Political Punch

Please note that the comments previously posted here by geevill are not made by the person who uses that screen name on baltimoresun2.com. These are being made by an operative from the Maryland Democrat Party to discredit vocal opponents.

Lucy Ricardo is an ignorant mouth, repeating like a parrot that republican cliché.
"Feeding the bears in the national forest". "They learn to expect it and become hostile when they don’t get it".
Who is the bear if not a person which pays for the feeding?
And 2th: Do you really asume people is a bunch of irrational animals deprived of Consciousness.... but anyway tax payers

When John Edwards wins the election!Which I believe he will if the american people would open their eyes and realize hes the canidate whos willing to fight for us! Kerry will look like an ass once again!

I'd like to remind everyone that Edwards beat Clinton in Iowa.

Come on South Carolina!

Come on Nevada!

Everyone needs to go cast their vote!

Edwards is still in this and can still be our nominee!

Sen. Kerry is about as relevant as Waldo. Maybe Kerry is sucking up for a VP spot. He has no discernable "code", that's for certain. Can one imagine what the world would look like (1) year after an Oprama-Kerry Administration has taken control of the WH? It would be time to move to Canada and try and forget the whole mess.

The comment by "jazziette" was the best I think I have read anywhere, either by a public figure or just someone blogging away. She asked, "Why Obama."
It gelled all that has been bothering me about the man and what I have been trying, less eloquently, to argue when the subject comes up. How can the voters trust a man, who has so little experience, with the most important job in the world!! How did a first time senator get to be so prominent? Are the voters so sick of all the known faces that they will risk all on a fresh face that they cannot possibly know?

I ask how!

How did Barack Obama arrive at such a high level of public awareness as a Freshman Senator? What unknown forces have catapulted him to this sudden and unexpected level of National prominence?

Is our country so desperate for a hero that they are are willing to make the same mistake they did in voting for the inexperienced George W. Bush in 2000 and the actor Ronald Reagan in 1980?

Is our country so gullible that they could actually select a candidate based upon their imitation of John F. Kennedy or Martin Luther King, rather than their history of accomplishments and service to this country?

If I were ill and looking for a doctor to heal me, I would select the best and most experienced doctor I could find who specialized in the area of my illness.

I would most certainly not choose my doctor from the eloquent manner in which he spoke or the clever and expensive ads that promoted his practice.

I would want someone who was proven to have extensive knowledge and a verifiable history of success in the specific area of my illness.

I would definitely not want someone right out of Medical School.

This country is sick and needs to be healed. Why even consider selecting someone who has not had the best record and experience in government that we can possibly find?

Why gamble with an unknown whose meteoric rise to prominence can only be attributed to behind the scene forces of great power and wealth to whom he will owe his allegience - rather than to the Consitution of the United States of America.

Why are so many people willing to gamble their freedoms, their fortunes and their futures on someone with such limited experience and unexplained elevation to stardom?

I ask why?

I heard that like Clinton, Obama got most of his money from large donors though he has far and away the most small donors. Objective correction would be welcome. Edwards is willing and able to fight the establishment while Kerry and Obama want to make nice. Obama still hasn`t shown that he is anything more than an empty suit that can make a great aspirational speech. Hillary probably has too much baggage, namely, Bill. He did advocate for racial profiling by the police.

John Kerry lost to incumbent Bush and you all hate him for that? He is still respcted among Democrats.

We have short memory that the Clintons are scandalous in their own administratin. Travelgate, whitewater, Norman Hsu, Vince Foster.... Etc. They also have a lot to do with the rise of Wal-mart.

Oh Hillary also openly take campaign money from corporations and lobbyists, those are the people whom she swore to fight. How exactly is she going to do that?

She just came out with a plan that will spend 75 billions $ that's similar to John Edwards' 25 billions $ plan. That's irresponsible spending.

Oh i forgot to mention her healthcare plan in the 90s included a fine/penalty if you do not purchase it. That's forcing people to buy something they can't afford.

Hillary is going down. I'm for anyone but hillary

THE ONLY reason Kerry (since being known as a LOSER to an IDIOT since 2004) chose to support Obama, IS THAT @ THE TIME, IT HAD JUST BECOME APPARENT TO ALL, THAT OBAMA WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE ON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET (C'MON, LOOK @ THE TIMING AS TO WHEN KERRY ANNOUNCED THIS)! Kerry has NO class, he IS merely an opportunist! (Hope he kicks himself, once he realizes that Obama AIN'T going ANYWHERE!!!)

Apparently the Democrats have no problem with back stabbing each other. From past history they haven’t had a problem with doing that to the American people. They prey too easily on the vulnerabilities of each other and the American people. There seems to be plenty voting for these candidates to get new entitlements to cripple segments of the population and to burden those that struggle for an honest day’s wage. Socialism has the same affect as feeding the bears in the national forest. They learn to expect it and become hostile when they don’t get it. Some of the kindest and most honorable people I know have worked their lifetime for what they have and appreciated what little they do have. They have so little for what they work for because they have to pay too much in taxes to appease the opportunist and the lazy. Don’t get me wrong, we need good and genuine programs to assist the downtrodden and Americans with disabilities.

Mark 2008 as the year that Americans started voting for the highest office in the land like it's 'American Idol'....Barack Obama has never run a city, never run a state, never run a business, has no foreign policy experience and very modicum of foreign policy knowledge. His fuel are hypnotized Sanjaya crazed fans and NBC News/MSNBC/Newsweek..He'll be hittin empty pretty soon..

its ok that kerry didnt endorse edwards. lets just ask kerry again in a few weeks and he'll flip-flop back to edwards.

THe venom John Kerry inspires in here is beyond belief. Dittoheads have too much influence on the airwaves, even on people who presume to hate them. It's a party that eats itself, and who do you think the beneficiaries of that tendency are?

The endorsement will help Obama. I blame the foolishness of the electorate for Kerry's loss, not Kerry himself. There's so much self hatred for having re-elected Shrub that it somehow devolves upon the man who got more votes than Ronald Reagan in 80 and came close to unseating a sitting President-an extremely difficult task. Let him alone.

George Stephanopoulos with ABC is working still as the Clinton's press secretary.
The George's report of an endorsement of John Kerry is: "Kerry hates Edwards". So why didn't he endorse Ms. Clinton? Is it too much to ask that you REPORT why Kerry said he was endorsing Obama? No your inside baseball guesses are much more important than the facts.
The facts are the words Kerry said.
Good bye ABC News you and Fox have replaced news with a poison cartoon projected through a lens of your undeclared bias

You people are stupid, Hillary has been in Washington for years and where is this country now. I see you dummies still haven't learned from the last election, most of you clowns probably voted for George Bush, and now you are giving advice about candidates. Keep your comments to yourself and study the candidates without media influence. I am a black man and I may vote for a white candidate, because I truly want change, not under handed racist rhetoric. And finally the only thing that is happening now is the older racist generation of whites and blacks are being over taken by the younger generation who are sick of all of this racist rhetoric in this country, they can accept a black president , a woman president, something different. I challenge anyone of you to a debate because it's obvious you are all closed minded.

Edwards doesn't stand a chance receiving the nod now. He might as well hang it up after S.C.

Edwards is loosing anyway! Let him step aside, and let Hillary, the strongest person running, take over.

Hillary, you have beaten smug Edwards (it was only a matter of time), now go for his twin – the smug Obama!
Edwards and Obama show their weakness by dishonest rhetoric. Obama - "We'll change America!" Know how? Edwards "is angry at" Lobbyists, but it's through them he's even able to run. Hillary has presented a detailed plan, then just yestarday, one for the economy! Come on, with a little effort it's easy who to choose.

Edwards = Electable

Hillary and Obama = not so much.

Don't kid yourself, what looks good in the primaries doesn't translate to the general election, how many times is the Party going to do this????
I wonder what Dukakis is doing now?

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I can hear Kerry now making a speach on Clinton's behalf, "If your smart, work hard, and get an education, you vote for Obama, otherwise, you get stuck voting for Hillary. No wait... Hey! Who's writing these lousy jokes?"

Obama finally made a good boo boo letting Kerry endorse him. Kerry is only good for counting catsup bottles and relish jars at his wife's factory. When he said he didn't tell Edwards about his endorsement of Obama that's just like he didn't have time to help me with my retirement problems that USAirways was causing it's 10,000 retirees. As far as I am concerned Obama is out and Edwards is in!!

The good Obama boy is doing it again a very well thought out strategy to gain power by never antagonize, bring simple slogans that sounded like good inspirational messages, avoid scrutiny and get protected by good godfathers. Brilliant!

Well Obama found the career he can easily excel by deceiving people with big words and charisma. POLITICS at the NATIONAL LEVEL. The fact is that prior to the spotlight during the convention in 2004 that really launched his political career to a different level, prior to that Obama was just another state politician, never had a leadership position in the State or very strong following, even during his campaign to the US Senate he was new to many of us in Illinois even tho by then he had already been many years as State Senator. At the University of Chicago, well I graduated from Law school before I went to Harvard too, and at the U of Chicago, he was never one of the top lecturer guest professors (because Obama never has been a full time Professor at the University of Chicago) as far as I recall, and about community service in Chicago, well he was always overshadowed by Jesse Jackson. So Obama like many other thousands of professionals in this country can have a very nice resume "in paper" but that doesn't mean all of us are prepared to be the President of the United States. You need a good combination of education, personal skill, leadership and knowledge. Now you can try to hype the experience or achievements but you can't cover the facts and those facts show he never was the real leader in the State, U of Chicago or in the city of Chicago prior to 2004 and since, well all he has done is running for the Presidency.
Take way from him all the millions of dollars Obama is getting that allow him to market his campaign, buy media, and apparatus, advertise and hype his credential, take away the biased media coverage of his campaign, bring a real scrutiny to his campaign like is done to every other politician, and take away the big powers and people supporting him or using him to keep holding onto that power and he will be just another politician trying to be President. Tho his strategist are doing a GREAT job by introducing him to the country; the sad part if they are misleading us all because thats not the real Obama; but Obama ambitious are bigger than his fears and he probably believe in his head that he is the best qualified or that he is the ONLY one to save this country at this moment or the ONLY want to make a change.What kind of change he is talking about? Bringing people together...sure you can setup meetings in community areas, businesses and the politicians know a lot about it too; but where is the agenda, what are the real goals, who are going to lead those efforts, when? at what cost? We need to know.
So far I don't buy into the media frenzy and all this hype. I'll wait and see.

Stop the Socialists -are you forgetting Republicans Delay, Cunningham, Ney, Craig, Ehrlich, Livingston, Ryan, Nixon, Agnew, etc

Obama will start injecting race into this election -- the CBC will brand the Clinton's as racists (what will Toni Morrison say?) -- Edwards will continue to evolve into a complete hypocrite (um, all you supposed progressives out there seem to be too slow to understand his failed term in the Senate as an EXTREMELY conservative Southerner; he will say whatever you want him too) and Mrs. Clinton will continue to work for what she has always believed in -- even when the looney liberal bloggers call her an arch conservative and the GOP call her a socialist. Which of course means she is squarely in the middle with most Americans.

Mark my Word.... Kerry's endorsement is NOT a blessing!

Kerry; irrelevant then, irrelevant now. Does anyone really care one way or the other? Edwards will back Obama too when he drops out. What's the big deal here?

If I were Edwards I wouldn't want Kerry's endorsement anyway. Kerry has made himself look like an ass ever since the last presidential election and nobody even listens to anything he says anyway. The fact that Kerry treated Edwards in such a rude manner shows me that Kerry is a graceless oaf.

I would like to see Hillary Clinton, become our next president and John Edwards, become our Vice president. I like John Edwards. He appears to be a straight shooter. Kerry was decorated for VALOR and I RESPECT him as a war veteran. However, I seriously doubt if Kerry's endorsement will help Obama.

If John Kerry thinks the air needs to change in Washington then why doesn't he do us all a favor and quit exhaling into it. I'm one Dem who would be glad to see him go away and never show his face again. Tell him get a big bus and take the likes of Ted Kennedy, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid with him!!

Why does my gut tell me that Obama is a false prophet that will set the progressive movement back 20 years? Maybe because all he says is "change, hope, yes we can.... blah blah blah"

4 years after he was relevant we can all agree that Kerry is a sleaze, and Bush turned out to be an idiot. They were the best the parties had at the time! Obama gains consensus, but thats not leadership. Hillary is a performing pony, again not leadership.Edwards will say whatever it takes at the time to get his votes, not leadership there either.Once again we will be stuck deciding between a giant bag and a.....

Diane H. Smith:
"JOHN EDWARDS IS BY FAR THE "ONLY" CANDIDATE FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA.

While I agree with your assessment of the inability to make due on any of the promises these candidates make, will Edwards be any better? He is far from in the know, far from perfect, and far from the best. I'd rather have an Obama than an edwards ANY day. And that's saying something.

I think that Edwards is definitely the top person running for the presidency, democrat, republican or independent. Kerry is definitely a backstabber, a noncommunicator with his previous running mate and who is Kerry backing anyway but a person who makes great speeches that are empty about change, change, change. What changes? He does not tell us anything that he plans on doing. We need John Edwards because he is clear on what he thinks needs to be done, such as help the middle class, since no one has done much for us for quite a while. Pretty soon there will just be the rich and the poor and no one in between unless we get Edwards elected to help the middle class be strong and also to help our decaying health plans, or lack of them and the cost of paying for these plans that have been backbreaking to the middle class.

Support and vote for John Edwards, a REAL candidate, warm, energenic, hopeful and trying to help Americans in so many ways.

JOHN EDWARDS IS BY FAR THE "ONLY" CANDIDATE FOR EACH AND EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA. THE OTHERS ARE POLITICS AS USUAL. TOO MUCH MONEY AND GLITZ. HILLARY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLLEDGE THAT SHE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT BUSH'S WAR AFTER IT WAS PROVED TO BE BASED ON LIES THEREBY CONTRIBUTING TO MANY DEATHS AND OTHER AGONIES.OBAMA IS A FLOWERY, SHALLOW SPEAKER THAT PROMISES EVERYTHING BUT WILL GIVE NOTHING BUT THE GLITZ. A VOTE FOR EDWARDS IS A VOTE FOR YOU.

Poor Edwards. Apparently, there is still no honor among thieves...

Why are so many Americans such cowards? For goodness sake, why doesn't the American population take its country back from these criminals in the White House and their corporate co-conspirators, such as Kerry and the Heinz corp.?

The United States population should be ashamed of themselves for letting themselves be bullied by Cheney/Bush into relinquishing the purpose and protection of the Constitution of the United States.

How can the 800 pound gorilla -- the US population bolsterd by the Constitution -- let itself be bullied by the parasitic insects in the White House?

John Edwards sees acknowledges bullying and seems appropriately embarrased by it and is seeking to reclaim his and his country's lost dignity -- not to mention the dignity of the Democratic Party, which slipped down the toilet the second Pelosi and Reid bent over for Bush on Iraq.

Winning at politics is like a fine science.... Say enough "Sweet Nothings" and the masses will love you...What has happened to the America that thinks? That demands specific answers to their questions? Has it gone by the wayside? Wake up People our futures are at stake. We have to listen to more than just rhetoric, but for substance-the how to's. We need a president who can improve our economy and bring our troops home from war. We need what God would not keep from Adam... Eve! We need the multi-tasking ability of a woman to get us out of this mess. We need Hillary! Lets do the right thing and give a sensible, competent, and experienced woman a chance. Lets vote Hillary!!!!

Geevil: Thanks, I got a great laugh out of your post.

My comment about the AP was in reference to your post about a 3 million email list. That was in the article I read, but what does that really mean? to call them supporters and IOU's is really stretching it.

You have to be really desperate to need an endorsement from John Kerry. He lost the 2004 election that any other Democrats could have easily won.

Obama obviously didn't know that endorsement from Kerry, a loser's endorsement, is nothing but a curse.

Shuy--I spent alot of time thinking, and mulling over different takes on Kerry's endorsement of Obama before I posted. I also went elsewhere online for quite awhile--researching, to clarify what I remembered about Kerry. I confirmed some things, and learned some new things. You could do the same, you know. If you did, you would not have written, 'No one cares about John Kerry'. I tend to be more Conservative than Kerry and Obama, and I'm supporting no one now--I'm reserving that for November (although to be honest, I must say that I could not see myself voting for Clinton or Paul). But I do know that, while some people dislike Kerry, many Democrats still respect him, and they are people who have largely been Clinton supporters. Anyway, I'm flattered, I suppose, that you saw an AP article that looked like my post. Perhaps the AP researches, too, like I do. You should try it sometime, Shuy.

Edwards will change the way this country is governed for the benefit of the working class.

Obama panicked at the NH result and has sold his soul to the Democratic establishment for a a two-day news cycle.

Clinton has become a cliche, both as a politician and as a woman. Crying to get her own way..? Ridiculous!

If Clinton does get the nomination, those tears will destroy her in the general election, particularly after the Bush administration, which is for Guilliani, (A la Jeb Bush in Florida) has started a pre-emptove war with Iran, or done whatever else it needs to do to keep the US popluation cowering in fear from both the rest of the world and reason.

actually, i take that back because since kerry sucks, now obama will because of kerrys really bad "addvice."

Kerry is such a jerk, no offense, but he should have supported edwards because i heard on the news he has 13% of voters voting for him...sad. EDWARDS SHOULD WIN FOR LIFE!!!

Kerry is the reason we ended up with another four years of Bush in 04. Hopefully this endorsement will help John Edwards.

Don't forget that Kerry was used by the Clintons as a cushion between two Clinton administrations - if the Clintons get their way. Don't forget it was pulling teeth for Kerry to ask Bill Clinton to campaign for Kerry during general election.

I have not liked Kerry a bit, but can you blame him for NOT liking Clinton for their using and abusing him to fulfill a transition time to power, on top of all the things we know about the Clintons?

Kerry is the biggest bag ever. Edwards had a great chance to escape from him. His nomination in 04 was the biggest mistake Democratic party ever made. Our only hope in 04 was Senator Edwards, so in 08!

Governor Richardson, we are proud of your positive, gracious and noble moral advocacy of your campaign. You inspired us to think about what is the true meaning of freeing the Iraq people, that the American spirit in not about nationalism of occupation, genocide, or distain for free will and human values around the world but that the American spirit is about innovation, economic growth, moral prerogatives and freedoms that are by measured by results in the quality of lives of the American people and as well as in the world community as a whole. Foremost, a master negotiator with legendary outcomes that exemplify risks, courage, and freedom.

john kerry here you go again as america's number one biggest loser a flip floppy from john edwards to america's next big loser obama a non democrat but a independant.

now you wasted my money and time and vote in the past todate.

their is now way i can vote for loser obama!

a canidate of change a non democrat but a independant doing his own thing.

obama needs to run as a independant.

john kerry america's biggest loser joins the next big loser obama!

you lost my vote and others on the come.

obama a race for losers of america join ttogether. johnedwards it's the voters not john kerry or obama want to bees!

Kerry! Has NO CLASS! Dodd did similar thing to Liberman! I would think that Kerry endorsement would be a kiss of death!

This is a personal offense to Edwards, but won't hurt him politically, Kerry is no longer relevant.

Edwards just has to hang in there! Obama and Clinton could both stumble badly in the coming weeks. Eventually, Obama is going to have to actually say something - he's not going to get by with vague generalities forever. Also, he looked very thrown off by the results in NH and could start to falter as the campaign gets tougher.

H. Clinton could certainly stumble. Plus if word about her dishonest moves in Iowa and NH spreads, people might start to see that she puts herself above the causes she supposedly supports. As an example, when Obama was a state senator, Planned Parenthood asked Obama and the other Ill. state senators to vote "present" on a series of abortion-rights bills (this was done for strategic reasons). Obama followed Planned Parenthood's request. While campaigning in Iowa, H. Clinton used Obama's history of "present" votes to claim that he is not really pro choice. Planned Parenthood publicly corrected her, and stated that in fact Obama's "present" votes were pro-choice votes. After being corrected in Iowa, H. Clinton went to NH and used the "present" votes to make the same argument - even though this time she had to know that her claims were false! Again, Planned Parenthood had to correct her. This behavior by Clinton hurts Planned Parenthood's ability to influence other politicians who have seen how Obama's votes were used against him and therefore shows that she is willing to hurt one of her key causes in order to get votes.

To David Hutton - if the Dems' goal is to win fewer states than McGovern won in 1972, then a Clinton/Obama ticket is great! If the goal is to actually win the election, or any states at all, that is the worst ticket ever. A ticket featuring SpongeBob Square Pants and the Little Mermaid would seriously get more votes. H. Clinton's negatives run way too high - of those polled, close to 50% say that they would never vote for her under any circumstances, which means that she would have to run the table of all of those who don't outright despise her. Add Obama to the ticket and you're going to lose additional votes, and I don't think that the VP nominee can win back the people who won't vote for her under any circumstances. I am among those who will not vote for H. Clinton under any circumstances and I am her target demographic - young, liberal, female, with an advanced degree and a high paying job.

H. Clinton will simply not win the election. The Dems need to put up an Edwards/Obama ticket!!

I never got the impression that Edwards and Kerry were close, even when they were on he ticket together. I've heard Edwards talk about how much he didn't like being Kerry's running mate, so what does Edwards expect? You go around badmouthing someone and you EXPECT a courtesy call? I don't think so! I'm sure Edwards isn't sweating this at all. He's a cooler cucumber than that.

On election night, November 2, 2004, both Kerry and Edwards promised all votes would be counted. However, the next morning Kerry conceded. If, Kerry and Edwards disagree on the importance of counting all votes, Kerry’s endorsement is meaningless. John Edwards is the candidate who most clearly represents the interest of the American people. Go John Edwards!!!

Kerry's the same prissy chicken he's always been.

Remember that it was Kerry operatives who surfaced the video that first got Dr. Dean in trouble with the mainstream media during the Iowa caucuses.

Don't let these DNC saboteurs throw the election AGAIN: if Edwards is not the Democratic Party nominee, write in Edwards for the General Election.//

Good maybe this will knock Obama out of the race. doubt it though. however it will hurt him i hope...greg

John Edwards is a class act, and my admiration of his campaign grows. I unsubscribed to Kerry's e-mails because I'm not interested in fund raising messages for Obama, who has more than enough loot in his pockets.

Good for Edwards! He gave it to Kerry in his statement......."the corridors of power".... People could care less what Kerry says in 2008 or in 2004 for that matter. I removed myself from Kerry's mailing list today, I was so disgusted. If you want a friend in Washington D.C., get a dog. Brilliant statement whoever said it. Go Edwards! To The Covention. We are with you!!! John Edwards...The People's President.

Like many on this board, I have even more respect for Edwards now. Kerry is a buffoon. If he had to be around in 2004, it should have been an Edwards/Kerry ticket; it would have been much more acceptable. I'd like to see an Edwards/Clinton ticket for 2008. Unfortunately, I think too many senior voters would have a hard time voting for a woman for president; and I'd rather see the Democrats in the White House over any GOP candidate.

Is it just me or does 2004 seem like ancient history?

Who cares what Kerry says? Anybody that could lose that last race to GWB is just bad. Edwards has a grace I find refreshing. He keeps going up in my view. Now he needs to crank it up some.

Hawkrew, how am I wrong? Obama supporters always fail to back up their inaccurate statement's about Obama's finances and policy proposals with facts (from an unbiased source preferably, not Obama's website). Obama's campaign is based on rhetoric, not substance. Edwards is the candidate for change. Plus he's honest. Go figure.

It is a kiss of death.Edwards should thank God that he has escaped it.

i like bill clinton he came to our town when he wuz president but i think our world is confronted with different battlesn and yes hilary may have good ecomonic history but thatz not the only problem confronting our nation today.

Edwards shouldn't be offended. Kerry is and always has been an elitist who operates behind the scenes. Not a surprise at all. He's just getting behind whoever he thinks will have the best chance to win a partisan democratic victory in November.

My admiration for John Edwards just keeps going higher, and my hope is that the American people don't pass up on this very rare opportunity to elect a person who expresses so many qualities of a great leader--such as honesty, passion, and intellect. If Edwards is as tireless as President as he has been in his campaign, America will be transformed, and we will once again be a shining light among nations. Pride in America has to be earned--I believe that Edwards can get the job done!

I bet when the national Chamber of Commerce's Tom Donahue starts using millions of dollars to attack all judges, lawyers, organizations, and presidential candidates who dare to question the ethics and practices of modern American businesses (as he recently threatened to do), my choice, John Edwards, gets the most attention. Kerry will go unscathed, along with his wife's ketchup corporation: Obama would be wise to decline any favors from John Kerry as it appears that when compared to Edwards, John Kerry, the least warrior-like of the two, lacks the passion and integrity to protect the working class from the greed manifesting in our current class warfare and will tarnish Obama's image.

SteveW, stop cut and pasting from an AP article. No one cares about John Kerry. and every election the media fawns over someone who they claim brings new people to the polls and will shake up the establishment. Howard Dean, John McCain,Bill Bradley, Gary Hart, yadda, yadda, yadda.

While I disagree with most of you and feel that Obama is like a rock star that people (including Republicans) are drawn to, I love the fact that this race is so close and so much fun to follow. I feel like the Republicans are pretty much screwed with whoever they choose. Look at their candidates, they are either too old, too boring or evangelicals! Dems have great candidates to choose from. although I wanted to see Obama win New Hampshire, I am now glad he did not because it keeps this election going full force and keeps everyone very interested. I have Republican friends that can't stand their candidates and have been on Obama's web site because they have been interested in his message. We finally have an election that is going to be close and yet so much fun to watch. The way this race is shaping up, maybe us Texans will have a say so in the primary. That never happens!

While I have never particularly liked Kerry, I think he was popular enough to be the Democratic Presidential runner in 2004. Considering the idiot we ended up with - there have to be many folks out there who wish Kerry was in fact elected.

Perhaps Kerry's endorsement will be a good thing for Obama.

Time will tell. November is a long way away and until then, we all have to do what we can to buck the recession we find ourselves in now....

Kerry has been one of the more strident anti-Iraq Democrats in the Senate, giving Obama an ally with appeal to some of the core Democratic groups now favoring Clinton. He helped many Democrats win their Congressional races in 2006. He has alot of political IOU's he can call in for Obama--and an email list of supporters reportedly 3 million strong. He IS divisive, true, and he DOES stick his foot in his mouth. But this is the primary season. He is only asking DEMOCRATS to support Obama now--and he still does appeal to many Democrats. The charge that he did not reach Edwards first will not stick. My guess is that due to his tendency to gaffe, Kerry will be used mostly for his name recognition and his sizeable political network. Oprah is better on the stump. Obama's message is that he can unite divergent groups. Kerry represents the wing of the party that Hillary used to have locked up--until today. It will help Obama, not hurt him.

Roland, The Clintons are well worn books. Hillary may be unlikeable and untrustworthy but she is not stupid.

Barack Obama on the other hand, all we know is he has a long history of drug and alcohol abuse. pot, cocaine, and who knows what else. He has done almost nothing in Illinios and his couple years as a Senator. he has been financed by a corrupt backer. Oprah and Will Smith are fawning all over him.

Who should the Amercian people trust to be a nominee for President?

If a Republican doesn't win we cannot afford a druggie in charge.

Hey, Stop the Socialists: I'll put the same question to you: "How come you cons vote for corrupt politicians? Bush, Cheney, Tom Delay, Rudolph Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain?

I don't think any con ought to be bandying about the word 'corrupt' in light of the avalanche of scandals coming out of the Republican party lately and for the last 14 years.

You guys wrote the book on corruption, so don't throw stones, glass-house-dweller.

Kerry is such a sleaze. Does anyone remember the debate between Bush and Kerry when both were asked about their spouses.Bush talked about how much he loved his wife and sounded very sincere. Kerry said something like "she has more money". His endorsement is not such a good idea. I hope Hilary wins and it's probably best that Kerry didn't endorse her in my mind.

i do believe it's pretty obvious that most people view the Clinton's as untrustworthy. whether or not they can persuade people otherwise has yet to be determined. they can also be cold in their tactics. as well, most people would not go around touting obama's experience as a factor in voting for him. it is yet to be seen if he really "believes in change" or is simply paying lip service to the phrase. he has accepted money from special interests/lobbyists before, (not sure about now though) whether or not that translates to favors in the long run is also up for debate. edwards really speaks highly of his families struggles to succeed and wants everybody to believe he will fight for your families because of this. will he, really? who knows. he is saying alot of the same things obama is saying except he can rely on past positions to back his claims.
my point is: if people don't swallow their pride, and admit they have not done extensive research on ALL the candidates the bickering will continue. people gotta ask themselves, "what's best for my country?" everybody touts the constitution so long as they see a direct benefit for them. they choose their candidate the same way, the media knows this. that's why they can play everybody like a fiddle. it makes for great ratings and lengthly topics such as this to show their sponsors, which in turn allows them to raise their stock. why would they do that you say? $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
hey, the GOP is going thru the same thing. the media and big wigs don't want you to take an objective look at ALL the candidates. (republican or democrat) they KNOW for a fact that if EVERYBODY voting saw and heard the truth they would vote the right person in. the real person of change. the more we fight and stick to our corners the longer WE will suffer. why not take a look around? if you really research and feel the same, that's fine. but don't let the powers that be trick you into doing what they want because you were to lazy to research.

Well, that's the kiss of death for Obama. Edwards should be grateful.

Question for you Libs - How come you vote for Corrupt Politicians? Like Obama, Hilary and Edwards? and all the rest!