable to me how ruthless and nasty the Clintons are being. They are on the same party/team (Democrat) and yet they are behaving like Republicans. It’s one thing to point out differnces but to play such dirty politics is embarassing. It just goes to show that a politician is a politician is a politician. More of the same old crap. Instead of a committment to to bring about real change to better our country, you get more politicians simply trying to stack their resume’. Just another notch on the career belt.

Posted by: MR,
“”I’m confused here. How can you say you are a Democrat voting for Obam but if Hillary Clinton gets the nomination apparently allot of you will vote for McCain. If that’s the case, then you are a disgrace. You Democrats in here are disgrace to tap dance on the Clinton years. Yeah I remember the Clintons years the greatest president in modern times. Yes we need change. We to change back to the Clinton years. And you can’t fool me I know allot of you Obama supporters are really republicans in drag.”"
It comes down to this, at the end of the day my own convictions are MORE IMPORTANT TO ME THAN THE CLINTONS. The Clinton years are over with, get over it. You can’t reverse time and they cannot fashion the economy to resemble what it was in the 1990′s. Are you aware what contributed to that economy? Please exercise some judgment. We aren’t Republicans because we feel someone other than Hillary would be a better candidate.
Posted by: kevin robinson,
“It is unbelievable to me how ruthless and nasty the Clintons are being. They are on the same party/team (Democrat) and yet they are behaving like Republicans. It’s one thing to point out differnces but to play such dirty politics is embarassing.”"
Exactly! And what you stated above is the reason why I pulled my support for Hillary. I won’t be some stooge or blind loyalist in the face of their actions. I guess they didn’t guess their tactics would put some people off but they are wrong. I can’t tell you the number of people I talk to daily, in real life – not over some computer – that are turned off by the Clintons and have vowed to vote against her if she is the nominee. Their gutter style politics is NOT what this party is about. That is how you deal with your enemies, not your opponent b/c you find yourself behind. That is what is disgraceful MR. We now look worse than the Republicans thanks to those people. I won’t soon forget what they have done either.

I already cast my absentee ballot for Barack Obama and mailed it back. I live in Pensacola, Florida.
I encourage all fellow voters in Florida that can vote democratic, to vote for Barack Obama.
Hillary Clinton is not a good candidate, she breaks rules, spreads lies and wants to live by her own laws — not the laws the rest of us are stuck with.
Hillary Clinton is planning on campaigning in Florida on Tuesday after she signed an agreement not to. Now she is breaking the rules.
Let’s show Hillary Clinton what we feel about rule breakers and a candidate that lies, distorts, and wants to do everything her way — let’s vote for Barack Obama.
Barack Obama is an honest and decent man who is following the rules and is running a wonderful campaign.

By the way, MR, I’m an independent. The reason I never joined a political party was because I don’t see any reason to vote for a lesser candidate just because he or she is in a certain party.
I really do want to vote Democratic this time. And I often lean Democratic but not always. It depends on the person. My county supervisor is a Republican and I’d vote for him anytime – he’s really a good guy.
After the lunacies of the past seven years, I really want to vote Democratic. But you guys have to give me a candidate I can trust – and Clinton isn’t it.

Paul,
Thank You. I agree 100%. I am an independent as well and can not see us going with 20 years plus of bush/clinton. We need new. If Hillary gets the nom then I will have to reevaluate the choices and will vote for which on, I feel, can make a differnce, even it that means a thrid party candiate.

With all due respect for Mr. Obama and the campaign he has run I’d have to agree he has alot of good things to say, who can argue with that? but the major difference is, Obama has nothing really but his words so far, what has he actually accomplished? nothing much in his 2 very short years in the Senate. He skipped on 130 Senate votes, no one does that and gets things done, seriously. Change happens when you TAKE ACTION and sitting back and not voting 130 times, is not taking action. You know I have nothing against Obama’s ideas, but Hillary and Edwards both have alot more to back up their promises. One step at a time, I think Obama is an impulsive choice and the wrong choice for what America needs right now. Change is great! of course it is, we ALL want change and no one wants it and can make that change happen more effectively for what we all need to restore America right away quite like Hillary Clinton starting on her first day in office. Hillary has my vote and support all the way and John Edwards is my second choice, I wish Edwards would be Hillary’s running mate in fact, those two would be just awesome together. I would consider Obama another time but he is way too young, untested and inexperienced still for what we need done now. Do the right thing and vote for what we KNOW will work at a time in America’s history when we cannot afford to lose another another child, another job, another business, another family, another home, another day. Hillary already knows exactly what to do and how to do it, you cannot just promise that or say ‘yes you can’ make change, it takes hard work. You have to actually have the skills and know how to get it done like Hillary absolutely does. Bottom line, you don’t hire an amateur to do a professional job. Vote for Hillary for real serious, immediate change, she is the sure thing and she will not let us down.
Hillary All the Way!!!!!!

Clintons are the lowest form of life. Power mad pathelogical liars. They started the nasty dicourse and disrespect and spin in politics that nobody likes. Hopefully Americans have the wisdom to support a president that will focus on bringing people together, rather than tearing us apart for their own selfish interests.

Just think about who will bring good life to the American people. That person should be the president for us, not what he or she say, but what he or she has done in the past, present and future.

I just finished reading every contributions made on this blog……found it really fascinating and can hear a cry for change for generation that really believes in change…….but the change isn’t across the ocean, it is right there with you…..If only you can remove sentiments and vote right.
personal opinion…there’s always a first time and wisdom can be given to anyone. scrutinize the candidates and forget the mask, and give your most valued vote to the an instrument of change.

Vote for John Edwards. Hillary & Obama don’t stand a chance against Republicans like McCain. Tell your friends to stop their wishful thinking (or tell them to drop their gender or racial biases) and face reality. Otherwise we’ll not only have a Republican President again, we’ll miss out on firing Bush-rubber-stamping Senators next fall when Hillary or Obama become the GOP’s main get out the vote strategy.

Newt, I agree with you, with the kind of stupid acrimony Obama and his supporters have infuxed in between him and the clintons, both Clinton and Obama can never win the election. John is the only viable shot for the dems if they really want to take over White House. OBama, John Kerry, and Ted Kerry are playing politics with great envy. When the dems started loosing out was when John Kerry left his running mate John Edwards whom he prolclaimed to be the best then to turn around now to endorse Obama. He also forgot about Bill Clinton who campaigned all through with him, whom he also said was the best president of America. Now Clinton is a dishonest man to him. My question is why did it take him so long to discover that both John Edwards and Bill Clinton aren’t good enough

It’s funny how the media has a double standard here. Anything Hillary says is a horrible attack on Obama and anything that Obama says about Hillary is the gospel. How pathetic. Obama always states we need to get away from the past meanwhile they brag about the Kennedy endorsements. Aren’t they the the past?

I keep hearing you people talk about integrity and charactor. How can you talk about integrity and charactor when Obama has no record? He wasn’t there for the vote to send troops in Iraq so you have no idea how he would have voted. What has he accomplished? Why do you think US Senators never win in presidential elections? Because US senators have voting records that you scrutinize. With obama you don’t have that because he’s only been a US senator for 2 yrs.

The people who do not support Obama seem to do so not realizing that blacks have voted for white candidates for a very long time. They also don’t seem to understant that if It were not for the white vote Obama would not have won. Was it alright for the clinton backers to vote for hillary is it just because she is white or maybe because she is a woman. Those who say Obama has no experience who said you need experience do you think GW had any it is about the Ideas and Plans you bring to the table and can you put them forth to make this country a better place I think that Obama has laid out some fine points (if some of you would stop compare what the candidates are saying of course that means you have to read and not just go on sound bites or should I say bates given to tarnish someones character. Go to the sites and read up on the candidates and you will see that Obamas Ideas make sense Not because he is Black and by the way he does have a white mother

MeeraDad lets see here. She’s been a US Senator for the state of NY for 8 yrs. Obama a US Senator for 2. He has no record period. So how can you say he has integrity when he never has been scrutinized on the level Hillary? Unite? If you think obama is going to unite republicans and democrats you are delusional. The republicans are licking their chops to go up against Obama. They will rip him to shreds. They are afraid of Hillary because she’s tuff and knows how to fight unlike the last nominee for president (JOHN KERRY). He was a disgrace by not fighting the swift boaters.

Kathleen Kennedy, Senator Robert Francis “Bobby” Kennedy and Kerry Kennedy endorsed Hillary Clinton. 3 kennedy’s for Hillary and 2 Kennedy’s for Obama. Why is the press not reporting it. Is very shameful that American press plays partisan politics, same way they are used by every GOP government to blackmail other countries/governments. Shame on you GOP CNN and GOP FOX news. Thats the way your sentimental reporting of international events brings hatred, scorn and mockery to America. You will never be objective for once. You always take side. Well your relevance is fast fading. Youtube will soon overtake you in news reporting.

I am disgusted with Hillary Clinton. If she cares so much about the voters in Michigan and Florida why wasn’t she fighting for our delegates when they were first taken away? If she cares so much that our voice be heard why did she proclaim a victory in a state where her competitors names weren’t on the ballot? If she felt Michigan was wrongly penalized why did she not come to this great state and say that? Was it because she had nothing to gain then? Was it because she didn’t think this process would be this competitive? No matter what the reason she never cared, until now. Eleven days after we voted.
I can tell you one thing, if you live in Florida your vote does count. It may not be a vote for delegates, but your vote can deliver a clear message. Vote uncommitted.

Mr my only fear is that the GOP’s may succeed and then that will mark the begining of the fall of America. Cos Obama cannot win the presidential election. The GOP’s will stop giving him the undue press coverage he is enjoying now the moment he picks the nomination. I wish people will stop their emotions from beclouding their sense of objective reasoning. Fox news, CNN are fast losing credibility but they won’t understand until it may be too late to make any meaningful correction.

I think Obama has long way to go. Continuously, he failed to present a big picture and is involved in “He said, She Said” and “Fairy Tale” fights. As a President, Obama will have to deal with thousands of challenges and these challenges will be as or more tougher than Hillary.
As a President, will he solve the problem using “He said, She Said” and “Fairy Tale” tactics or will we see real problem Solver. Only saying he is ready and promoter of change will not help. We need more from Obama.

Cynthia – independents decide national elections. Independents like Obama more than Clinton. He’s the stronger general election candidate.

I’m gonna guess that many of you Hillary supporters are too young to remember the first Clinton term and the venom she inspired when she got involved in crafting the healthcare bill. Maybe you were living in an extremely blue state and didn’t see what affect she had on people. It was ugly. She is certainly capable but it is a fact that she will divide this country like never before. If you can’t admit that you are either daft or a republican masquerading as a Hillary supporter.

I have not seen race being an issue with the clintons or obama. It’s the press who is twisting the words of the candidates. I for one think obama is talking change but he has nothing to back it up. His record in the senate is not that great. Hillary has the experience and would surely beat a republican any day. Go Hillary!!

Americans make no mistake about Obama’s Islamic root. Take a look at what he Obama wrote in his own book.
Obama wrote about an influential American Muslim; “El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X)” who served as the spokesman for the militant Nation of Islam
Obama wrote; “His repeated acts of self-creation spoke to me; the blunt poetry of his words, his unadorned insistence on respect, promised a new and uncompromising order, martial in its discipline, forged through sheer force of will.”
He added: “El-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz (Malcolm X) discovery toward the end of his life, that some whites might live beside him as brothers in Islam, seemed to offer some hope of eventual reconciliation.”
Obama’s family connections to Islam would endure, however. For example, his brother Roy opted for Islam over Christianity, as Obama recounted when describing his 1992 wedding.
“The person who made me proudest of all,” Obama wrote, “was Roy. Actually, now we call him Abongo, his Luo name, for two years ago he decided to reassert his African heritage. He converted to Islam, and has sworn off pork and tobacco and alcohol.”
Meanwhile, Obama remained sharply critical of what he called “the religious absolutism of the Christian right.”
In “Audacity,” the senator wrote that such believers insist “not only that Christianity is America’s dominant faith, but that a particular, fundamentalist brand of that faith should drive public policy, overriding any alternative source of understanding, whether the writings of liberal theologians, the findings of the National Academy of Sciences, or the words of Thomas Jefferson.”
Although the overwhelming majority of Americans describe themselves as Christians, Obama does not believe that any one religion should define the United States.
“We are no longer just a Christian nation,” he argues in “Audacity,” which was published last year. “We are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.”
“In the wake of 9/11, my meetings with Arab and Pakistani Americans … have a more urgent quality, for the stories of detentions and FBI questioning and hard stares from neighbors have shaken their sense of security and belonging,” he laments. “I will stand with them should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”
I want us to look at the life of Eli Cohen; a celebrated Israeli spy who is recognized as one of the most successful spies of modern times.
I can see another Eli Cohen in the making. All what may be needed from Obama is to reveal American secret defence technologies and the matter is over. Rusia and china will over-run America in one slight battle. We should remember how secret information on America and UK atomic bomb research was leaked to USSR by Klaus Fuchs; a German-born theoretical physicist and atomic spy who was convicted of surreptitiously supplying information on the British and American atomic bomb research to the USSR during, and shortly after, World War II.
A good spy must be very bright and charming to win enough confidence required to be placed in a sensitive position. If Fuchs wasn’t brought into the core of atomic bomb research, may be today Russia wouldn’t have had Nuclear bombs and frankly all these issue of proliferation wouldn’t have been at all.
I am not against Obama but I don’t think he is worth taking a risky security chance on. If you don’t like clinton why not John Edwards?

Fellow Democrats:first of all who ever won in the democratic party I will support because that how you suppose to act as a member of the party. Most of us know that most of the media, esp the big once such as CNN, Fox,ABC and so on, are bias toward Hillary and this is not a coincident and they want her lost and want Obama win. I tell you why: as a democrat we know Republican = MOSTLY Rich with less compassion,and middle class or poor who are against abortion, gay marriages or in other words very strict followers of the Bible. These rich people control the media and they are trying hard to help Obama because they can beat him in the general election and they know they could not do that with Sen. Clinton because Bill has proven that not once but twice! Again I’m not again Obama but I don’t think he ready yet because he doesn’t much experience yet and he whined so easily.
I would like to ask my fellow Democrats to really think about it. We need to win. Republican will try to manipulate the media but we, Democrats I belive are smarter than that. My friend said, he doesn’t want to go back to Iraq and come back without the a job.

Angel – a McCain-Clinton match-up would be terrible for the Democrats. Independents like McCain. The only one who would have the upper hand against him is Obama.
Independents decide elections, most of the time.
Your point about Latinos is a good one, though. Still, I don’t think Obama would have any problem carrying California over McCain. McCain obviously would have some advantages in other Southwestern states, but he’d have that over anyone, except maybe Richardson.
Obama also would bring some regional advantage to the usual battlegrounds in rust-belt states.
Given all the advantages built in for Democrats this time around, if a Democrat can win support among independents, though, its a done deal.

Angel, please remember that Bill Clinton’s record has nothing to do with Hillary running for president unless you are forgetting no one by law can run for a third term. Bill is not running, Hillary is.
The same Hillary who did not read the Iraq resolution, voted yes on it, thus enabling Bush to invade Iraq. Obama read it, declared it publicly to be a bad idea, intelligently outlined why and voted no. He also publicly came out against NAFTA when it was being voted on, while the Clintons championed NAFTA. We now know what a disaster that was for our manufacturing jobs.
Obama is the kind of intelligent leader we need. If he could spot the disasters that the Iraq resolution and NAFTA were, he has the leadership qualities to be our next president.

Looks like the Clintons could use a little impulse control–especially Bill!

Mariann Pepitone,
I just thought you would like to be informed. In Iowa Senator Obama won the state in NH, close call in fact both he and Hillary gained 9 delegates each; NV, again close call but Senator Obama won 13 delegates to Senator Clinton’s 12; SC Obama won by a landslide. You do the math and you will see that Senator Obama is in fact winning by capturing America’s attention. I am voting for Senator Obama because I have the audacity to hope that America can get better and will with Obama as President.

Vote Hillary and you will have the good days of the 1990′s.
Experience and hard work for stability and common sense.
Fantasy and rhetoric are huge risks and totally immature decision-making.
Hillary for happiness.