Obama's Selective Outrage on Third-Party Groups

Well I do hope the media calls him out on this because they cant get it more obvious than this, that he does not stick to his word, if they don't I would lose all faith in the media as being fair and balanced.

Am happy to see if posted on here, but this issue should very well be a talking point on prime time too, just as everything that the Clinton's have said on done ...so over to you media houses time to get talking!!!

It's a lot of money to be throwing after a candidate it would be interesting to know what they want in return, they sure as hell not doing all this for nothing in return.

georgia, I agree with much of what you said. I think Barack Obama can get away with what he does, because he has the overwhelming support of the media, especially the cable news channels. They don't really push him for the truth concerning some of the issues you've raised. They allow him to spin his way out of things in a soundbite. But with Hillary, they will spend an entire day or week criticizing her and her campaign. I can't wait to watch the debate tonight being held in Ohio. I hope Hillary will push him to fully explain his position on every issue. because I don't think the moderators will. And of course, she should explain her own plans in detail so any misrepresentation by Barack can be corrected. And she should bypass the commentators that want to limit her time and yet let him ramble on and on trying his best to waste time. Or does he ramble because he really doesn't know the issues? Probably both.

Union members and retirees should be asking their leadership how the almost 2 million dollars will benefit them. Will it help them pay their own health care costs? It's clear that the leadership is in this for the promise of access.

Maybe they think that Obama, like his friend Deval Patrick will go the casino route as a way of raising revenue - and provide more service sector jobs through an industry that provides neither "hope" nor "change".

Maybe someone needs to look at the promises Patrick may have made to this union in Massachusetts to secure this endorsement for Obama.

Criticize Obama's positions all you want, but PLEASE stop comparing him to George Bush. He has more intelligence and common sense in his little finger than W has in his whole body.

Put me down as another Obama supporter who is disappointed by this (and the waffling on public financing). Disappointed but not disaffected. I still think he is the superior candidate, and that he has the best chance to get this country back on track. I also think he has a better chance than Hillary of beating McCain.

America is in trouble if he becomes the Democratic nominee. As many argue, Hillary has made mistakes but she moves forward a wiser more experienced candidate. What do people really know about THIS MAN ????? Then again, what did we know about Bush when he moved into office? Likable. Popular.

Politics, politics, that is all that has been going on- time to discuss the issues, in detail.

Today, as it stands, Obama is set to take the nomination, which says something in and of itself

Flip Flopper,

Yes, my dear, you sound like a very ardent supported...Indeed.

As a retired, life member of the Teamsters, I am not in favor of labor organizations giving financial support to political candidates of any suasion.

In my opinion, the best option would be public funding of political campaigns so that no monied interest, corporate or labor, could exert undue financial influence.

The political funds unions use are, by law, separate from member's dues, but the members who contribute to the political funds are not given a voice in how the money is spent or for whom.

The union bosses decide, which may or may not be in the best interest of the membership.

Mark Twain once said, "If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed."

This article shows that Jake Tapper can rise above the fray and provide balanced coverage of political issues, for which I am grateful.

Votetheissues:

Yes, us Obama supporters really DO NOT COUNT unless we earn the respect of Hillary or her supporters. Too bad our votes do.

Caveat emptor.

Any Obama supporter who is objective enough to state that Obama is flipping and this is disappointing has gained my respect. Wish the rose colored glasses of most of the other Obama supporters would come off so that we as a nation vote in the best candidate through objective evaluation. This choice is so very important to all of us "middle guys" trying to provide for our families.

I will keep saying it: Obama talks out of both sides of his mouth. He squirms in the debates, not being prepared on the issues, then echoing what Hillary, Edwards, and others say by tweaking what they say to look like his own original stance. He criticizes Hillary's health care plan for mandates, while his plan has mandates for healthcare for children; he goes on the campaign trail saying his plan is for universal health care that will allow union workers to have the same health care plan as Congress; he ignores his own statements pro-NAFTA, while he ignores Hillary's statements on correcting the problems with NAFTA; he copies plans Hillary published three months earlier on Gulf Coast Recover et al, and he blames Clinton for putting out a picture of him dressed in Muslim dress which his own documentary published. He can have it both ways. He is a moving target, much like Romney was. If you say something one day, you can camouflage it the next day with soundbites. He can ignore McCain's earlier question of forgoing outside groups paying for their outside ads, while he is getting ready to do just that.

He himself played the race card to ignite outrage and get the African-American votes. Now he is acting innocent again while he drums up sympathy for the internet look at his Muslim heritage. Does he think we all live in a vacuum and do not recognize his double talk?

What in God's name made anyone think, even remotely, that big time politics was any different for Obama or anyone else? Words mean crap but actions always put beef on the bone.

I see absolutely no contradiction here: politicians always criticize groups and organizations when they support and/or help the OTHER candidates in the race, but those same politicians always seem to get amnesia and/or laryngitis when they're supported by those same groups or organizations. Sen. Obama is no different, unfortunately.

Either Senator Clinton made someone really mad or Senator Obama made someone really happy to get that kind of money to flow in a primary.

Obama will say or do what he needs to do to win. Not unlike almost all politicians. But Obama already took to task Edwards for this and implied he was above it. But whatever you do, don't ask Obama about the switcheroo because if you do that's just "old politics". The torch has been passed to he who brings "Change you can believe in". Yeah, right.

Freddie,

How would you suggest he "attack" people so earnestly supporting him?

I'm an obama supporter but I am beginning to see he is a flipper. I guess he flip/flops to the side that suites him...

sad...obama