Matthew Dowd

You answered your own question Matt. You cited Bush (2) and Carter as President's with little experience before they came into office. Given both of their records, I think the experience questions is obvious. IT MATTERS!

Hillary Clinton, obviously, has a broader experience in the rough and tumble world of national politics. She has been through more wars and battles than Obama, and would seem to have an “experience” advantage.

HOW DO YOU FIGURE?? JUST BECAUSE SHE WAS THE PRESIDENTS WIFE AND HE HAD TO DEAL WITH ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND SHE LIVED THROUGH VIETNAM....DOES NOT MAKE HER EXPIERIENCED

HERE IS A GOOD EXAMPLE THAT MIGHT MAKE IT CLEAR TO THE REST OF YOU..MY STEP-FATHER IS A COMBAT ENGINEER (BUILDS SCHOOLS, BRIDGES, CHURCHES ETC..) I AM WILLING TO BET THAT MY MOTHER DOES NOT KNOW THE FIRST THING ABOUT ANY OF THAT

Hey mhhunt, you miss the point, read the article. Article speaks electability, not how great the president is. You must be one of Clinton's supporter, figures, they don't seem to be bright. They are like cattle, just following something.

I want one who owes no favors to anyone...One who will put the people of this country first.One who is willing to learn if they don't know the area well,one who will appoint a person who knows how to do the job they are given.One who will not jump into war one who reads what they are handed NOT one who thinks they know it all and know nothing except what they are told....Think that pretty well sums it up.

OBAMA IS AN EXPERIENCED "LIAR".

Obama said, "I Wrote A Tough Nuclear Bill." --- LIAR, Obama's bill was rejected by his own party for its pandering and lack of all regulation --- mainly because of Obama's Nuclear Donor, Exelon, from which David Axelrod came. He has told too many lies! Remember, Wright, Farrakhan, Ayers, Rezko, among others?

Obama’s supporters would cover the world with smoke and mirrors to try and make Barack Hussein Obama look good, regardless of all his lies and ties to radical anti-Americans. Obama could butcher a kitten on the White House lawn and his followers would try to make it look like a good thing.

I imagine some of the people who have already voted for Obama would like to change their votes! Obama, along with Dean and Pelosi, are destroying the Democratic Party. They say we have 48 states … not 50.

Hillary '08!

Experience is less important than good
judgement in handling crisis.

At the same time leadership is inborn.
We have seen some leaders do fail to
carry their tasks, because they lack tactics, strategies. PR (Public Relationship), etc.

A person who has experience already, sometimes feel comfortable with the
experience she/he has, and do not take
initiative to craft solutions and look at alternatives!

the best barometer is how they run their campaign, now compair Obama's campaign to Hillary's. Now who has more experience when it comes to management, far cry its Obama.

the best barometer is how they run their campaign, now compare Obama's campaign to Hillary's. Now who has more experience when it comes to management, far cry its Obama.

Does experience matter? YES! The crazy right wingers gave us 8 years of George W. Bush, who ran on a ticket of CHANGE is better than experience. Now we have the left wing crazies saying the exact same thing about Obama. Obama is new, different, black, wow, cool...It is a disaster for America if this man is elected, just look at what Bush Jr. gave us. By the way, Obama is not running his campaign. David Axelrod is.

To Carolina:

Dear Carolina it's obvious that you are a sore looser. Even though you picked Hillary, why on earth don't you admid she had loss period; instead of trying to persuade that Barack Obama is not good. Stop your nonsense, but most of all be fair. It's amazing how Hillary supporters can be so mean.

rs...... if Axelrod is the one running Obama's campaign according to you and it is successful because of Axelrod but the question is..... who hired Axelrod, it is Obama stupid.

I don't want to vote for someone because of who their husband is or because their victory would make history on a gender or race level. I want to look at their public service and their ability to unite, inspire and lead. If we are to believe much of Hillary's experience comes from her time in the White House, then we must also understand that Bill is going to have an unregulated by check and balance yet influential role, according to that formula. Is that wise? And is it not a step back on female equality to say the potential first female president could win that honor in large part because of her husband? Hillary is a 2nd term Senator. Obama is a 1st term Senator. And both want to serve their country as commander in chief. So let's take experience as a supposed differentiating factor out of the equation and decide who the best person for the job is moving forward!

Yes it does. Obama actually said in 2006 that he did not have enough experience to run for President. And most important, when we sit in front of our tv's on Tuesday night in November, we will be watching for Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan to go blue. Without Clinton, this will not happen, and if it does, it will possibly be Michigan. No chance for Ohio and Florida. We need Clinton to actually win in November. And as for the sold out media, they will be watching with us and talking about the importance of these states going Democrat for the Dems to win. Nothing has changed. Hopefully, the elected Democrat Super Delegates understand this. And the democrat voters in Pennsylvania and the remaining 9 contests. If not, and Obama is the candidate, we lose. Clinton is needed to win.

Yes it does. Obama actually said in 2006 that he did not have enough experience to run for President. And most important, when we sit in front of our tv's on Tuesday night in November, we will be watching for Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan to go blue. Without Clinton, this will not happen, and if it does, it will possibly be Michigan. No chance for Ohio and Florida. We need Clinton to actually win in November. And as for the sold out media, they will be watching with us and talking about the importance of these states going Democrat for the Dems to win. Nothing has changed. Hopefully, the elected Democrat Super Delegates understand this. And the democrat voters in Pennsylvania and the remaining 9 contests. If not, and Obama is the candidate, we lose. Clinton is needed to win.

obama the creation is being slowly picked apart to show the rot that is covered up by axelrod. That makes him less electable in november.

One must not forget Ronald Regan (known for his foreign policy expertise) had little to no experience nor did JFK. Those who have held political office or been related (Bush and Clinton) often owe many as they climb. THis is one of the few jobs that experience is not a tell tale sign.

Duh. Obviously if you have a candidate with formidable intelligence and a command of all the issues facing us......plus the experience to whip this country back in shape asap-that is the best person for the job. You can talk all kinds of vague platitudes, but I don't want some guy who is so ambitious and impatient to be President, that his learning curve will come at my expense.

Clinton will be torn apart from the REP they have waiting from law enforsement names and they will send her into orbit.Her camp for this whole thing should tell you how she would run this country in debt.All her special programs will cost you big time where is she getting the money?????? You and me will work for good pay and HALF will be given to those who sit in their aqq and do nothing but have hand out.LIke the houses deal I paid for mine was not easy but we did it,we read the fine print didn't have all new furnature ,all new cars and all new toys we lived with in our means
She has nothing against the rich...understatement of the year......

HEY GODISNOTREAL: If you think Clintons supporters are "like cattle" then go back yourself and READ THE ARTICLE AND THEN REREAD WHAT YOU POSTED!

Whoever pronounced you "educated" is themself an idiot also!

Obviously you must be a political novice.
Your lack of historical perspective is shocking.
How else can you explain your posting.
THIS IS NOT A NO CREDIT COURSE...
THIS IS FOR REAL.....
OBAMA IS NOT!

Foreigner's note to Carolina has uncovered an interesting phenomenon. The Hillary supporters are extremely mean spirited. It is not about ideas, but some more like revenge for all words spoken about Bill and Hillary.

I am impressed that anyone would vote for a Clinton after the stealing, lying, threatening women and other misdeeds that they call politics. But there I go.

Obama's greatest "experience" has been in 'lying to the American people'.

Had Obama been in the U.S. Senate and spoken against the Iraq War vote and voted against it, then I would consider that a suitable comparison to how Hillary stood on that vote.

OBAMA WASN’T A SENATOR WHEN WE WENT TO WAR! Unless one is in a particular legislative body under the same conditions and factors, you cannot compare two decisions straight up. The question is who will make the right decisions from here on.

Obama has spent his entire time as a Senator---running for President! If he can’t do his Senate job---he surely can’t lead our country. Obama has told so many lies that he is not credible.

Hillary ’08.

We are now finding out that Bill and Hillary Clinton were one of the most corrupt administrations in our history. We certainly do not want to repeat that experience.

greater ability to run free and better determine his future. I would rather have a candidate less defined going into the fall than one defined nearly completely with a large amount negative.
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That's funny...Obama's negatives are hovering right at Clinton's...or are you ignoring that for the sake of your article?

And once the republicans define him with his Louis Farrakhan/Jeremeiah Wrigh links, Obama's purely racial comments "typical white person", his wife's thesis on racial divide, betraying her skewed filter she sees the world through, trust me, he'll be defined over and over, only not by himself, or Axelrod.

We are now finding out that Bill and Hillary Clinton were one of the most corrupt administrations in our history. We certainly do not want to repeat that experience.

Posted by: John | Apr 8, 2008 10:11:21 AM
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Qualify that ridiculously broad, overreaching argument..Who is "We" and where's the evidence, dummy?

A LOT OF WHAT OBAMA SAYS IS A LIE...

He claimed "after the fact" that he would have left his church had
Wright not retired. HE LISTENED TO HIM FOR 20 YEARS!

Obama said Rezko gave him $150K---Rezko really gave over $250,000.

Obama plagiarized his speeches.

Obamalied about NAFTA.

America Needs A President---Not Another "God Damn America" Sermon.

If Obama gets the Democratic nomination, hopefully, Clinton supporters will NOT support Obama even if asked to by Clinton herself---and THAT will cost the preaching, lying Obama AND the powerful DNC (Dean and Pelosi) the White House.

Clinton or McCain '08!

am impressed that anyone would vote for a Clinton after the stealing, lying, threatening women and other misdeeds that they call politics. But there I go.

Posted by: disambiguates | Apr 8, 2008 10:08:04 AM

Oh wait..are you getting your news from tthe same media that allowed bush a pass all of these last 7.5 years?

Cuz if you are, I have a bridge I want to sell you...

Prove your comments; show me evidence.

you people sucking back everything the media has to tell you, after they failed their jobs for the past 7.5 years...man, you must be perfect patsies.

proudamerican2008 - did anyone say that Obama was a senator when we went to war? He did speak out against the war in 2002 when no one else was doing that.

I think we are on to an important bit of information here. What ideas do each of the candidate espouse? Obama wants to inspire the country to come together. Is the Clinton campaign one of revenge?

rs: You may be right in your statement that Axelrod is orchestrating the successful Obama campaign. Kind of reminds me of some young boys by the name of Larry Paige and Sergey Brin who had the good sense and foresight to hire Eric Schmidt to run their now $130 billion dollar company. Google! Had Bush had the same foresight and intelligence to secure the best management team, we might not be where we are today. Same could be said for Hillary in her selection of individuals to run her foundering campaign. McCain may find himself in the same boat being at the beck and call of the lobbyists and the likes of Phil Gramm running his campaign. Gramm who has now been appointed McCain co-chair and head economic adviser, is the one most responsible for today's mortgage crisis by his support and eventual passage of the Gramm-Leach-Billey banking deregulation act allowing investment houses to jump into the mortgage business. Not long after passage Gramm signed on with giant UBS as vice chairman of their newly formed mortgage investment arm, which recently announced an $18 billion dollar write down and the cutting of up to 8000 jobs. Also keep in mind McCain was chairman of Gramm's failed 96 bid for the presidency. You be the judge. Do you want someone who can orchestrate a successful Google like structure, or one such as Clinton's who is bailing water, or McCain relying on advice of failed cronies.

Clinton will be torn apart from the REP they have waiting from law enforsement names and they will send her into orbit.Her camp for this whole thing should tell you how she would run this country in debt.All her special programs will cost you big time where is she getting the money?????? You and me will work for good pay and HALF will be given to those who sit in their aqq and do nothing but have hand out.LIke the houses deal I paid for mine was not easy but we did it,we read the fine print didn't have all new furnature ,all new cars and all new toys we lived with in our means
She has nothing against the rich...understatement of the year......

Posted by: h | Apr 8, 2008 9:50:58 AM

Where's bush getting the 200 billion a month to run this ridiculous occupation of Iraq? And it IS an occupation, because there is NO MORE STANDING ARMY.

DOES HILLARY NEED OBAMA? SURE!

With all his lies, excess baggage and lack of ethics and morals, he
makes her look better than she already did.

Obama has come out of Illinois, due to his corrupt allies. He has
taken corrupt money...gotten a nice home, has membership in an
anti-American church, has a wife who hates Americans, etc.

SHAME ON THE MEDIA for not reporting the truth sooner. I'm sure many
of the people who have already voted would like to change their votes.

This is not a celebrity contest ... Dean, Pelosi and Reid need to
retire and take Obama with them. Among other things, when they took over in 2004, they promised to end the war ---They Lied!!! They have destroyed the Democratic Party.

Vote for Hillary Clinton!

proudamerican2008 - did anyone say that Obama was a senator when we went to war? He did speak out against the war in 2002 when no one else was doing that.

I think we are on to an important bit of information here. What ideas do each of the candidate espouse? Obama wants to inspire the country to come together. Is the Clinton campaign one of revenge?

Posted by: disambiguates | Apr 8, 2008 10:16:06 AM

Oh PLEASE..how is he inspiring by racial politics?

And if you DARE say he's not, I'm sorry you're not able to connect dots...it's not that hard.

Is this inspiring and unifying?
Feb 4th:
New York State Senator Bill Perkins used quite explicit racial stereotyping in a speech aimed at discouraging his constituents from voting for Clinton by saying, Harlem "is not Bill Clinton's backyard or his plantation. Underscore, plantation."

Where was Obama crying about racism then?

Obama's war stance? AHAHAAH FAIRY TALE:

''But, I'm not privy to Senate intelligence reports,'' Mr. Obama said. ''What would I have done? I don't know. What I know is that from my vantage point the case was not made."

"So it’s not clear to me what differences we’ve had since I’ve been in the Senate. I think what people might point to is our different assessments of the war in Iraq, although I’m always careful to say that I was not in the Senate, so perhaps the reason I thought it was such a bad idea was that I didn’t have the benefit of U.S. intelligence. And, for those who did, it might have led to a different set of choices. So that might be something that sort of is obvious. But, again, we were in different circumstances at that time: I was running for the U.S. Senate, she had to take a vote, and casting votes is always a difficult test." [The New Yorker, 10/30/06]
"Not only was the idea of an invasion increasingly popular, but on the merits I didn't consider the case against war to be cut-and- dried." ["Audacity of Hope," 2006, p. 294]

He turns around and continues voting for funding.

Yea, real leadership.

His campaign was responsible for the racebaiting; and it worked as he inherited a chunk of black support after he floated racist rumors:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/01/12/obama-camps-memo-on-clin_n_81205.html

Did Hillary benefit from racial politics?

OH, no?

You people are being led like bush lovers...And it's freakin pathetic.

But you can trust the media, right? AHAHAAH

04/02/08 - OBAMA ANNOYED WITH RUDE FAN DURING A STOP IN PHILADELPHIA.

Barack Hussein Obama refused to have his picture taken with a potential voter-fan in Philadelphia! Too bad the guy was a "typical white person"---had he been black or half black---I'm sure the picture would have been taken.

Obama was “rude”! He did not handle this properly. He is such a chick. If he is bothered by this, then how would he deal with a real threat? In fact, how would he handle anything that would test his temperance, or lack thereof.

If he can't be nice to potential voters, obviously, he doesn't need our vote! That's what 'campaigning' is about!

Proud to vote for him? I THINK NOT!

Carolina:

If Obama gets this upset over someone requesting a photo, I'd hate to see his reaction to a real dilemma! It shows me he's not ready and can't take the heat---so he needs to stay out of the kitchen!

He sure has a lot of anger issues. He and his wife have been outspoken about people of other races (remember his remarks about his ‘typical white grandmother’?). What else is he hiding?

If he wins the Democratic nomination, come November, the Republicans will bring it all to light and tear him to shreds.

Proud to vote for Hillary!

One must not forget Ronald Regan (known for his foreign policy expertise) had little to no experience nor did JFK. Those who have held political office or been related (Bush and Clinton) often owe many as they climb. THis is one of the few jobs that experience is not a tell tale sign.

Posted by: JBC | Apr 8, 2008 9:43:35 AM

well, Obama has ALOT of experience in black values based on Jim Cone's racist teachings: http://www.utsnyc.edu/NETCOMMUNITY/Page.aspx?&pid=353

obama has ALOT of experience..20 years worth, of listening to religion filtered through race.

Disgusting.

GO TO YOUR SEARCH ENGINE
AND LOOK UP THE NAME:

LARRY SINCLAIR

YOU'LL GET A LITTLE MORE INFO ABOUT OBAMA'S RELATIONSHIPS.

The question in your headline, Mr. Dowd, is a bit vulgar. And the perspective you offer about 'predictors of success' completely abandons the value of being prepared for the job you want. They are different subjects.

I'm voting for Hillary, no matter what, because I can't sign my name to either Obama or McCain.

If anyone is of a like mind, there's a site about it at http://writehillaryin.com

The issue is currently voting for ideas or revenge - however:

If one searches for "Bill Clinton pardons controversy", travelgate, or whitewatergate on wikipedia one can find all of the evidence a reasonable person would need for associating the Clintons with lying and associating with fellons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton_pardons_controversy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewatergate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_travel_office_controversy

surething - Any discussion of electability should be examined in tandem with the ability to be a good leader - hence, the examples of experience both Dowd and I cited. Maybe I should have stated it differently, but ultimately , experience does matter. Once again, instead of giving your reasons for supporting your candidate, you attack me personally for my opinion. Just another example of short term thinking when this country is in crisis. Personal attacks on others for a difference of opinion is one of the many reasons are current government is in such a sorry state.

For all you Clinton bashers . I want you all name a President that didnt do nothing wrong or who didnt lie. I think all Presidents do lie and did something we didnt all like but we got find the good things have done. I have seen alot of good that they have done . The employment was up.

BARACK OBAMA FOR PRESIDENT!
BECAUSE INTEGRITY MATTERS
BECAUSE INTELLIGENCE MATTERS
BECAUSE HONESTY MATTERS.

* and no..I don't drink Koolaid
and no...I don't think you're racist if you don't vote for Senator Obama.
and no...I really don't care WHO you vote for or stay home WHEN Senator Obama is the nominee.
and ...Florida and Michigan KNEW they were breaking the rules and I have no sympathy for their cause.

Amy: the prosperity of the 1990s was the result of the Internet bubble - computing changed the world and the US was the primary beneficiary. It was more the result of competition with the Russians through the 60's than it had to do with anything the Clintons did.

My questions is whether or not you are voting out of revenge for the whacks the Clintons took or are you voting for their ideas. If you are voting for their ideas, what are they?

We know the Clintons abused women and are perfectly willing to be divisive and pit race and group against each other. Now, some people like that. Does not seem to be a way for the country to dig itself out of a hole.

I do not know if you pundits really get what clinton means by experience. It is code for I will have the benefit of a president with 8 years experience to give me advice. As I remember those as good economic times

OBAMA: EXPERIANCED LISTENING TO A PASTOR WHO SPEWED HATE FOR 2O YEARS.
CLINTON: EXPERIANCED LIAR.
MCCAIN 2008. INEVITABLY.

I am astonished to hear the animosity, if not hatred, directed Obama by the supposed Democrats on this blog. I was originally a supporter of Clinton and shifted to Obama as I heard more about his positions on the issues. I switched because it appeared that Obama is more prepared than Clinton to change the deadly, destructive, and greedy policies that are currently unraveling this country (after all, analysts now recognize that Bill Clinton's presidency was a very conservative Democratic administration (e.g., enacting NAFTA, TANF, and the Telecommunication Act of 1996)). Are you folks so in love with Hillary that you are willing to destroy Obama, and subject us to rule by big business and the military for another 4-8 years?! Why are we Democrats so intent on political suicide? Whoever gets the Democratic nomination, either Obama or Clinton would be infinitely better than another Republican warlord in the White House.

The Lord of War: the experience mantra being code for economic good times or that Bill will be back to get even are both troubling.

The economic good times of the 1990s were due to the technology revolution that started with our competition with the Russians (then Soviets). The Clintons did nothing to stimulate computng, wifi, or the Internet.

I am sure neither one of them knows a bit of calculus or ever took a course in technology management.

I do not know if you pundits really get what clinton means by experience. It is code for I will have the benefit of a president with 8 years experience to give me advice.

GOOD EXPERIENCE BEING A WIFE TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES THAT USHERED IN THE DEMISE OF THIS COUNTRY VIA...

1.(NAFTA) AMERICA'S LONG NIGHTMARE !!

NAFTA: HILLARY CLINTON LIED ABOUT NEVER PUBLICLY SUPPORTING AND ALWAYS BEING AGAINST NAFTA !!

UNTIL TIM RUSSERT, BRIAN WILLIAMS AND BARACK OBAMA & HER TAX STATEMENTS EXPOSED HER FOR THE FRAUD SHE IS !!

2. BILL & HILLARY CLINTON ALLOWING NORMAN HSU AND OTHER CHINESE INFILTRATE THE WHITE HOUSE AND HAVE ACCESS TO GOVERNMENT SECRET DOCUMENT (ESPIONAGE)

SEEDS PLANTED IN DUE SEASON BARE GREAT FRUIT FOR THE FARMER, BUT NOT OTHERS..

3. THE(U.S. CITIZENS)HAVE NOT BENEFITED FROM NAFTA, THE OUTSOURCING OF JOBS TO CHINA & INDIA

HILLARY CLINTON HAS NOT HELPED HER STATE OF (NY) ALTHOUGH SHE HAS SAID "NAFTA HAS HELPED THE STATE OF NY AND HAS PROVEN IT'S WORTH"

109 MILLION DOLLARS WORTH !!

4. TAX RECORDS, HAS PROVED NAFTA, OUTSOURCING OF AMERICAN JOBS TO CHINA, MEXICO, CANADA, INDIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES HAS HELPED THE CLINTON'S

WHEN YOU CAN THRIVE THROUGH ALL OF THIS AND STILL MAKE MORE MONEY, SOME PEOPLE CALL THAT INSIDER TRADING.

THE CLINTONS HELPED THEMSELVES

5. CHINA & THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,THE DUBAI PORTS DEAL AND BILL IS A BUSINESS PARTNER WITH THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES OF DUBAI

WHILE THE (USA) HAS SUFFERED BY A LOW CURRENCY, MORTGAGE CRISIS, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, OUTSOURCING OF NATIONAL JOBS TO INDIA & CHINA AND NO UNIVERSAL HEALTH INSURANCE !!

ITS OBVIOUS, THAT THE CLINTON'S HAVE PLANTED A GREAT CROP FOR THEMSELVES AND NOT YOU OR ME...

THATS CRYSTAL CLEAR AS CLEAN FLOWING STREAMS OF WATER.

I'll take intelligence over experience any day - make mine Obama. Intelligence to make sound decisions and to take appropriate action. Clinton and McSame are old school dyed in the wool politicians - yep, 30 years of experience in running the racket. That's not the type of experience we need. They're just more of the same old spineless pols who consider it proper to keep going through the same motions with the same result and wondering why? No thanks. Go Obama.

Matthew Dowd is NOT CREDIBLE ... he is so anti-Clinton that he has blinders on. Clinton did not deliver the biggest blow that NObama has to overcome ... which is his attendance for 20 years in an anti-white-America church .. he did it himself. So, this statement shows just how manipulative Dowd can be .. in his "error thinking":
Though the longer this Democratic process goes on in a bitter battle, the Clinton folks are making sure Obama may also be weakened going into the fall.

Alexis Compton: Kennedy and Kerry hired Axelrod(aka Dr. Evilrod) to run Obama's campaign. You don't really think Obama is running his own campaign do you. He is a hand picked, down and dirty Chicago politician groomed for this run. Don't you know that your "special candidate's special campaign" already had a practice run in MA - it was Deval Patrick's exact same campaign, right down to CHANGE and YES WE CAN. Obama even gives the same speeches as Patrick gave. So how is Patrick doing? The people of MA hate him, and Obama LOST IN MA BY 15 POINTS, what does that tell you? It tells me that the Harvard Boys Club is a bunch of presidential wannabee losers, who can't stand to see the Clintons have any success, and especially a WOMAN CLINTON, that would be the end of the PRESIDENTIAL BOYS CLUB!!!

BE A PROUD AMERICAN AND TAKE BACK THE WHITEHOUSE

It's time to stoke the flames of Democracy!
As Democrats have we forgotten the manner in which we have been treated over the past nearly eight years?
Don't we remember being referred to as the DemocRat party?
Of being called the cowardly, unpatriotic, cut and run party?
Of being confronted with arrogance and distain at every turn by men whose only interest is personal enrichment through profits generated by their war?
Of being told that it"s OK for Middle Eastern companies, often fronts for foreign governments and or terrorist organizations to manage our most vital seaports?
Of being met with shrugs when questions arise over oil company profits and prices at the gas pump?
Of having a cost of 2.9 trillion dollars shoved down our throats to fund a war that has taken 4023 our sons and daughters? Of being told the economy is in good shape and we should just get over the mortgage crisis.
Of suggestions that illegal covert electronic eavesdropping and surveillance of American citizens is not a matter for the constitution?

We"ve endured untold numbers of insults, lies and diversions from a corrupt, arrogant, lascivious, illegal and despicable group of perverse old men who prize their wealth over their humanity.

IF YOU"RE A HILLARY FAN THAT"S GREAT. IF YOU"RE A BARACK FAN THAT"S EQUALLY GREAT. WE MUST NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF ONE ABSOLUTE. A DEMOCRAT MUST SIT IN THE OVAL OFFICE FOR THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS AND BEYOND.

DESTARDI,
THANK YOU FOR BRING OUT THE
FACTS ABOUT OBAMA ( A PERSON WHO KNEW
LOUIS FARRAKHAN AND A FRIEND OF REV.
WRIGHT )BUT IT DOES'T MATTER BECAUSE
THE LEFT WING MEDIA HAS HIM ELECTED.
WAKE UP AMERICA and THINK,THINK HARD.

To GC: Most Democrats, and even the anti-Hillary pundits, all agree that Hillary truly cares for this country, truly cares about what direction this country is moving in, and truly cares about the American people. Obama is a "down and dirty Chicago politician" only interested in lining his pockets and lining the pockets of all his dirty connections that he's made promises to. On top of the fact that he completely disowned his white mother and white grandmother with his membership in the Black Theology, hate mongering TUCC church. Obama's ties to Rezko, Farrakhan, Ayers, Khalidi, and the Iraqui billionaire all call into question his judgement to be president. Obama is a puppet candidate - there is no foresight in his candidacy other than following his puppet orders. When he does have to make a decision, he flips, and flops, and waffles, and presses the wrong button to vote, or votes present...Obama the manager, hahahahahaha, that's as funny as the POLITICS OF CHANGE hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

Experience has matter in absolutely every single job I've held since my mid 20's. If I want to be a manager at a fast food restaurant I'll either need some managerial experience or experience working at that establishment
(and how long I've been there would be a factor) and if I've worked there what my performance has been will be taken into account. So if I want to manage a McDonald's, Burger King or Wendy's- I need experience but to be President people are going to say "What's the big deal about experience?" and "Experience is overrated". Experience does not guarantee a positive outcome but it doesn't mean you take the basic, minimum
criteria off the table.

Destardi...How do you know what is in Michelle Obama's thesis? It has not been releashed yet. Oh, let me guess, you are guessing. Face it Obama is the best for the job nad all this negativity is not going to change that!

Lets face it. All politicians exaggerate, stretch the facts, and try to take credit when it isn't due. Otherwise, they wouldn't be in this business.
For me, my choices boil down to who has run the better campaign? I think its a good yardstick since this is the biggest thing these two have ever managed.
Hillary Clinton has turned out to be an incompetent manager. She misjudged her opposition, didn't plan for the worst, made bad judgements in hiring her staff and mismanaged her finances. Her reliance on traditional methods of campaign financing has resulted in her always lagging behind her opposition.
Barrack Obama has shown that he can hire the right people, revolutionize campaign financing, stayed on message and didn't underestimate his opposition.
Sorry, but the choice is pretty clear. Granted, there are some folks who won't vote for him, no matter what, due to his race, name, sex, etc. The same could be said for Hillary who brings a lot of baggage with her.
Lets not lose sight that we have a general election coiming up and we cannot have another 8 years of Bush's failed policies.

Obama doesn't have the experience nor good judgement.

Mhhunt suggests Bush and Carter suggest that experience matters when it comes to actually being President, and he is even wrong on that point. hoover had a wealth of experience in government, as did George HW Bush, and both failed. FDR had little experience in government, 1 term as a governor and a sub cabinet post, Lincoln had no experience save 2 years in the House. Reagan had little experience given his age, (the same amount as George W Bush, 2 terms as a governor.) Experience is no guide to how good a candidate nor how good a President a person will be. Athough I think Matt Dowd is right that less experience is not a bad thing at all in a candidate.

SO MUCH NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE, THERE SEEMS TO BE AN APPARENT AMD OBVIOUS (BIAS-PREDJUDICE) AGANST OBAMA, THAT IS NOT EVENLY APPLIED TO OTHER (WHITE CANDIDATES) WHO LACKED "EXPERIENCE" LIKE.....

GEORGE BUSH JR.... NO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE STATE ONLY (TEX.) LASTED 8 YEARS AND HE'S RUINED AMERICA'S NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL REPORE AND RESPECT...

I SAID BOTH NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AND I SURELY DID'NT VOTE FOR HIS DIM-WITTED A!!

RONALD REAGAN...NO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE STATE ONLY (CAL.) LASTED 8 YEARS

BILL CLINTON ...NO EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL POLITICS STATE ONLY (ARK.) LASTED 8 YEARS

JIMMY CARTER...NO EXPERIENCE IN INTERNATIONAL OR NATIONAL EXPERIENCE. STATE ONLY (GA.) LASTED 4 YEARS

NOTE: OF ALL THE PRESIDENTS WITH NO NATIONAL OR INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE, (GEORGE H. BUSH) HAD MORE "NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE" (CIA DIR.) THEN ALL PRESIDENTS IN THE MODERN ERA AND LASTED ONLY (4 YEARS)

SO MUCH FOR "EXPERIENCE"

SO WHAT IN THE HE!! ARE YOU HATE MONGERS SOUNDING OFF ON "EXPERIENCE"

JOHN F. KENNEDY HAD ONLY 8 YEARS AS SENATOR AND WAS KILLED !!

SO MUCH FOR "EXPERIENCE" !!

From a different perspective...
In 2000, Bush and Cheney had ton of experience. Cheney had been secretary of Defense, Bush the Gov of Texas. Yet, this is where they got us. Clinton did not have any experience on the national level. Look at the economy.

Opponents of Sen. John Kerry proved in the 2004 election that voters are sensitive to suggestions that a candidate is not sufficiently patriotic. The Democratic presidential nominee's campaign was torpedoed by critics of his Vietnam War record called the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, even though he won multiple military honors and was lauded by his superiors.

Obama already is the subject of a shadowy smear campaign

In October, Obama told Iowa television station KCRG that he decided to stop wearing a U.S. flag lapel pin during the run-up to the Iraq war because it had become "a substitute for, I think, true patriotism."

"I decided I won't wear that pin on my chest. Instead, I'm going to try to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great and, hopefully, that will be a testimony to my patriotism," Obama said.

Michelle Obama told an audience in Milwaukee, "For the first time in my adult life, I am really proud of my country.

This is how Michelle and Obama think of our Country!! Do we really need more people to hate our country?

Carolina...You are feeled wuth hate and you are a racist. Why are you still using Obama's middle name. Face it Hillary is a loser and you are angry. So why don't you keep thos racist remarks to yourself and talk about the issues without the implicaTIONS!

hILLARY SUPPROTERS ARE VERY ANGRY1! Don't be sore loosers, she can try in 2012 maybe she will have learned a lesson, HONESTY is the best POLICY. BYE!BYE!HILLARY see you in 4 years!Obama08****

Emilianna: How does using Obama's middle name make anyone a racist? Are they being racist against African-Americans, or are they being racist against Arab-Americans? Is the fall-back line for all Obama supporters to cry RACIST when things get too tough or someone has the audacity to speak the truth about Obama? OBAMA IS A PUPPET CANDIDATE with no experience, and Matthew Dowd is probably correct in saying that it doesn't matter, since Obama won't be making executive decisions when he is president, his puppet masters will be making the decisions for him.

To all you uncivilized and uneducated posters who can't seem to get your heads out of the gutter, stop the hatred toward each other, and come to reality, stop the name calling, because it's not going to take us anywhere, stop acting like little kids with no views and no morals, and think about this country that's going down the drain wether you all like it or not this country is in real deep s!it right now, and it's going to get worse when you all give it to Mccain, again another reign of terror for us. Let me state the real deal for all of you who seems to be stupid and dumb, white america says they not ready for a woman to be president of this country yet, and don't want to vote for Hillary, and again white america don't want to vote for Obama, because is black period not because is unexperienced okay people they just not ready to take order from a black man, they have real issues with that okay, so please cut out the hypocrisy about the unexperience part, before God smithe your for being real bad racists goons, i'm black i love all races, and i dislike haters, and racists, but unfortunately it is a pity this world is full of wicked soul, may God have mercies on our souls, especially they ones that says they christians and still have hate for humans being like themselves and forgot about (love thy neighbors as your love yourselves). All I can say is that your giving the white house to a republican again point blank shame on you all. Peace and love to all who hates.

So you're saying that Obama wont win the election because Hillary can try in 2012! Well I'm glad you have the confidence on your Obama to loose against McCain. The Republicans will crush him because there is so much more that the media has not expose of him.
Just to let you know that you have to do your math people.

Oh my god..I heard somewhere that barack obama plans to butcher kittens in the white house.

Hillary '08

Oh my god..I heard somewhere that barack obama plans to butcher kittens in the white house.

Hillary '08

GEORGE BUSH SOMETIMES WEARS A USA FLAG PEN AND SOMETIMES NOT AND HE STILL, HAS BEEN THE CAUSE OF AMERICA'S DOWNFALL IN THE NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES !!

4007 AMERICAN LIVES LOSSED AND 100,000 IRAQI CITIZENS, LIVES LOSSED, UNDER FALSE PRETENSES !! (WMD)

DO YOU WEAR A FLAG PIN ON YOUR SHIRT OR SUIT TO SHOW THAT YOU'RE "PATRIOTIC"...PLEASE

SIGN UP FOR A TOUR IN IRAQ OR AFGHANISTAN OR ENLIST IN UNICEF AS A CIVILIAN REPRESETATTIVE OF AMERICA IN A FOREIGN LAND..

ENLIST IN THE COAST GAURD OR NATIONAL GAURD, BEFORE YOU TALK ABOUT "PATRIOTISM"

BECAUSE PATRIOTISM IS AN ACTION WORD, NOT ... SYMBOLIC FLAG PINS

MANY OTHERS HAVE SIGNED UP !!

SO SIGN UP..MR. PATRIOTIC PIN WEARER !!

I DON'T LIKE CHEERLEADERS, MARCHING BANDS, SCREAMING FANS OR SPORTS WRITERS, BECAUSE THEY DO NOT PLAY THE GAME, THEY WEAR THE UNIFORM SHIRTS, THEY SCREAM AND HOLLER, BUT THEY DON'T PLAY THE GAME !!

THEY ALWAYS SAY, WE AS IN THE (TEAM) THAT REPRESENTS THEIR CITY, THAT "WE WON" ...WHEN WE WON ...NOTHING !!

THE TEAM WON OR LOSSED, NOT YOU !

THOSE SOLDIERS IN AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ ARE DOING THIS, AGAINST SOME, THEIR WILLS, BUT THEY ARE DOING IT, AS BEST THEY !!

UNLESS YOU'RE DOING IT, DON'T TALK ABOUT (WE) AS IN THE USA TROOPS (THEY) THE USA TROOPS ARE DOING THE SWEATING, BEING PERMANENTLY INJURED AND DYING FOR THIS COUNTRY AND THATS.. "PATRIOTISM"

I'M A VETERAN AND WEARING A PIN FLAG ON MY CHEST IS NOT "PATRIOTISM" ITS SYMBOLISM....

PATRIOTISM IS AN ACT OF THE HEART AND OF ACTION !!

WEARING A FLAG PIN IS SYMBOLIC AND THATS ALL IT IS.

NO ACTION INVOLVED OR REQUIRED.

OBAMA'S RIGHT IN HIS ASSESSMENT...

THE WEARING OF A FLAG PIN DOES NOT MAKE YOU "PATRIOTIC" ..

YOUR ACTIONS DO !!

SIGN UP OR SHUT UP ABOUT OBAMA WEARING A PIN FLAG ON SUIT !!

I'VE NOTICED WITH ALL THIS FLAG PIN RHETORIC, THAT HILLARY CLINTON DOES NOT WEAR THE FLAG PIN OFTEN, NOR DOES JOHN MCCAIN !!

ITS OBAMA THAT HAS TO WEAR THE PIN AND THE OTHERS ARE OMMITED FROM THE SAME JUDGEMENTS.

Comparing Bush2's experience with Obama's is off the mark. Bush2's problem wasn't lack of experience, it was lack of intelligence. His Father tried to remedy that by getting him to put two of the most experienced pols in Washington on his team, Cheney and Rumsfeld. Does anyone believe the counrty would be in any better position if Cheney or Rumsfeld, with all their experience, had been elected President instead of Bush2? The issue is intelligence and judgment.

Since when is the ability to handle the presidency measured by the number of years spent as a Washington pol inside the beltway?

Obama consistently has shown good judgment, vision and intelligence which will be much more useful in the White House than years spent in Washington. Claiming “experience” is just another way of admitting you plan to keep doing things the way they have always been done.

There is zero correlation between length of experience in government and success as President. Some of the greatest failures as President had the most government experience, such as Hoover and Nixon, and to a lesser extent, Lyndon Johnson and Bush Sr. All had failed Presidencies. On the other hand, some with the least experience in Washington were the greatest successes, i.e. Lincoln, FDR, Kennedy

ChrisSalzmann - I agree. If you can't even manage (or choose the correct managers) to run your own campaign, how are you going to handle the entire country? Go Obama.

"Oh my god..I heard somewhere" OMG isn't that how Hillary starts out all of her untrue stories?

"Oh my god..I heard somewhere" OMG isn't that how Hillary starts out all of her untrue stories?

Barack is an intelligent person and comparison to bush by the hillaryites is not a fair comparison at all.

Barack unlike bush has worked hard for all his achievements. He is a professor in a university and has shown good judgement and cajones to deal with issues.

He has made missteps but i believe in him more than i will ever tusrt in hillary.

Obama '08.

Obama's comments led conservatives and media commentators to question his patriotism.

First Obama kicked his American flag pin to the curb. Now Obama has a new round of patriotism problems. Wait until you hear what the White House hopeful didn't do during the singing of the national anthem.

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