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Don't forget the bigger picture. McCain would be another Bush. I support Obama. If he doesn't get the nomination, then I will vote for Hillary. I don't really like her but anything is better than repeating the last four years. Get real people, McCain supports war for 100 years, had to be corrected about extremists and al queeda, and not to be mean (but is way over the hill). Think about how much things went downhill in the Bush years. McCain says he does not understand the economy and thinks some of the people that got subprime loans deserve it and should help themselves. Realize the bigger issue and vote a decomcrat instead of McCain. I'm sure Hillary will be back in 2012.

come on people why can,t you make a comment with out speculation.
fact.clinton dont have any experience,35 years doing what?.her husband experience is not hers,that is why she lied about her experience in bosnia to boost her credentials.
There are people who will vote for her even if jesus christ came down and said she is the wrong person,so vote for her,but dont make faulse statements about the other guy you know nothing about,when you know there are other reasons you dont want to vote for him.
get real

Bob Casey said the other day that he is supporting Obama because his daughters were for Obama and they wanted him to support him, too. This lame idea has been put forth by Caroline Kennedy, Maria Shriver, Clair McCaskill, Gov. of WI Doyle, and now Casey of PA! I think I would not choose anyone to serve as VP who used this as his basis for making such a major decision. In fact I might not choose him as our senator the next time around.

Yes, get ready OBAMA is going to win. It's true we know most of Hillary's dirt and there is enough to bury me in my grave, and now people are just waiting to see if there is more on Obama.Well maybe, just maybe, he is a pretty good guy. Face it people, both candidates are running a campaign of HOPE. The clintons, and I say the clintons, the whole family is out there, are just HOPING that something unforgivable will come out about OBAMA and that is her only HOPE to win. She knows she can't win any other way. THe superdelegates will never overturn the will of the people. Most votes have gone to Obama and unless something more is unveiled that makes him appear unelectable,the superdelegates' votes are going that way too. That is her HOPE campaign. OBAMA's is for CHANGE. Right now I will take any kind of CHANGE. If Hillary wins her HOPE campainge, I am a dedicated democrat and I will cast my vote for her. To the guy saying most blacks are voting for Obama and this is true, well most women are voting for Hillary, didn't see u mention that, maybe they are just voting for a woman and they too are not voting for the best candidate. There is always two sides to every coin.

Obama should win the presidency if we are to attempt a genuine reflection of the fact that every American should have the opportunity to become the U.S. President. As a teacher, I tell my students everyday that they can aspire to become anything they desire if they work hard for it. One problem I see is that we have Peloski and Rice as two of the most powerful women in the world, and President Hillary Clinton would affirm that this world is truly being run by women, and make this society a matriarchy. I believe that Blacks have been fighting for civil rights longer than women in America, and women never were slaves involuntarily. They would have been an ideal ticket though; Obama/Clinton!

another thread mentions the connection between bho church, wright, and reparations for blacks.
We have got to get some of this stuff to stick to him.
He is a wolf in sheeps clothing!

I'm so sick of Obama that I changed from Republican to Democrate so I can cast my vote for the best candidate, Clinton!

Obama is sweet talking many people about his (long) short list for VP. It's another "billiant" Obama game which will blow up in his face, just like Wrightgate; and the shell game he played denying MI and FL solutions.

His house of cards will fall apart very soon. You can't fool all of the people all of the time, and expect to get away with it. That's why he's so desperate to end the race early. People have realized he is not who he claims to be. He's a ver smart player who in ingenuous.

He did promise the state of Illinois he'd serve his full term and I'm so curious to see if he accomplishes much change in the Senate.

Go Hillary! I have faith Hillary will restore the USA to peace and prosperity.

Stupid Democrat,
If you have nothing but hate, you will not find anything good in Obama or Clinton. Just take a long breadth and think it over. Both are exceptional candidates. Oh yes, Obama's wife mis spoke, Hillary is divisive. Obama's pastor said something nasty. Give me a break and just grow up. Both are human and so both have strength and weaknesses. And both will make a great president. Unless of course you want Another term for Bush in McCain incarnation.

So stop fighting among yourself.

I cannot stand Obama. People think he inspired us. We want a president, not a spiritual pastor. Who gave him the right to say that Senator Clinton can stay on the race as long as she wants. Come on. Obama, who do you think you are. Clinton gets Nutter's endorsement. So... not all African-Americans are blind. I feel sorry for Richardson. He might think he has a chance to become Obama's VP. He abandoned Clinton's friendship to HELP Obama. See what happened...Ha! Ha!

OBAMA/ PELOSI 08......Casey miht be a nice guy...but this election will go down in the history books as a double-whammy .....Obama/Pelosi/08.....she is she is intellient....international presence....and she is a fine stateswoman....

BKMC: What elected offical are you talking about. Obama has not been in the senate long enough and should not be campaigning for president. Hillary and McCain have longer years than he has. Get a grip on things. Furthermore he never created his own speech that he made regarding race. It was written by a woman and he added some words. He is helpless when it comes to speaking without reading a script. Bill Clinton didn't need a script and neither does Hillary. So Bob Casey is taking his revenge out on Hillary for Obama. Good Luck.

Sen Bob Casey and his Holy Church of Molestation and obamas Holy Church Of Black Hate are not much of a choice for an election. They seem to represent several top problems in the country today. Where is CHANGE?

Can anyone explain why Clinton and McCain supporters ALWAYS USE CAPS and haven't figured out how to use a spell-checker or compose a complete sentence?

I'm not an Obama08 supporter, just evaluating ... but it seems to me that Obama brings out a more reasoned and less dogmatic consideration that the Pennsylvania Dutch would call common sense.

Unfortunately, the alternatives are not.

Jacksmith......you sound very much as if you have never been in the company of intelligent discussion or argument....
as an outside observer you seem more like the deluded one ....it sppears you dont really know what experience is and more so the sort of experience required for leadership. Listening to a lot of americans discuss the sort experience needed for presidency it appears to me that they fail to understand the difference between leadership and the kind of experience needed for a specialist. I cant therefore single you out for castigation. But you are a clear example why many nations have difficulties choosing democracy because they watch what many of your commentators say and do, the manipulation of news and news items, how vocal a lot of ignorant people are .......the wickedness and maliciousness that are hidden in words and faulty reasoning the resolve not to go down that part..............is it a case of some americans destroying democracy......for in this presidential campaign 08 many of the world are watching ...........the see the US Press picking off irrelevent items sensationalising them and elevating them to something of serious important and ignoring other very important things ......the watch and see guys like you insulting others with very serious and dangerous ignorance.....all in the name of democracy...No truths but malice and lies...
supposing I speak your language ...........
Clearly an idiot counts 35yrs experience for Hillary ...

Clearly an idiot who lives in the USA does not know that Obama has more legislative experience that Hillary ....

Clearly an idiot would attribute economic expansion during the presidency to Clinton at main street and not to wall street and other condition and the world economic cycle....

Clearly an idiot who fails to see that there are character failings in the political postures of Hillary that made her to fail in the very programme(Universal healthcare) she loves very much and yet was unable to sail through with it.....
Education and Enlightement cant be DHL...led to you from where I am... seek it in the USA ...ALSO USE YOUR LIBRARIES they are free where you are but very expensive where I am...

From the beginning, the Clintons felt that getting the nomination was a done deal. Their campaign clearly underestimated their opponent. All of the mudslinging began with comments coming from the Clinton camp. Once again they underestimated Obama's ability to effectively respond to their comments. If Obama chose not to respond, he would be seen as evasive and weak. Since he decided that he had to respond, he is portrayed as straying away from his clean campaign comments. It is obvious that the Clintons would rather lose the White House than to lose to Obama. All of their positive comments about McCain clearly confirm that.

jacksmith, let us not insult each other, let us think a bit. Hillary said she has 35 years of experience, nobody has verified that on her CV and if the Bill presidency is part of that experience, then it should be 8 years less i.e. 27 years of experience and you take out the many years she was the Arkansas first lady, then you will see that not a lot is remaining. What is imortant to know is that Obama has more years of experience as elected official than Clinton. People tends to listen to the " self proclamed Bosnian sniper = Hillary" rather than to think and judge. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08

Sen. Barak Obma was made by the same cookie-cutter that David Axelrod made Gov. Duval Patrick of Massachusetts. CHANGE and HOPE were the same slogans that Duval Patrick used, and there's nothing new in Barak Obama's campaign. All the stuff about hope and change was was re-cycled and reconstituted by political fixes from Chicgo David Axelrod and David Plouff for the manupulation of American voters! We know Sen. Obama even used Duval Patrick's speeches, lifted them word for word!If you relly want to find out what's happening with "CHANGE" lately you should look in to what's going on with Barak Obama's carbon-copy Duval Patrick is doing in Massachusetts!

...Statitics can be construed anyone you want them to. Take a poll here..take a poll there...it's all in who you are polling. I don't hold much weight on the polls. As I recall, before Ohio & Texas the polls were saying she should drop out. Let the final states have their say. Then we can look at the numbers. P.S. Hillary has every much right to stay in the race as Obama. If she should drop out for the good of the party, why not him. The race is NOT over despite your belief in the polls.

YOU MIGHT BE AN IDIOT:-)

If you think Barack Obama with little or no experience would be better than Hillary Clinton with 35 years experience.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can fix an economy on the verge of collapse better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) led the greatest economic expansion, and prosperity in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience fighting for universal health care can get it for you better than Hillary Clinton. Who anticipated this current health care crisis back in 1993, and fought a pitched battle against overwhelming odds to get universal health care for all the American people.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience can manage, and get us out of two wars better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) went to war only when he was convinced that he absolutely had to. Then completed the mission in record time against a nuclear power. AND DID NOT LOSE THE LIFE OF A SINGLE AMERICAN SOLDIER. NOT ONE!

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience saving the environment is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) left office with the greatest amount of environmental cleanup, and protections in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with little or no education experience is better than Hillary Clinton. Whose ;-) husband (Bill Clinton) made higher education affordable for every American. And created higher job demand and starting salary's than they had ever been before or since.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that Obama with no experience will be better than Hillary Clinton who spent 8 years at the right hand of President Bill Clinton. Who is already on record as one of the greatest Presidents in American history.

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think that you can change the way Washington works with pretty speeches from Obama, rather than with the experience, and political expertise of two master politicians ON YOUR SIDE like Hillary and Bill Clinton..

You Might Be An Idiot!

If you think all those Republicans voting for Obama in the Democratic primaries, and caucuses are doing so because they think he is a stronger Democratic candidate than Hillary Clinton. :-)

Best regards

jacksmith...

Casey does not represents the the whole Penn voters. Sorry, he lost his chance by indorsing Obama... Penn voters will give Casey a loud NO for his indorsement ..They can not and will not vote Obama whose ideas and beliefs are contrary to the middle class white voters and besides Obama is contuing to offend them like me.

Thinking - great observation! I think if Senator Obama bought some kegs of beer and sat down with the guys, he just might make some inroads in PA! :)

In the meantime, he has some solid support from Senator Casey who will be on the road for the next six days with Senator Obama. That is quite a committement - life on the road, regardless of the accommodations, is not like being home. Besides, they will be getting very litle sleep - which does not seem to bother Senator Obama as much as it does Hillary.

last week it was bho choosing richardson as his running mate...
over 50 of the already pledged super delegates come from clinton won states. do the math-50 off bho, 50 to clinton...dead heat AND that is without michigan and florida.

Kennedy, Kerry ... where are these sissy boys.

Casey has digged his own grave.

This is just a ploy by Obama supporters to get PA people to vote for Obama. It won't work because PA people are not stupid.

The people of PA have the final word with their votes.

Lucien BONNET,

Brillant Masterpiece. Obama needs to hire you.......(He like's prepared speeches you know)Still won't get him elected though.

Obama and his backers are trying very hard to ignore the voice of the people and stealing this race. He does not have the required delegates, same as Clinton. He is not a legitimate nominee!

They both must make their case to the people, that is why nearly 70% of the people want to see this vote continue.

So far, Clinton seemed to be able to fight back Obama'so called strong backers such as Kennedy, Kerry, Richardson, etc..

Kennedy, Kerry, and Richardson....

Their states went for Hillary Clinton...

So did Reid's and Pelosi's.

It can only be a change for America if all the politicians get voted out of office.

Barack Obama is making alot of promises. Yesterday is was going to be a Obama/Bloomberg Ticket.

Today: Obama/Casey ticket.

I would suggest Casey look at the polls in PA.

So I guess we shall see Casey, Richardson, Teddy and Kerry in a Sunday sermon this weekend at TUCC? (That way they can come out and let all us moderates know that "Hey, it ain't all that bad......"

Well GD the Good Ol' Boys.....And God Bless America!

The real story here is not in the endorsement.

Governor Ed Rendell and Senator Casey have been at odds for some time now.

As Ed Rendell backs Senator Clinton, it should be no surprise that Casey would back Obama.

The surprise would have been if Casey had backed Clinton.

And, some sources indicate the DNC has lobbied extensively for the Casey endorsement for Obama.

Watch DNC members like Donna Brazille on the news and note the present and growing anxiety over their blunders so far.

Senator Clinton has had to face adversity for long periods of time in the past.

Taking this battle to November will not be a problems

Casey calls for Hillary to drop out typical of the scared obama people.COUNT FL & MI and let all 50 states votes count. WHAT are they afraid of. HILLARY wins if all 50 states count.

Another one not afraid to stand up to the Clintons. Watch how many more when Obama closes the lead in Pennsylvania and comes within single digits of the princess in the primary.

Seems as though Casey was told by Billy Boy he couldn't speak at one of his political functions. I'm sure he just wasn't politically significant enough for the great Bill Clinton.

If it goes around...it will come back around.

The latest news!

Today's Gallup Poll Daily tracking update finds Barack Obama with an eight percentage point advantage over Hillary Clinton (50% to 42%), this gives him a statistically significant advantage for the first time since before the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy.

It sounds like pay back to me. I never heard of Casey. He would have to weild incredible influence to overcome Rev. Wright's crazy racial/ethnic rants. they are indelibly etched in my mind. I don't think I am unique.

Casey also wants Clinton to bow out. Here's what he said today when asked after a rally in Pittsburgh if he agreed with Leahy’s comments:

"I would hope that after Pennsylvania, then we got a couple more primaries, I would hope this wouldn’t go much further beyond the end of May. It think we would be better off having a nominee in the time period certainly in late May or early June, that would be ideal. Because if you get too far into the summer, I think positions begin to harden and we lose time to not just unite and bring people together but we are also giving the Republican nominee more time to make the case against our nominees without having enough rebuttal."

Hillary should drop out immediately. She is a good for nothing character and now is causing more damages to the democratic party. She is definitely helping McCain.

Hillary is the latest Huckabee. She is a whiner and a spoiler, bent upon destroying the Dems. A vote for Hilary is a vote for Republicans!

Another woman hater jumped on the Obama train.

All I can say is send contributions to Clinton.

As you say Jake, Casey is a truly nice guy, so yes he clearly belongs in the Obama camp.

Do you believe Casey's endorsement is a pay back for his father denial by Bill Clinton to deliver an anti-abortion speech during the 1992 campaign?
 

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As a Pennsylvania resident, I think the last time I saw Casey was at his inauguration party. He is considered the stealth senator who says and does NOTHING, and finally reappears to endorse Obama... figures!

Both Obama and Hillary are liars. They both will attempt a Socialist aggenda. People do not want to pay more taxes for a bigger nannystate. They are both losers-hasn't anybody been watching the primaries.

little Casey is trying to avenge for his father being slighted by Clinton. just like another famous son currently in the White House tried to avenge for Hussien's assasination attempt agianst his dad. How did that turn out?

I still hold out hope it would be Biden or Gore...(but I think Gore would need it to be a vice presidency focused on the "green"...

would that not be a great idea...instead of being the war role that Cheney had... a VP candidate that would be strong and lead if Obama fell and until that was needed having an international role focused on the planet.

Obama should pitch him that way.

Is that called using each other?

Obama is good at using people.

Obama's TUCC a part of UCC is an emerging church. they pretty much make up as they go along. they are not a traditional religion. They do seem to be political motivated in what they do, what they want to do and what they expect.

TUCC - is a church committed to blacks - have a ten point black value system (same as the black panthers)
they have a non-negotiable allegiance to Africa. They believe Christ is black.

UCC wants Israel to stop fighting and tear down the wall. Period, no word to the other side or for them to cease terror or fighting. The same way Obama wants us to walk away from Iraq. I guess so the Islamic terrorist control the world.

The only Christan thing about the church is to help the less fortunate and feed the hungry, the rest is pretty much political.

As Much as Obama has lied, and got catch in lies, It must be ok with is church. Especially when it is on friends and family. Most people think lying is wrong even if they don't have a church.

As much as Obama has lied, told mis truths and mislead people, about other people, does not show Christan ways. He slings mud, points fingers and blames and manipulates the facts. Not truly something of Christan way.

I think he uses his religion to try to make people believe he is a good person.

He is not above Lying, misleading, mudslinging, and using people, blaming people and his using his church.

I have never heard Obama say he was sorry or apologize for anything he has done or said wrong. I doubt if we ever will. I do think he feels he is above that and above you and me.

A vote against Obama is a vote for america

Gore said the party elders should not intervene and I agree.And Casey is no bigger than Ed Rendell

I just love what you peole read into this.You can't except it for what it is?????
Lee , Religion don't belong in this race Who the hell cares I am so sick of hearing this ,As long as he goes to church,do you????
Go get them Obamaaaaaaaaaaa.

I take issue with the your statement that Obama needs them if he is to vcome with in 15 points of Clinton. All the recent polls I have seen show him with in 10 points of Clinton in PA

Good job Vanessa! You are right about Obama now having a statistically significant lead--I am very proud of you for interpreting it correctly. And I say that with all seriousness...nice work.

The only thing that I wasn't able to reconcile though are the polls between McCain/Obama and McCain/Clinton despite this recent jump in the Obama/Clinton poll. Granted, the McCain match ups are statistically insignificant, but I would expect to see some direct correlation and improvement in the hypothetical GE match-up against McCain with these recent numbers. What do you think?

This is going all the way to the convention. Senator Clinton and her family is fired up, her support among the working classes is solid, and her competitor is mired in issues of character that are peeling away his support in the general election. Every time he goes on TV and changes his stories, he lose a few more independents. Pelosi will bully the delegates and it will work on some. Others will stay quiet until it is time to vote. Pelosi does not want to be a floor manager in Congress for the Clintons. She knows Obama is naive and does not have the chips in the Beltway to dictate legislation and she is right about that, but she is risking the White House being Republican for her own ambition. That's pathetic but that's Pelosi. Let the endorsements blossom like the cherry trees. Enjoy them. It's spring. But Pennsylvania is waiting and it's going to be a long hot summer.

So what are you saying? Casey doesn't really support Obama, he is just getting revenge against the Clintons for his dad?? Thanks for pointing that out, I guess we can discount this endorsement.

now Obama says he Might have left the church if Wright hadn't retired
WRIGHT RETIRED JUST TO WORK FOR OBAMA'S CAMPAIGN!!
The IRS started an invetigation into the allegation that Wright was campaigning for Obama from his chuch's pulpit!
Shorty after he retired and became the fulltime head of Oama's AfricanAmerican Religous leeadership commitee.
The new Pastor and the church STILL uphold Wrights' teaching and the Black LIberation Theology that aMarxist Anti American developed (Cone)

What his endorsemnt for.... if just to make a revenge for Clinton and Randell. it is only make DNC getting ugly.

"doesn't seem rancorous"? Gimmeabreak! Father "humiliated" by Clintons but he's not rancorous. Obama's had lots of so-called million dollar endorsements and they haven't helped him so far. Besides, is it no coincidence that Rendell, who endorses Clinton, kicked Casey's butt for governor or that Casey only got the seat of that idiot Santorum? And who can forget the sexually harrassing Specter? Some endorsement.

So far endorsements haven't helped anybody that I can see. Now when they start breaking one way or the other, that is groups of them, then they start to mean something.

I was raised catholic and what Obama needs to do is buy us all a 6 pack of beer. :)

Oh two freshmen senators - that sounds about right for a mixed up, crazy DNC!