Obama Questions Clinton’s Experience

I think Obama should sacrifice for the Dem. party, be VP of Hillary. He didn’t win any big states.

Guys,
In last night’s races, there is a wide acceptance that Hillary will come out with a net gain of 10 delegates(after TX caucus is also accounted).
But the number of Dem SuperDelegate’s up for grabs were
VT – 8
TX – 12
OH – 21
RI – 12
Obama’s camp always says that the Superdelegates should go by popular vote.
So
Hillary gets 45 SD’s
Obama gets 8 SD’s
In essence, Hillary netted 10 + (45 – 8)= 37 delegates/superdelegates from last night……WOWWWEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
HILLARY-EDWARDS ’08

Hmmm. I can understand Obama wanting to knock her off her negative messages about him, but he should be careful not to beat her up too much.

When everyone asks Obama what good judgement he has shown, he says he has shown good judgement by not voting for Iraq vote….HE DINT HAVE TO VOTE AT ALL. What is he trying to prove. I think he has lost it.

After what happened yesterday, I just have a question for Dem. If this was a boxing contest, how do you defeat the incumbent title holder, Clinton? The answer is by delivering a knock out punch. I also know that politics is not a game for gentlemen and so far Sen. Obama has played by the rules according to the polls. Most Dems.(my friends) have had enough of Sen. Clinton’s negative campaign; they also believe if that’s going to be the trend Obama has to deliver a few direct blows to gain enough points on his score card. Now is the time to ask the Sen. Clinton what her 35 yrs of experience really is. Now is the time to ask questions about what the American public need to know. If you guy don’t ask these questions, the republican’s will. Every American knows all of the stuff that’s part of Clinton’s experience like: Whitewater, Travel gate, Monica Lewinsky and impeachment, renting out the Lincoln bedroom, the loss of the Rose Law Firm billing records for nearly 2 years until they were miraculously found in the White House living quarters, removing files from Vince Foster’s office following his suicide and before investigators could get there.
I’m a republican and I know Sen. McCain will ask these question. Don’t forget our secret weapon, Karl Rove. Bring it on Dems. It’s Republicans driving in the Straight Talk Express to the White House come fall ’08.

Shirley, you do love your republican talking points. Nevertheless, you forgot to ad that she killed Foster, she’s a witch, a liar, a fraud. Get a life. Those of us in the Hillary camp have heard all the crap you Obama folks throw around, but stay tuned for the Rezko trial going on each and every day from here on out. Are you having fun now?

We need to she her tax return and the library records NOW. If something contained therein is going to blow-up…let’s have that happen BEFORE she’s the nominee.

Obama doesnt represent anything. He is arrogant and divisive. Just look at the number of African-American people that are voting for him just because he looks African-American. He has effectively divided the country on race lines. People are getting very rude while defending his stance. I hope he realises that he is ruining the dreams of millions of youth
Glad to see that America has spoken against Obama leading this country and taking it to the dumps.

Finally Senator Obama claimed experience does matter…He is not qualified to talk about experiences because he got NONE…

MattOhio, you Ohio folks rock! When you Ohio guys finished speaking the Obama folks are still shaking and whining all day long. Thanks for standing up Ohio!

Those who are saying Hillary has won big States must understand that she did not win 100%. There is also a percentage which Obama won as well.
Hillary without Obama can not win the Presidency. Thats why she suggested the joint ticket. But due to the following, I do not think Obama will accept her offer so easily:
1. The leakege Photo of Obama in traditional Somali dress.
2. Hillary Red Phone TV ad in Texas.
3. “Shame on You” Meet Me in Ohio” remarks.
4. Issue of Obama being Muslim and Hillary comment “not that I know of”.
5. She raised the issue of Rezko.
6. The revealation of Obama Economic Aide meeting with Canadian Officials about NAFTA.
And a lot more!

Waw! Obama plans to question Hillary’s experience.
I think it is high time that the people question Obama about his experience with Rezko too.

WestCoast – I have to ask, do you accept the Clinton campaign’s suggestion that Obama isn’t ready?
If so, how can you support Obama as a running mate? The VP is a heartbeat away.
I think Obama is ready, or at least as ready as any non-incumbent could be. But I was just wondering about what I see as a contradictory message from Clinton, and whether her supporters agree with it.

Barrack,
Only foreign policy experience you have is what you inherited from your father who used to herd goats in Kenya. Hillary went all over the world and met and discussed military and political issues with leaders of all major countries during Bill’s terms 1992-2000. She has a lot of experience of dealing with world leaders and you have goat herding experience from your father. Just think about that. You coudn’t be that dumb.

as far as the superdelagates voting with their states, hillary would gain a total of 37 from last nights contests but would lose all the superdelegates from the previous 11 states. She still does not want them to be counted that way. She will continue to go negative, stall releasing her taxes and white house documents. If she gets the nomination those documents will come out and she will be shown to be a fraud. Visiting cpountries on the President’s arm and for photo ops does not make for foreign policy experience.
taking money from Saudi businessmen and royals in order to fund your campaign does not integrity make. If her argument for time in is to be looked at as valid, she just endorsed John McCain for President.

I dont know how many will laugh with me on this…but last night Obama camp dint see the Clinton machine run over them…they were busy looking at the calculators.

She made a tough vote that to this day is hard to live with.All he can say is I would have voted against it.Thats like saying I would have bought a lottery ticket after finding out the numbers and than trying to get a cut of the winnings.

MattOhio – the results of all four states are pretty close to what Axelrod projected back in the first week of February. That’s the difference between a campaign that plans ahead, and one that doesn’t.
So, I don’t agree with your assessment that Obama’s campaign doesn’t recognize what’s happening.

“I think it is very premature to start talking about a joint ticket.”
Where is Mr. Unity now?
This very comment by Obama flies in the face of his claim that this election is about the people not him. Apparently his ego cannot handle being number 2.
I guess the people of Texas and Ohio saw through all of this lies.
YEAH AMERICA!

DogSoldier, I have heard all about it, I have listened to the spins from both sides and I stayed up way too late last night to see everyone show their true colors…yeah I got it- idk though is it deperation or just sheer frustration? Trying to pay attention to all of the back and forth he said she saids is exhausting. I would rather just watch them focus on the issues.

Bill and Michelle, it seems you’re out of touch again. Forty percent of Americans do have relationship problems and some keep their families together and some go on to new relationships. I do not comment on their private affairs because that is their business. Why do you want to involve yourself in the private affairs of others and are you saying that is Obama’s policy?

Obama ‘s foreign policy;
first , invade and bomb our ally–Parkistan, change our ally into enemy.
second, without precondition and clear purpose to meet , talk with our enemies, then hope they become our friend.
in face, those are big changes.

OMG I think we just agreed , is that even allowed on these blogs?

Obama cannot win this election by losing. That’s basically the idea when someone starts talking about his small delegate lead.
Also, it’s illogical to dismiss the importance of the larger states. The larger states are Democrat territory. To dismiss the larger states for the judgement of North Dakota, Idaha, and Kansas IS insane, since they will not vote Democrat in November.
For Obama to think he can win in November while claiming that he’s “not for amnesty” for the Fl and MI voters is also “silly.” Not only does it insult those states…it also insults the many latin voters who struggle with immigration issues.

Patsy Moore, Bill Clinton’s mother passed away from cancer.

Bill Clinton was there for the tsunami victims raising money to help. Bill Clinton was there for the 911 victims and the after effects for the first responders raising money to support and help their families. Bill Clinton was there for New Orleans raising money to help and support them in their needs. Where was Obama?

Dogsoldier…he was out campaigning and having teas with Oprah! Heheh!

Yet the civil fraud trial of Bill Clinton, Grammy’s producer Gary Smith and Clinton intimate and fundraiser Jim Levin, for defrauduing Hillary’s largest donor in 2000, which has been pending in Los Angeles since 2003, and now preparing for a November, 2008 trial has NEVER been announced by the mainstream media.
Hillary was able to extricate herself as a co-defendant in the case in January, 2008 after years of appeals relating to her efforts to use of First Amendment protections from tort claims arising out of federal campaign solicitations to be extricated as a defendant after the California Supreme Court refused to dismiss her from the case in 2004.
Hillary will be called as a witness in both discovery and the trial according to the trial court Judge who so-advised Hillary’s attorney David Kendall when he dismissed Hillary as a co-defendant in 2007. A subpoena is being prepared this month and will be served personally on Hillary, along with Chelsea, Pa Gov. Ed Rendell, Al Gore and other well known political and media figures.
Yet the media has refused to report about this landmark civil fraud case- brought by Hillary’s biggest 2000 donor to her Senate race, regarding allegations that were corroborated by the Department of Justice in the criminal trial of Hillary’s finance director David Rosen in May, 2005

hillary clinton already destroyed the democratic party, nice of you to try the distortions though….
even if she wins, she will lose. The dems remember the 90′s, nothing but drama and scandal.
That’s why we know the Ohio voters are ADD….someone told them bill and hillary will move to Ohio to help them personally.

Paul, I accept the premise that Hillary Clinton is better prepared, and with Obama a heartbeat away, I’m comfortable that this will be a powerful team and the best possible positioning for a presidential-vice presidential seating that we’ve had in the past century. The last time we were in a position like this was with JFK and LBJ and that fails by comparison to this possibility.

Cmon LA in Indiana, the only reason I like Indiana is because you have the COLTS.
Tell Obama he can become VP at most. If he tries to fight the Clinton Machine he will go back to Chicago and sit on that 10ft of lawn that he bought from Rezko wondering why he bought it.

I don’t understand why Hillary will jubilate when She almost lost TX to Obama.. I taut she proudly said that was her firewall.. I guess her so called firewall couldn’t stand Obama’s wave. The only reason she won Ohio was because of all the negative attacks she launched at Obama the last days. I am in Canada, and all of us here Know that BIll’s visit here last week was to work on one of his dirty tricks… I know Americans are smarter.. And I for one and Lots of people I know are proud of Yesterday’s result. Obama broke the so called fire wall in Texas with dignity…
In Obama camp, there is no such time as firewall..Its just a matter of time… As for the clintons.. I have lost the little respect I had for them.. It is pathetic what they will do to get the nomination..And please, cud some1 tell me what kinda of experience she preaches about all the time…. As far as I know been a first lady, does not mean you a a co-president. I too have traveled to more than 100 countries, meet lots of people because of the position my Dad held in the 1990′s but I am smart to know that my travel experiences doesn’t grant me the experiences of my Dad..
So yes.. we want to know the experience she’s talking about..
Obama is the best for the country and for the world, He is a uniter and that is what America needs now at this time that the whole world is against you.
Obama 08

Okay WestCoast, I understand. You are saying Obama is qualified to be president, but just that you believe Clinton is more qualified.

Clinton Supporters,
Should the nominee that has the most pledged delegates and won the popular vote win the nomination? Should the superdelegates reverse the will of the people? Should Clinton be able to change the rules in the middle of the game and include Michigan and Florida delegates? Should there be a new contests in Michigan and Florida so that at least Obama’s name is on the ballot in Michigan? Why should only big states count? Why do you want to disenfrachize voters in Missouri and Colorado? You are the one argueing that only big states matter, while in the same breath saying that Michigan and Florida votes should count so that they aren’t disengranchized.
I’m glad I’m not on the side that has to anwer these questions or has to win this way.

beat the Rezko drum….Chicago beat the drum for 2 yrs, there is nothing there, but keep beating…
release the tax returns hillary…
how about the donor list for the presidential library, can we discuss that out in the open?
dubai port deal? kazakhstan?
norman hsu is in jail, but peter paul ain’t….
c’mon hillary, let’s talk

Going against the will of the people? jayjay
The Democrats are not interested in the will of the people. If they were…they would have primaries instead of caucuses. They would not have taken away the voice of Fl and Mi.
They would not have a caucus system in Texas that takes delegates away from the primary winner.
Will of the people? Meh…nice try Obama-bot.

Ohio voted on who would be the Best President out of the two candidates.
Based on The candidates History, Job experience and how they did on their positions, Facts, Details given to the people about their platforms, ability to do the job. Who’s Allegiance was only to United States Of America.
It is a serious Position to fill, which can not be taken lightly.
We were looking To choose a Presidential Candidate for the United States, with the best Qualities to perform that job.
Out of the two candidates we chose Just that.
Thank you

After reading all the comments that people have posted, it has become overwelmingly obvious that Americans are factually sure of what traits & obligations they want the new President to focus on. However, when it comes to BOTH candidiates NEITHER will clarify they’re position on very important issue such as: HealthCare, S.S.I benefits, Raising childcare costs, failing Housing market, Lack of resources for our youth, mis-management of Sur-Plus funds etc. If ONE of the Democratic Candidiates were to step-up to the plate & explain to the voting public where they stand on any ONE issue; How they plan to resolve that problem,then the SUPER-DELEGATES vote would NOT even matter. Voting PEOPLE need to remember that the President does not only represent the country, they also represent what we want from our government to make LIFE a little more manageable for its citizens.
Politics are supposed to be confusing & combative but the end result must always benefit the citizens of this country. Use the knowledge @ hand to make an educated decision NOT an emotional one for your political party. That is what happened in the 2004 election. People voted for BUSH because they felt sorry for him due to all the bad publicity.
Now I fell sorry for those who have lost family in the war, lost their home, lost employment, for those who must choose between food for the week & medication for they’re health but can only afford to purchase 1or the other. We as citizens of this great nation must begin to ask the important questions w/o fearing the answers that we recieve.
Senator OBAMA & CLINTON will need to stick there necks on the line & lay-out their plans for the next 4 years. Before I promise my vote to any candidiate, I want to be sure it will COUNT. Wouldn’t YOU?

It’s no wonder we don’t expect better morals and judgement from our presidents, when we don’t even talk about the issues ourselves..just resort to name calling and whining. Everyone is acting like they are rooting for their favorite sports team when this will decide the leader of the free world for the next four years!. Where are the issues? Where is the honesty? The intellectual debates? I would like to know what the definition of experience is for all 3 of these candidates -kind of seems like they are all pretty close in that “arena”.

wow – wikipedia norman hsu:
“Hsu then returned to the United States in the late 1990s,[23] despite his fugitive status, and established several addresses in the San Francisco and Los Angeles areas.[2] He became an investor in Silicon Valley,[20] invested in real estate in the San Francisco Bay Area,[2] and still had engagements in the garment industry.[2] He later relocated to New York, where he seemed to become involved in the apparel business once again[23] and lived in a luxury apartment in SoHo while flying chartered jets.[23]
Starting in 2003, Hsu began contributing to, and collecting contributions for, the Democratic Party,[17][19][23][24] although he did not join the party and was not registered to vote.[25][26] He also donated to causes such as the Innocence Project and Clinton Global Initiative.[2] He also became a trustee of The New School in New York, to whom he donated $100,000 and provided the money for a scholarship.[27] Democratic Party figures did not know much about him or his businesses, but appreciated his support;[2] he became known to them as someone who could quickly raise large amounts of money,[23] and as someone who networked tirelessly and always found ways to be included in high-profile events.[28] By 2007, Hsu’s status within Hillary Rodham Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign had risen to the level where he was a “HillRaiser”,[23][29] someone who had “bundled” more than $100,000 for her campaign, and to where he co-hosted a $1 million fundraiser at wealthy Democratic Party supporter Ron Burkle’s Beverly Hills estate,[3] and in September, he was scheduled to co-host a major gala fundraising event featuring music legend Quincy Jones.[17]”
She’s going to drag our Democratic party through the mud. This will be easy for McCain. She is corrupt.

1. Hillary Clinton did not “close the deal” either, and in fact, based upon realistic delegate counts, never will. Even after last night’s admittedly impressive wins, she will remain 100+ pledged delegates behind Obama, with virtually no hope of catching up based upon the remaining primaries and caucuses. In addition, Obama has now closed his once-daunting superdelgates gap with Clinton to a mere 39 — and closing.
2. Obama is far too wise (and too talented) to accept a VP berth with Clinton. It simply would not happen, if by some literal miracle Clinton were to become the nominee.
3. Clinton cannot win the general election, simply because independents and moderate Republicans (yes, there ARE still a few) loathe her, quite frankly, and as everyone not blinded by partisanship well knows, a candidate CANNOT win the presidency of the United States anymore without capturing a sizable majority of independent voters. Obama and McCain can do this; Clinton cannot.
4. Obama will now start going much more vigorously, aggressively and pointed at the Clinton lack of candor, transparency and actual, legitimate “experience.” I’ve yet to find any Clinton supporter who can cite a single example of Clinton’s alleged “who do you want answering the phone at 3 am” experience. Obama’s going to start pounding her on this illusion.

Stephen, that’s been in the news months ago. Do you have something positive to add or is your entire purpose here to tear down Hillary? I can go there with Obama if you like, however, I would rather try and talk about what happens if Fl or Mich does not get to count and then both Hillary and Obama will both be in a world of hurt come November. Or do you wish to concede Fl and Mich to republicans, I don’t.

Mark what makes you think Hillary supporter will somehow drink the koolaid and flock to Obama? Unlike the Obama folks at least the McCain people have already reached out to the Hillary supporters while you Obama supporters are doing everything in your power to tear us down. Not a good strategy there Mark. Time to talk Fl and Mich.

How is it that Senator Obama can win handily in the most liberal state in the Union (Vermont), and Stephen expects us to believe he can win the support and votes of moderate Republicans (my wife) and independent voters (me)?
Simply put, he can’t and won’t.

ken, you conveniently forgot to mention the *OTHER* CNN poll, showing that a large majority of Dem voters — including half of Clinton voters — agreed that the superdelgates should throw their votes to the candidate who in the primaries and caucuses wins the largest share of pledged delegates. And as we all know, mathematically speaking, that will be Obama….
Also, how about telling us all how Hillary would win in November with ZERO Republican crossover votes, and virtually all independent votes going to McCain? Can’t be done.
And finally, I can’t help but notice with amusement how consistently and awkwardly you strain to include the name Rezko with each of your anti-Obama diatribes! Consider a new obsession, won’t you?

the clintons brought years of shame? what has bushie and darth vader been doing for the past 7?!
obama is amazing, i will give him that. personally i just don’t think he has what it takes to make it work in DC. you can talk all you want, but it needs to get done and the establishment will not come easy to the negotiation table.
and what exactly are her negative attacks, she highlighted his weak points, if he can’t handle her now, what will he do against the red tide during the general election?

It is very clear Hillary will win overall popular vote in the end since she won the big states. So it might be Obama has pledged delegate lead but Hillary got popular win: which one will represent the will of people from Dems: the divisive districts or the unitified overall Dems…
Overall popular win will be the majority of the people’s will, otherwise, people just mean to divide the party.. That is the strategy why winning the big states are so important based on neither will seal the pledged delegates…

Hurray for the Clintons — since they’ll do & say anything to win — they’ll drag down a good man so that even if he is the nominee he’ll be so damaged that she can say “I told you so”
If she’s nominee, all her sleletons will come walking out of the closet.
Go McCain

Marko,
You forgot to mention the ABC poll that showing that Democratic voters favored a “winner take all” allocation of delegates and super delegates.
You also forgot to mention the NBC poll showing that voters overwhelmingly wanted to know more about Tony Rezko and the Obama connection.
Face it, the “boneheaded” decision relative to the Rezko influence and land deal and will continue to define the Obama campaign whether his supporters want to forget it or not.
Hey, the trial just got started two days ago. We all have a lot of time to learn about Senator Obama’s association with Tony Rezko, as do you.
As such, I will make it one of my purposes in life to inform voters (you do vote, don’t you?) of the sordid details and trial information as it comes available. If you detect anything awkward, it is probably the tightening of the Rezko noose.
Finally, I don’t post for your amusement, but keep smiling as you think about last night.
Oh, yeah, one more thing…
REZKO!

Republican will play two major cards in election: National security and NAFTA as McCain claimed.
Hillary will defend herself well on focusing the strategy to end of War rather than playing blame game who was wrong in the beginning. She has also shonw her urgency on National security crisis. So McCain may win a little bit but not the smoking gun becasue they cann’t accuse her position on War…
NAFTA is very complicated and conversary issue, no one will be winner. It was a comprised deal with balancing power and internation interests.
However, Hillary got three swords that will kill Republican: economy (McCain admitted himself not an expert), Healthcare and immigration reform.. That is the bottom line that Superdelegates are looking for…
Obama has no match on all the issues to McCain since he got no experiences.. The advantage he got is to bring more independent votes and young votes…
McCain is a moderate Rep so he will secure enough independent vote to crown all red states.. For younger vote, they just sway by…
Scandals: Hillary got all known scandals and Rep can’t dig anything new; However, Ohama claimed himself off dirty politics but actually came from the biggest dirty politics in his home town. Rep likes to dig that more…

Clinton has not committed to getting troops out of Iraq, only to follow the advice of the Generals, the ones put in place by Bush. She has not committed to any economic plan, only to study it. She has stated she will freeze forclosures, that is not within the power of the President to grant. She has no plan for social security, only a plan to gather a committee to study the problem. her anser to health care costs is to mandate the purchase of insurance. If you have to buy it, why should prices go down?
She gained a net 4 delegates yesterday, I won’t go as far as to call the nomination hers just yet.

ken: over 200 news stories and who knows how many investigations later….Nothing, nada, no wrong doing, no favors, no kick back nothing unseemly between Obama and Rezko. Even the house deal, it was Boneheaded because of the investigation not because the deal itself was shady. Was Rezko maybe trying curry favor, sure, did he get any favor, nope. Can the same be said for the rather large number of HRC supporters that have been jailed or under indictment? Who is Hsu? Actually convicted of fraud?

I stated in earlier blogs that Obama was never the front runner! The pledge delegate was too close and many states had not yet had thei r chance to vote. Well slowly the rest of the states, starting with Texas, Ohio and Rhode Island where she won as well as Pennsylvania, and other states, as well as Puerto Rico will get to vote! And she will win these states. So, he was clearly not the front runner! And the fact is that voters do need to WAKE UP about the states that WIN the Election for Democrats! They are NOT the ones that Obama can carry. If we want a new Democratic President, it is time for Super Delegates to start endorsing and committing to Clinton. If we lose this race, the DNC and this race is doomed! And Clinton does NOT need Obama. That is pretty clear, again, in a General Election. He needs her! Stop looking at the “National Poll” data and start looking at who wins the SWING states in a General election over McCain. It is NOT Obama. It is Clinton. Look at Florida. Look at Ohio.
And the more America knows about Obama, the more they know he is a very divisive individualof Americans. Clinton is more divisive of Republican verses Democrat policy. This is what you would certainly what is acceptable and expected. But Obama is divisive of Americans, as his personal beliefs and actions do not even narrowly correspond to his rhetoric of unity for all. This is totally unacceptable! He would be ate up alive come November. I also wonder how many voters that had supported Obama, such as Wisconsin voters on his “NAFTA rhetoric” would vote for Clinton had they known he was using this strictly as a campaign ploy. Not to mention the negative media in other areas of his personal life that, finally, is slowly being brought to the forefront. In fairness to all that voted for him they should have had this knowledge BEFORE they cast their vote! And there is still a lot more in the closet. But it is coming out. If not soon, then under the Republicans. Yes, he needs Clinton not vice versa, and big time! Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and all other states and Super Delegates…

FOR YOUR INFORMATION ALL OF YOU OBAMA PEOPLE THAT SAY HILLARY IS DIVISIVE!!!!!! SHE COULD NOT HAVE WON HER SEAT IN THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE BY A LANDSLIDE BOTH TIMES WITHOUT THE REPUBLICAN VOTE!!!!! IN THE UPSTATE NEW YORK AREA THERE A A LOT OF REPUBLICANS(MY COUNTY IS ONE OF THE REPUBLICAN COUNTIES JUST LOOK UP INFORMATION ON GENESEE COUNTY IF YOU WANT TO SEE FOR YOURSELF)!!!!!!! THEREFORE SHE NEEDED AND GOT THE REPUBLICANS TO VOTE FOR HER IN NEW YORK SO WHY DO YOU PEOPLE SAY SHE CAN’T GET THEM IN THE GENERAL ELECTION????? YOU DO REALIZE THAT IF THE PRIMARY HERE WAS OPEN SHE PROBABLY WOULD HAVE WON WITH A LARGER MARGIN THAN SHE DID, BUT IT WAS A CLOSED PRIMARY SO PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WANT HER TO BE YOUR NOMINEE AND THEN BE PRESIDENT COULDN’T VOTE FOR HER!!!!!! JUST SOME INFORMATION FOR YOU PEOPLE THAT DON’T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!

Louis,
I must respectfully disagree that nothing has surfaced relative to Rezko/Obama connections. I would also suggest that more about the legality/illegality of these connections relative to off shore accounts and family member accounts will surface during the course of the Rezko trial, which just started on Monday.
In my opinion, we need to allow our legal system the time necessary to find out all of the facts. If you don’t think that is a fair position, then consider all the taxpayers’ time and money that Ken Starr spent trying to find something…anything he could prosecute the Clintons for. And, he found…nothing.
At any rate, along with the rest of your investigation, please consider the following:
Rezko has contributed to, or raised money for, Illinois U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, current Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan, and Illinois Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn, all Democrats. But his most notable fundraising efforts have been on behalf of Democratic Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, which earned Rezko a spot within Blagojevich’s inner circle.
Rezko is accused of using his position on two state boards in an extortion scheme that would enrich him and his co-conspirators, while also adding to Gov. Blagojevich’s campaign coffers. He is charged with eight counts, including fraud, attempted extortion, money laundering and aiding bribery.
When Barak Obama was at Harvard Law School, Rezko offered him a job with his development company in Chicago. Obama declined. But the relationship grew while Obama worked as a Chicago community organizer and then for a small Chicago law firm. Obama’s firm did legal work for some of Rezko’s development companies. Obama himself billed five hours for work on behalf of one of Rezko’s nonprofit partners in an inner-city redevelopment project.
When Obama first ran for the Illinois state senate in 1996, Rezko was one of his first campaign contributors. He has remained a significant contributor to and fundraiser for Obama’s subsequent campaigns.
In 2004, the Obama family wanted to buy a mansion in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood, on the city’s South Side. The asking price was too high, so the owners agreed to split the house and an adjacent lot into two parcels.
The Obamas purchased the house in June 2005; Rezko, through his wife, Rita, purchased the side lot. About a half-year later, Obama purchased a 10-foot-wide strip of that side lot to increase his yard. Obama landscaped the Rezko parcel in exchange for Rezko paying for a security fence around it. At the time, news reports suggested Rezko was already under federal investigation. While there is no indication that there was anything illegal about the yard deal, even Obama now admits the transaction was “boneheaded.”
You can be the judge of whether or not the activities outlined here (and the outline is quite brief) justify charges against Mr. Rezko and an investigation into who else was involved in the Rezko dealings.
The larger question would be whether Democrats should take the chance of nominating anyone (not just Senator Obama) so closely associated with Tony Rezko as a Presidential candidate.
Once again, the Clintons have already put under the microscope by the Ken Starr machine. Nothing was found that would justify charges. The Obamas deserve the same, fair treatment.

Good job Hillary. By going straight to Rovian Politics you’ve pretty much elected McCain.

ON Larry King tonight, even Bob Dole acknowledged Clinton’s experience as First Lady was valid and her level of involvement in foreign relations was legitimate experience. He specifically stated she has more experience than Obama. He said a lot of good things about her experience and accomplishments as a Senator and that his wife (also a Rep) works very well with her on matters in the Senate. The question for voters, he said, was simply who do the voters trust to have the right judgement for redphone moments. Of course, he then pitched Mccain (as expected since he is a Rep). But if Bob Dole favors Clinton over Obama in terms of experience and qualifications, that should be considered by voters of all affiliations. He may not have won a Presidential Election, but he is an accomplished and respected public servant.

Clinton with Obama? Why would Barack cheapen his career?
It’s also possible to mix high quality ice cream with steaming fertilizer.
It may the fertilizer taste better, but it doesn’t do a damn thing for the ice cream.

What’s Obama’s foreign policy experience?
Not holding senate hearings of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee which he chairs? He could have some experience if he would show up for his own committee meetings, if he called them and held them and asked questions during them.

Paul:
Why are you surprised/
The Clintons always speak out of both sides of their mouths!
You know “it depends on what your
definition of the word is is”.

Right??!!?? Obama has more experience with “speech” & “hope”.

How come no one asks Hillary about Norman Hsu? I never heard fat-head Tim Russert ask her about that during any of the debates.
What about her thoughts on environmentally safe low-sulfur clean burning coal? I would love to hear an answer.
I bet none of you here even know the significance of low sulfur coal and how it relates to the Clintons.
Yes in these days of Saudi $105 per barrel oil dependency, we the good ole USA under Bill Clinton’s watch let a golden opportunity slip right through our hands.