Political Punch

This is the most important election in many decades..Make sure we all know everything about each candidate, everything, not just what the other canadidates are saying...
List what each has a accomplished,
evaluate their War position, social security position, the air we breathe ,the childern the elderly,our relationship with all countries,the withdrawal of our troops, our job situation, our cost of living, just to name a few.

And so...she expects us to vote for her????? To elect her to the highest office in the nation?????

This is at least the second time she has had to reorganize her campaign staff if you don't count the people who stepped down along the way.

Hillary can't run her own campaign. She can't fight her own battles, cries, has staffers "stepping down", and she spent all the money in her huge war chest. Boy...some think that is leadership...I sure don't.

The last campaign shake-up unleashed Mad Dog Bill. Wonder what is next...she can't possibly be out of cheap political tricks yet.

Her campaign is not a fairy tale...it is a nightmare!

Is there no end to the whining of the Clinton campaign? Caucuses are suddenly undemocratic just because you are getting your butt kicked in them? What a joke!

Great candidates (and presidents) adapt to changing situations. Marginal candidates (and presidents) whine.

By their fruits you will know them . . .

Obama '08

Why are none of these comments about what Jake posted? Isn't that the point of user comments one ach piece? I'mr eading the same stuff they spammed over everything else today.

On topic...I cringed a bit to watch Hillary's 'mom' statements against MSNBC being delivered in front of a wall-sized flag. It's like fanning the flames of a small fire, trying to make it take off.

Every time I try to give the Clintons the benefit of the doubt, Hillary goes over the top and Bill makes up something like he did here: claiming Barack said this decade was better than the 90's.

Do they really think their own supporters are that ignorant or that gullible? I've been spending some recent time remembering how I supported the Clintons back then, but also wondering why. Did they get old, or did I get smart?

If they are going to nominate the caucus candidate then this country is in trouble.
Caucuses are slanted, rumor has it Obama campaign bullies and has shipped in college students from other states to participate. Its awfully funny that he only one CT, SC, LA and MO(only by a wee margin) in primaries.
But are only salvation is that in November most of these caucus states will vote republican anyways.

....see what I mean...

"change we can believe in"
"change"
"lets change"
"lets love"
"our time has come"
"hope"
"Oprah"
"JFK"

LMAO.....superficial, slogan-like litany that sounds like a popularity contest.

Obamas campaign angle is a joke

We need a PLAN, not a speech. See here what I mean http://facts.hillaryhub.com/

Clinton 08!

....see what I mean...

"change we can believe in"
"change"
"lets change"
"lets love"
"our time has come"
"hope"
"Oprah"
"JFK"

LMAO.....superficial, slogan-like litany that sounds like a popularity contest.

Obamas campaign angle is a joke

We need a PLAN, not a speech. See here what I mean

Clinton 08!

And Obama wants to win the Primary based on these caucuses? I can't believe this is a way to run elections. It should be the number of votes in the entire country.

And Obama wants to win the Primary based on these caucuses? I can't believe this is a way to run elections. It should be the nuber of votes i the entire country.

I participated in a Washington State caucus yesterday, voting as a Democrat. My prior experience with primary elections was in different states that both held primary elections via ballot. I can only tell you how appalled I was at the difference in voting process. In my opinion, caucuses are not a "democratic" way to select a nominee. In the first place, caucus participation is not available to people who have to work on the date the caucus is held. They are all at the exact same time of the day, and no businesses were closed during that time. Second, in many areas, including the one I attended, there is virtually no public transportation to the site, leaving out people who cannot afford to drive or who are otherwise unable to drive. Parking is inadequate, making it difficult for seniors and disabled people to get into the facility, even if they do drive. I arrived early but had to walk the equivalent of several blocks to the site because of lack of parking space (something that could be problematic for many seniors and disabled people). Once I arrived it was apparent that not everyone who showed up could fit into the space that was available (voters from no less than 17 precincts were trying to cram into a small junior high school cafeteria). There was no one in overall charge, utter chaos was in full reign, and it was so noisy that even though I arrived early enough to get to and huddle around my precinct table, I could not hear the people at my precinct table speaking above the din. Those who were the most vocal ran the show. People were excluded from caucusing if they did not arrive within one half hour of door opening. This was problematic for some voters because misinformation about their caucus site was given to them. What's more, the state Democratic Party's website had crashed that morning making it almost impossible for people who hadn't already done so to find their caucus site. To make a very long story short, I have absolutely ZERO confidence that my vote was counted accurately. Even if everyone participating was absolutely honest (something I doubt), I cannot imagine an accurate count coming out of such a three ring circus. What makes this most disgusting to me is I understand that Washington state voters recently voted to hold primary elections in lieu of caucuses. In "undemocratic" fashion, the Democratic party ignored the will of the people and decided to only assign delegates via the old (and in my opinion much outdated) process of caucusing.

With 70% of white voters going for H.Clinton in Louisiana, and she still could not win, becoue Obama took 5 out of every 6 black votes. Clinton would have to get 100% OF ALL WHITES TO WIN. She don't stand a chance. This is the year of the brother.

Schuster has been watching a lot of porn movies that's why he did not even think using more politically correct wording besides "pimping". No wonder people get out of control because of these media, who does not show respect especially for our future president. It's ashame.

Gov. Gregoire endorsed Obama and on the caucus day went into a lot of closed caucuses to activate the troops. That seems inappropriate and unfair.

Caucusing is all about money and good organisation.

A lot of calls, ads, visits are made and all involve money and desire.

This is a very good example of how Leadership must be; get people work on your behalf and produce the results all anticipate.

I am very impressed by Obama on this and I am 85% he will make the Good President.

Caucuses are more controlled environments with oversight and transparency to prevent what I described below.

The other side of the caucus story is that people can't cast their votes months in advance as we saw in California and elsewhere. Obama has gained tremendous momentum lately, but this hasn't always been reflected in the results thanks to Clinton getting people to vote early for her before even finding out about Obama. That doesn't work in caucuses.

If people are too lazy or uninterested to come to a caucus, they probably shouldn't be having too much of a say in our primary selection process. If people are interested, they can find a way to be there regardless of their situstion.

And I don't think anyone would have a problem going to a caucus and not supporting an African-American candidate, unless their reason for doing so was that he was African-American. I don't see Obama people making the argument that men aren't going to the caucus because they're afraid to be called sexist if they don't support Hillary. It's just a dumb excuse.

@spakb I doubt race has anything to do with it. My guess is that many voters don't know about Obama and a caucus is setup just for that type of intimate setting where the community sells their candidate. Also, working class people who can't take time off, usually votes from news bites and name recognition. JUST MY OBSERVATION.

spakb,
The only caucus that HRC has won was in Nevada. It is true that Obama appears to have the advantage in Caucus states. There are a few reasons for this and you point a few of them above such as many workers who vote Democrat do not have the time to participate. It often invloves discussions and persuasion at the sites of these caucuses and can last hours. HRC does better with working class voters who may not have the time or energy to specnd at a caucus site. Her other base is the elderly and I doubt many older folks want to spend hours with hundreds of people, many enthusiastic and vibrant. And how loud are their voices in this type of atmosphere? I also think it is "cool" to be for Obama, particularly in a Red State. It is also, "not cool" to be HRC, and hasn't been fo 16 years, maybe peer pressure leads HRC people to be hesitant to fight in these caucus settings. This is labled as spin in today's anti-Hillary media but I think it is a legitimate point. I would be nervous if I was Hillary about a MI and FL caucus to replace their primary. She won those states, granted in MI she was the only one on the ballot, she won FL by over 300,000 votes, and I bet alot of those were elderly voters who will not caucus. I just think these caucus states have a built in advantage for Obama's base in the fact that young, passionate voters can have a much bigger impact combined with the historical anti-Democratic presedential voting patterns of the states he won caucuses in.

HRC has made it clear she would prefer to debate on Fox News instead of with Tim Russert. Thus, while I don't deny that the remark was offensive, this is a controvery that is timed well for Clinton.

Why is Obama winning all the Cacus states by lopsided margins?
Who participate in the Cacuses?

What is the probability that an average democratic voter - like a plant worker, waiters, store clerk, a woman working multiple jobs - not actively interested in politics participating in the cacus?
Are the people at the cacus afraid to say opensly that they are not going to support an African American candidate?