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January 05, 2008 11:54 PM

ABC News' Karen Travers Reports: Former Sen. Bill Bradley has endorsed Sen. Barack Obama and will travel to New Hampshire on Monday.

Bradley will have events in New Hampshire throughout the day targeting independent voters who can select which primary they will vote in on Tuesday. (Bradley's message in 2000 was largely aimed at independent voters).

"Barack Obama has a unique opportunity to create the broadest possible coalition of people who will be interested in change in the positive sense," Bradley told ABC News in a phone interview. "There is a difference between a leader and a manager. He's a leader. He has a vision."

Bradley said he waited until after Iowa to make his official endorsement. A source close to the senator said that he has waited until now to endorse because he wanted to give former Sen. John Edwards a shot in Iowa first.

"I like John Edwards a lot, I have a lot of respect for him. And I wanted to give him a shot to make his case in Iowa."

Bradley thought Obama had a strong performance in last night's ABC News debate in Manchester, N.H.

"His point about words really hit home and his larger vision came through. That's the difference between a leader and a manager," Bradley said.

Bradley's sense is that independent voters "want to make history" with their vote and they will vote in the Democratic primary on Tuesday, which he says is a good sign for Obama.

Bradley is a former Democratic senator from New Jersey and ran for his party's nomination in 2000, losing to former Vice President Al Gore.

A high-level Obama campaign staffer confirmed the endorsement late Saturday night on the condition of anonymity.

ABC News' Sunlen Miller contributed to this report.

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Who cares?

Posted by: Gary | Jan 6, 2008 12:08:21 AM

I agree with Gary. WHO CARES? He is a relic, just like Hill 'n Bill.

GO FRED!

Posted by: Leslie | Jan 6, 2008 12:10:48 AM

this is the big step in the right direction and i think there is more to come. I'm loving it!!!

Posted by: Olamaxx | Jan 6, 2008 12:20:24 AM

Bradley is hardly a relic ...
he's not part of the establishment (which is the distinguishing factor between Obama and the Clintons, not age!) - has taken some amazing stands on issues ... great man ... I think his sponsorship is a great thing for Obama! Thanks for the infol

Posted by: anna b | Jan 6, 2008 12:23:06 AM

Come on in you're welcome, but very late to this party. Obama 08

Posted by: disabledOIFvet | Jan 6, 2008 12:23:41 AM

Execuse me, The American People will decide who will be the next President of the United States. Respectfully yours.

Posted by: Samson Lim | Jan 6, 2008 12:25:10 AM

Great news. Bill Bradley is someone of who has been an outsider who took on the establishment himself. I welcome this strong endorsement. Change We Can Believe In is here to stay.

Obama '08

Posted by: M08 | Jan 6, 2008 12:40:03 AM

The bigger point is that this may very well trigger other bigger endorsements for Barack.

Posted by: jane | Jan 6, 2008 12:40:37 AM

Yeah, I disagree with the "who cares" comments. I love Bill Bradley, and wish he'd gone further in his own presidential campaign. Notice how all the smart people want Obama? Just saying...

Posted by: John D. | Jan 6, 2008 12:44:48 AM

Excellent! I love Senator Bradley, he was one of the good guys in the Senator. Senator Bradley is ethical, and a morally good.

Great! Now, waiting patiently on (Vice) President Al Gore.

Posted by: Lynn | Jan 6, 2008 12:45:19 AM

Bradley and Obama are very alike--talkers, not doers.

Posted by: amberglow | Jan 6, 2008 12:55:02 AM

Bradley a relic? Go Fred? I think you have the wrong one tagged as a relic.

Posted by: Steve | Jan 6, 2008 1:10:19 AM

I would lose total respect for Al Gore if he took the VP under Obama. The only reason he would is because he knows that Obama has not a clue to how things are done in Washington DC. Yes, sometimes I dont like how things are done but I know that outsiders will not change it, only insiders that know it can successfully change the system. This is true with all big beaucracies.

Posted by: Matters? | Jan 6, 2008 1:11:55 AM

Who is bill Bradley.He is nobody.

Posted by: vincent | Jan 6, 2008 1:35:15 AM

Carl, you should learn to read all of something before you criticize. Jumping on the bandwagon now is different than after 10 months of being vetted as the nominee. You wait and see but I almost guarantee that it will not be the same in the general. Iraq and the Economy are teetering and if, hopefully they wont, they fall then inexperience will stick out like a sore thumb.

Foolish is wanting a President that has been in Washington one year and expecting him to be able to even know what "Change" is or can be attained. So go for it but dont call me foolish for wanting an experienced candidate.

Hillary is suffering from years of Republican negative ads, when they start on Obama's lack of experience then tell me how foolish I sound like. You will be sounding foolish for supporting him. I am not a fan of really any of the candidates but I want experience and I know of many republicans and independents that are very well read and educated that will go nowhere near any of the inexperienced candidates. Like I said party nominations and the general are totally different animals...

Posted by: Matters? | Jan 6, 2008 1:39:38 AM

Wow, you Hillary supporters are SO bitter. I imagine it's only going to get worse from here on out.

Posted by: Jeff | Jan 6, 2008 1:53:17 AM

the guy who said he is not supporting any of the candidates and touts experience has this magic wand, you have shown your truly colors that you are a hillary fan, thats sad, you guys are hiding now, under the OBAMA momentum and train, how the hell can you support your candidate in times of crisis. Trust me, Hillary is a fraud, she can handle the pressure of having been a front runner, how can she handle being an underdog now, screaming on top of her voice, what a disgrace, shame on her.

Posted by: benjaminkwaku | Jan 6, 2008 1:56:49 AM

Actually I am not even a democrat. I have voted for the last couple democratic presidential candidates because they had the one thing I care about - EXPERIENCE!!!

I am not going into hiding, I am going back to supporting the Republicans and I guarantee you in the general most independents will too, unless it is Huckabee.

Change will become second fiddle to the economy if things continue to get worse. Obama has not been vetted at all in this process and when Carl Rove gets a going then you will wish you had Hillary. Whatever, matters what I say and it doesnt matter what you say. So good luck and have fun in November...

Posted by: Matters? | Jan 6, 2008 2:19:23 AM

Welcome aboard Bill Bradley! You are now part of an amazing grassroots movement getting stronger every day. Obama 08!

Posted by: Katy | Jan 6, 2008 2:31:01 AM

Experience...There are many who have that inside the Beltway, there's the custodial staff, the cooks, the maintence staff, the medical staff, the cleaning staff and all the permanent civil servants. Oh.. Cheney and Rumsfield.

I want vision, brains, integrity and courage to do the right thing.

Obama '08..He's the one,,,,now is the time

Posted by: Imani De la Perez | Jan 6, 2008 2:47:58 AM

Hillary is going down.. in New Hampshire. She didn't help her cause tonight, she keep repeating that she has over 35 years experience,which reminds me that she's old and out of touch. I'm 54, will only vote for Edwards or Barack Obama. Hillary is no Bill Clinton.

Posted by: apr53 | Jan 6, 2008 3:03:10 AM

Well then I say:

"God Help US!!!"

Time would never come - What time???

I am still not getting it but it is a democracy, although a democracy that elected George Bush twice, and if a majority want inexperience and naivete oh well. See you in 4 years cause he will leave office as confused as he is naive now... Oh yeah and we will be not doing so good. Sorry to be the one to talk reality to y'all but this sucks. Get Bush from the Repubs and Obama from the Dems, both big talkers and nothing behind it. WOW, I almost want George to stay, and that is a big deal for me to say...

Posted by: Matters? | Jan 6, 2008 3:06:02 AM

TO Posted by: Matters? | Jan 6, 2008 3:06:02 AM:

There's no comparison between George Bush and Barack Obama! You are sorely mistaken.

Maybe you meant to say JFK and Barack Obama??

I was a soldier, I am a soldier, I will always be a soldier and I support Barack Obama for President of the United States.


Posted by: Bob - Florida | Jan 6, 2008 4:10:19 AM

I watched what I could stomach about the debates with the Democrats - Hillary just seems so angry and rather than attack Obama, she should focus on her platform. When I hear Obama speak he makes me hopeful that something can be done to salvage America both at home and abroad. A lot of people feel disenfranchised like no one is listening to them and that disenages them from the political process.

Hillary uses the word "I" a lot; Obama uses we - that makes a difference to me

Posted by: D.Fuller | Jan 6, 2008 4:23:57 AM

Obama will not defeat the GOP in a National election period. Hillary Clinton is the candidate with he most experience and ability. Go Hillary!

Posted by: Sandra Lea | Jan 6, 2008 4:27:56 AM

Ted Sorensen, JFK's speech writer, compares the Obama campaign with JFK's and gives a strong endorsement for an Obama presidency...

Posted by: techinvestor | Jan 6, 2008 4:37:52 AM

BOB: You're a Soldier? Remember, there's soldiers, and then there's REAL SOLDIERS. A REAL SOLDIER wouldn't follow a person with no experience, such as Senator Obama. A REAL SOLDIER would follow a LEADER, such as Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Pointman | Jan 6, 2008 4:48:41 AM

WE ARE NOT ELECTING A ROCK STAR WHO CRIES AND TAP DANCING. WE ARE ELECTING A LEADER WHO WILL DICTATE FUTURE AMERICAN DESTINY. DON'T ELECT IGNORANT AND INEXPERIENCED POLITICIAN FOR FUTURE AMERICAN DESTINY. ELECT HILARY CLINTON WHO IS EXPERIENCED, HARD WORKING AND FAR-SIGHT VISION. DON'T BE SUCKERED INTO BELIEVING A CON-MAN TYPE. I HEAR ACCORDING TO SE. BIDEN, OBAMA NEVER ATTENDED IMPORTANT MEETINGS. VOTE WISELY FOR YOUR CHILDREN'S FUTURE.

Posted by: BBWK | Jan 6, 2008 4:55:59 AM

"WHEN I AM ELECTED PRESIDENT." That was the most ARROGRANT statement of the night, which was completly NEGATIVE and uncalled for this early in the game. She should save her Hillary VENOM, for a latter date. We need a President that can stay cool under pressure, not become HYSTERICAL when attacked. She was all over the place tonight,giving herself credit for acomplishments of "husband" and her main goal was to attack Obama, and spout promises from a day long gone. Sorry, but I am tired of passing the Presidency to the Bush's then the Clintons back to the Bush's who is next in line Jeb? No WAY! What Hillary didn't expect was Edwards to have pure passion, and for Obama to remain focused, calm and collected which is what we expect from someone who is truly presidential. Not giving the same OLD crap, which by the way has FAILED!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: UNDECIDED | Jan 6, 2008 5:44:00 AM

Bill Bradley is one of the true independent, ethical thinkers in this country. His most recent book "The New American Story" was not only insightful but filled with doable ideas for fixing the mess the country is in. I think his endorsement of Obama is a very substantial development.

Posted by: jarms | Jan 6, 2008 7:07:41 AM

Good on you Bradley! Kudos!

This news of your Obama endorsement is great, and well appreciated by all of us Obama supporters -- and there ARE quite a bit of us -- here in Jersey.

Bradley's announcement is very timely. As NJ Governor Corzine, is wrapped in with the Clinton camp, VERY wrapped in it - he's evidently going to start campaigning with her on her stump speeches throughout the country.

Evidently he's going out to Los Vegas to campaign with her in a couple weeks, and is scheduled to go to several other cities and states with her in the near future.

And no doubt, he'll be rolling out a huge ceromonial red-carpet (figuratively speaking 'red-carpet') for her when she begins really campaigning here in Jersey, and just acting like she is the Queen Sheeba -- and telling us all that we should vote for her in the primaries.

I wish Corzine is just stuff it!

Everyone knows that the Clintons have paid him off for this, and promised him a position on her administration should she win the '08 general.

So good on you, Bill! Most people in the state have more respect for you than for Corzine -- and your endorsment of Obama will get definately get people listening, and likely turn a lot of the current 'undecided' voters into the Obama camp. If we can eek an Obama win out of this state in the primaries it would be amazing, not very likely - unfortunately, but it would amazing and absolutely fantastic!

Posted by: Jill Goodwin | Jan 6, 2008 7:21:26 AM

This is a huge deal. Bradley is still very well thought of especially in the northeast. I suspect this adds the final nail in Ms Clinton's coffin in NH.

Posted by: Bobareno | Jan 6, 2008 7:44:00 AM

I am wondering of those who are now experiencing this epiphany for change also voted for Bush by being swept under the Republican the banner of CHANGE during the previous two presidential elections. The mantra of change has been offered previously to fickled voters in almost every election cyle I have experienced. Finally for those who have currently taken up the populist banner, where were you in the critical Gore/Bush contest?

Posted by: Dan | Jan 6, 2008 9:37:46 AM

BOB: You're a Soldier? Remember, there's soldiers, and then there's REAL SOLDIERS. A REAL SOLDIER wouldn't follow a person with no experience, such as Senator Obama. A REAL SOLDIER would follow a LEADER, such as Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Pointman | Jan 6, 2008 4:48:41 AM

Pointman, please don't take a cheap shot at an individual serving in our military. It's blatantly unfair of yourself to categorize what type of soldier this individual is because it is very likely you have never met him. I'm also willing to bet you have never met Hillary.

When I was in the Marine Corps one of the places I was stationed was Marine Barracks, 8th and I, Wahington DC. I found myself on the White House detail a few times, and I came away with the opinion that President Clinton, while he had faults was basically a good man with a charming personality.

Hillary on the other hand, was overall pretty nasty as a person. Very smart, but with a very condescending attitude. Basically, many people just did not like her. That's important because she's going to have to unite this country, and I just don't believe she can do that. She's very calculating, and cold. The bottom line is that she's not a likeable person. We need a uniter not a divider

Posted by: steve dailey | Jan 6, 2008 9:47:03 AM

A former basketbrawl player endorsing Oprama? Man, that must make it official. People are much too caught up in "diversity and race" instead of qualification and experience to run the country. It has turned into a popularity contest instead of a Presidential campaign. Diversity has come to mean anyone but Caucasian. That is as racist as it can get. Congratulations, the American double-standard and hypocrisy is alive and well. I must be the only one in the world that thinks it is much too wild a coincidence that seven short years after 911 we have a candidate that is of Islamic descent, yet passes himself off as a "converted Christian" and does not talk about religion with the voting public. This candidate appears to target the "youth of America" vote because he knows they do not "know any difference or any better" and will pass my points off as "irrelevant". This is my measured opinion. I would like to see the candidates discuss religion in an open forum before the elections. That is not about to happen and makes my point for me.

Posted by: therockofages | Jan 6, 2008 10:02:58 AM

By telling us she has been an "Agent of Change for 35 years" , Hillary Clinton showed us she has NO IDEA about the KIND of CHANGE of which we speak...She just doesn't get it...it was sad, actually.

Posted by: Sue | Jan 6, 2008 10:04:11 AM

How stupid is this country to elect Obama for the ticket? You'll get exactly what you deserve. He will lose to any GOP. In fact, if he gets the nom, I will purposely vote for a GOP just to keep a hawk in the white house. Obama is a child with no experience in how to deal with the real dangers in this society. If he wins in NH, expect the market to speak and tank just like it did on Friday after Iowa, down 2%.

This country speaks in mysterious ways.

Posted by: Amy | Jan 6, 2008 10:50:55 AM

Bill Bradley isn't "just a former basketball player". He is a Rhodes Scholar, a respected former U.S. Senator and outstanding thinker and author. Before making these comments, it might be good to read one or two of his works. He's written several thoughtful works about tax policies. He serve America very well and ethically during his terms. I appreciate his support for Senator Obama.

Posted by: tangodancer | Jan 6, 2008 10:55:17 AM

I can't believe this Islamic stuff is coming up again. Obama has not been around his Non-practicing Islamic father since he was 4 years old. He was raised by his White mother in the US. Get a grip. Obviously you missed his Faith Tour and Obama talking about the iportance of his Christian faith. Get a clue and know your facts!

Posted by: Tia | Jan 6, 2008 10:57:08 AM

Part of me wants Obama to get this nomination - I want to see how the pundits (NEWS MEDIA) handle the RACISIM that is going to come front and forward. You people live behind the rock that say RACISM is not alive and well and living in the US. I live in Tennessee and saw it come forward and also saw that the NEWS media did not talk about it. COME ON, bring on another REPUBNANT and see the nation crumble. TWO AMERICAS - I LIVE IN THE BLACK AMERICA and now how it really is.

Posted by: Dorothy Kincaid | Jan 6, 2008 10:57:37 AM

Obama went to a Muslim school. Enough said.

Posted by: Ace | Jan 6, 2008 11:09:59 AM

I cannot believe the ignorance of some voters. Obama is going to guarantee a GOP win come November 2008.

He is another Ralph Nader whom caused Bush to win in 2000.

Posted by: Ace | Jan 6, 2008 11:14:06 AM

Obama was 4 years old when he was at that Muslim school. He did not attend beyond that.

Posted by: Tia | Jan 6, 2008 11:15:35 AM

Obama is actually beating every republican in any matchup polls.

Obama is actually a practicing christian and has been for years, he doesn't change or even hide his faith for an election.

Obama actually has the best experience as far as I'm concerned, being a constitutinal law professor is what I think we need for the next 8 years. Someone who has spent a good portion of their life reading the document everyone else seems to have only heard about in rumors or not gotten past that first paragraph that everyone likes to quote.

OBAMA 08!

Posted by: Ogo | Jan 6, 2008 11:37:42 AM

He has a chance only because Hillary Clinton is running. Other white candidates chose not to run because enemies of the Clinton's have a tendency to disappear. Yet this black man was not considered a threat. Why did he continue to run anyway? Because he is racist. He does not want a white woman as president. Niether does Oprah. This party is full of sick people. They are so scared of the Clintons that only a blatant racist was brave enough to run against her. This is a fine mess they have created. For their own party but America as well. I really resent Hillary Clinton but more the white supporters of Barack Obama.

Posted by: Joe | Jan 6, 2008 11:57:03 AM

Thanks for the info "Facts". It is quite disturbing to see the radicals out in the public connected to a computer.

Posted by: Tia | Jan 6, 2008 11:57:25 AM

Experience be dammed, especially after what we've seen from the "experienced" in office lately. The founding fathers of this wonderful country were farmers, writers and adventures, not politians. These men wrote our constitution, fought for and died for what they believed in, human dignity and the rights of mankind. Lincoln had no experience, Washington had no experience, and look at what these great men accomplished and how they changed the world. I believe that OBAMA is one of these men, honest, ethical and experienced or not, capable of making the United States a great and honorable country once again.

Posted by: Kasonda | Jan 6, 2008 12:02:31 PM

You have obviously never been to a Church in the South. I don't feel that any of my neighbors are racist because they attend an all black Church. I see no problem with people focusing on where they come from and their roots. They are NOT saying "down with the whites". They are saying be proud of your heritage and follow Christ. Look at their mission statement. There is nothing racist there. Go to a service at any Church that follows this, and you won't feel like you are being hated. I have here in the south. Not once did I feel they were racist. People need to identify. That does not mean they are racist.

Posted by: Tia | Jan 6, 2008 12:05:08 PM

Who are you Obama supporters here? You all sound like you're 12 years old.

These are not starry eyed times. We are dealing with real and serious issues as a country. Long gone are the days of a farmer running this country. You want a farmer taking on Al Queda? We need someone with experience and a strong commander in chief not some dilly dallying empty suit that wants to head back to the 60's and have us wearing flowers in our hair. Even Robertson is a better choice than Obama. He is full of scripted lines and soundbytes. At the end of the day Obama is still a politican! Be wary of a politican making empty promises and taking lines right of MLK and JFK's playbook. They are the worst of the bunch. We have evolved and not dealing with the same problems we were in the 60's!

Posted by: Not Dense | Jan 6, 2008 12:24:49 PM

Thank you Amy--people who don't realize what a great and inspiring man Bill Bradley is/was are probably just very young and too busy/lazy to educate themselves before posting something negative and ill-informed.

Posted by: Sybil | Jan 6, 2008 12:33:30 PM

"Obama mentioned his church during his appearance with Oprah. It's the Trinity Church of Christ. I found this interesting."

Please note that UCC churches are not historically black churches, they are welcome, open and inclusive churches for all people, black, white, old, young, gay, straight. They welcome everyone, just like Jesus would. In New England they are often mostly white. It is the same denomination as "Congregational"

Posted by: Sybil | Jan 6, 2008 12:47:35 PM

When I wrote who cares I ment I don't need Bill Bradley or anyone else for that matter to think for me. I will choose the person who I believe is going to do the best job for our country. Bradley has made his choice and I have made mine and I would be happy to let ABC News know whom I have chosen if they were to ask but I don't think anyone would care. Which is my point.

Posted by: Gary | Jan 6, 2008 12:48:16 PM

Obama impresses me as a person who can think on his feet. A man with a vision of what's next. We have not seen anyone like him since the days of John Kennedy. And as in the case of Kennedy - I believe it's Obama's intelligence that will prevail. Attempts to reduce his essence to issues of his church and a "Muslim" sounding name are cheap with "racist" in tone. It's time we stop trying to scare one another - and look closely at the candidates are saying about education, health care - and national security. More of the same won't make it moving forward. We need a president with vision and ability to react to a fast moving world.

Posted by: john burke | Jan 6, 2008 12:51:40 PM

Hey Amy...
ost people with just a passing knowledge of economics believe that the 'market tanked' because of the unemploymnet report!

Posted by: Keith318 | Jan 6, 2008 1:27:22 PM

I am sorry,but I am afraid we are going to nominate a canidate that may not make it in the general election.I personally think Obama or Hillary are well quaulified,and would vote for either. I am not sure either could hold up in 10 months of head to head combat with the republicans. Hillary's problem is not that she is a woman all though that is a factor for more than an insignificant minority, her main problem is that the republicans have done such a good job of demonizing her,also to many democrats she is republican lite. Obama is black and I am sorry but that alone is reason enough for a lot of people in this country. His main difficulty though will be inexperience. This election is too important let us nominate someone who can win. John Edwards is the last one standing that I feel is a sure winner I am in the real world of working class small buisness owners, going to the coffe shops listning to the talk

Posted by: Lorin Dixson | Jan 6, 2008 1:38:25 PM

amberglow: Um, Hillary Clinton has
done What?

Posted by: reaganfan | Jan 6, 2008 1:54:52 PM

I do not care who is supporting Obama. I will not because of what I found out about his church missions and affiliations.

Please help me find out what is going on. I received an email about Obama's church-Trinity Church of Christ in Chicago. (www.tucc.org). The information on the mission statement and about us was really pretty bad if a candidate for the President of United States was a member of this church and these were his beliefs. This is the church where he said he belonged and where he and his wife got married.

I checked the website 1/4/07 and sure enough it said that. The page I am attaching will attest to that fact that we do not want a president who supports those missions. I sent abc.com and cnn.com a posted comment about this. They never posted my comments which included a text copy of the webpage I am sending you. However, the next morning 1/5/07, I thought I would check the webpage again and it was down for maintenance. Later that same night, it was back up, but most of the information from that page was removed as well as different animated images.

I thought this was pretty weird for a church to change its webpage so quickly especially after I had sent 2 news stations the info on the webpages that would be questionable about Obama if the news media ever posted it. My question is why did they not post it, but they seem to let the church or obama's people know about it in time to change it within a day.

I am attaching a copy of the Webpage for you. If you check the webpage posted now, it is completely different than this web page.

This is what was on the webpage 1/4.


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Posted by: C | Jan 6, 2008 2:03:06 PM

As an Iowan who attended several Hillary and Obama rallies, here's the important thing for the rest of the country to know:
The more you see of these up two up-close, the more you hear them and the more you look into their eyes, the more you dislike Hillary and the more you like Obama.
That's why Hillary went down in Iowa as more people got to know her and Obama went up.
Hillary is leading nationally right now (just as she was in Iowa at the beginning) because the rest of the county hasn't seen her or Obama up-close.
Once the rest of the country does, the same thing will happen: Hillary down, Obama up.

Posted by: Chip | Jan 6, 2008 2:17:28 PM

Matters,

Hilary is not a leader, she has no vision. She doesn't inspire people.

Posted by: roger | Jan 6, 2008 2:29:07 PM

Bradley is hardly a relic--a substantive and serious thinker who has the nation's best interests in mind, and no particular stake in this election.

Go BHO!

Posted by: Obamagrl | Jan 6, 2008 2:52:37 PM

Beyond NH, the Bradley endorsement will also be a huge boost in NJ where he is beloved & hugely respected. Between him & Corzine (who endorsed HRC), there is no contest. I say that as a NJ native...born & raised. Also, progressive, Knick-loving NYCers admire Bradley man as well. So it can only help in the NY/NJ metro area.

Way to go Obama!!

Posted by: KC | Jan 6, 2008 3:50:49 PM

Without trying to disparage Hillary at all, I think when I see and hear her, how is she going to get people who aren't planning to vote for her to back her? I think she is fine, but I don't see her inspiring anyone, even as a woman candidate. (What historical message does it send if the first woman to be elected President is elected largely because of who she is marired to, especially if she beats a hard working, self made black man on route?) Obama really seems to have a lot of energy behind him. I can't think of a candidacy that has been at all like Obama's since RFK in 1968. I think the he would bring an awful lot of people who have been disengaged into the process, whether or not they would stay there I don't know, but just getting young, ethnic or whatever people to believe that something different is possible is an outstanding achievement.

Posted by: markymark | Jan 6, 2008 4:21:45 PM

Does anyone remember Alf Landon?? He was a youthful Governor of Kansas--a rising Republican star, who challenged Franklin Roosevelt, and lost. As if he couldn't believe the people hadn't believed in him, he kept running for President for, like, three decades. I see Alf Landon in Hillary's future. She cannot believe that people don't believe her. She will try to cling to some kind of power for years to come. Bill Bradley is just the latest honorable, truly caring person with unassailable intellectual credentials to say, 'please, Hill, enough is enough'. Sadly, it will never be enough for her. The Democratic nominee will be Obama, Edwards, or Gore, by way of a draft.

Posted by: SteveW | Jan 6, 2008 4:42:27 PM

I have had a "Bill Bradley For President" button pinned to my bulletin board since I stopped wearing it in February 2000. His endorsement of Obama gets my interest.

Perhaps if the voters had been a bit more conscientious in 2000 (electing Bradley, for example), we still would have global support of US leadership in foreign affairs, and on the domestic front we would no longer have the worst health care gap between rich and poor in the entire post-industrial world.

Obama will inherit eight years of disaster to reverse, but he might accomplish a fraction of what Bradley articulated in 2000. This will be good for the nation.

Posted by: James | Jan 6, 2008 5:24:21 PM

Senator Clinton denigrated the power of speech in a democracy in last night's debate in New Hampshire. But she should remember this ...

When Cicero finished speaking, the people said, “My, how well he spoke.” When Demosthenes finished speaking the people said, “Let us march!”

Candidates should strive to emulate Demosthenes. (It gets us fired up and ready to go ;)

Martin Maryland

Posted by: Martin Edwin Andersen | Jan 6, 2008 9:55:47 PM

Who truly represents America? Hillary!!! Obama comes from a mixed black and white family, his mom is a white, and his dad is a black. Yes, I read an article that claimed Obama represents the black because he chose a black wife. But, his black origin is so different from his wife’s. Yes, he decides to choose a black wife, because his white mum abandoned him at an early age, because he felt being abandoned by the white. If Freud says childhood deeply influences adulthood, how would you expect him having healthy feelings to represent America, where most middle class are white?

Posted by: phd_1 | Jan 6, 2008 11:26:37 PM

I am voting for Obama....but i am content with the WILL OF GOD. If Obama is suppose to win God will maintain him. God will never start something he can not finish. No matter what church peolpe attend God should be the main focus. Churches has different missions.....yes but is should be about God!

Be Blessed!

Posted by: neq | Jan 7, 2008 11:23:10 AM

It good that some people support and endorse the candidate, but what about the 775,000 voter in Arizona that are registered as independents that can not vote in the elctoral primary unless they change the party affiliation by today midnight. With one third of the registered voters in Arizona that will not vote can the candidate claim that the elcetion of representatives for the convention will be the will of the Arizona voters. Other states allow the independents to vote in the elections. Arizona has a problems.....

Posted by: an independent voter | Jan 7, 2008 12:31:08 PM

I voted for Bradley over Gore in 2000, because he was principled, honest, and stood up for what he believed in, whereas Gore was an opportunist and a viper. Had he been elected, we would be bitching about the War in Pakistan, and assorted other things. During the election, I always insisted that, “A vote for Gore’s a vote for Bush, and a vote for Bush is a vote for Gore.” Bradley’s endorsement, I think, will resonate with true liberals and progressives. Obama is both of those things, whereas Hillary, like Gore, is an opportunist and a viper. She says whatever is politically convenient for her, and whatever she thinks will make her win votes. She never says what she actually thinks. We still be in Iraq in 2012 if she is elected. Obama will pull us out of that disaster, and restore the economy (the most important issues on the map right now). That is why I support him. Edwards would be great, too, but he is not going to win New Hampshire or the nomination.

As for experience, JFK had none; Nixon had tons. JFK averted a disaster during the Cuban Missile Crisis; Nixon continued LBJ’s disastrous foray into Vietnam until it was in his best interests to leave. JFK inspired hope in us, and finally ended segregation and Jim Crow (even if the Civil Rights Act passed under Johnson); Nixon made us cynical and weary, and by bombing Cambodia through Operation Phoenix started a chain of events that eventually resulted in Pol Pot’s Killing Fields. JFK got us to the moon; Nixon did practically nothing to wean us off our oil addiction after the 1973 Arab Oil Crisis. And let’s not even mention that third-rate burglary that almost got him impeached. Hillary is Nixon; Obama is JFK.

Go Obama!

Posted by: GMH | Jan 7, 2008 1:02:52 PM

Oh, Yeah. Experience did us all a lot of for the past 8 years!!

Posted by: kmd | Jan 8, 2008 10:37:52 AM

Look where experience has gotten us- an eroding middle class,an expanding poverty class, outsourced jobs, an illegal war, a horrible budget in the deep red, a loss of faith in the good American values, and Americans at each other throats. Geez! Inexperience may be what the dr. needs to order.

Posted by: C Smith | Jan 8, 2008 2:18:30 PM

It appears that some people(quite few any way, but whose interest is also important to Obama) are confusing TIME LAPSE with experince. That Hillary has been the wife of a president for over 35 years and a junior senato, does not qualify as experience. Her experience if any, or better, if more than that of Obama, should be reflected in the way she handles her speach and campaign.

Drumming up sexiest argument or engineering some persons to demostrate sexim during her speach is not expetrience. It will not take a psychologist to know that her tirades and unwarranted attacks at the person of Obama smacks of sheer INEXPERINECE.

An experienced leader like Obama, will ride the wave,tackle issues not person, work with the people, talk to them not at them and inspire convidence and control not some nervous breakdown like Clinton is exhibiting.
if a poll result, and a win by Obama in Iowa and his iminent win in NH will reduce her to such invectives and crocodile emotion, what will happen when life and death national issues are at stake? Give me some other quality, her experience(for a presidential position) is very leaky, full of gaping holes.

Posted by: Gregor | Jan 8, 2008 2:58:15 PM

Hillary Clinton has six years of experience accomplishing nothing. She claims to have 35 years of experience. What experience? You can't use Bill Clinton's experience and call it your own. Hillary Clinton looks just as old as Mccain. She looks so so sick. We need a fresh look. Barak Obama is what this country needs...afresh start.

Posted by: moteague | Jan 8, 2008 3:00:01 PM

Much good the Hillary experience did her when she followed the herd and voted like "almost" everyone else to go to war in Iraq... experienced but with bad judgment... and a man with the "little" experience who goes by the name of OBAMA was one of the few Senators to have sound judgment back then and voted against going to war with Iraq... the experienced Washington politicians made a horrific decision which is helping to push this country into a recession today.... You see... a man with insight and vision will make a better decision any day over the one who keeps repeating the mistakes of the past... and that is still called experience... people, truly look at the facts and make sound judgment!

Posted by: nerakami | Jan 8, 2008 3:45:32 PM

I would not vote for Hillary Clinton if she were the only name on the ballot. Why! MEMORIES! Let me share a few! Bill Clintons women, White Water, the Rose Law firm! Travel Gate. Has any really given a thought to those Tax Returns, they keep evading? Who are the secret contributors to the Clinton Library? Then there was the Cattle Futures---No thank you! This democrat who has NEVER MISSED A SINGLE ELECTION, (and previously voted for Clinton) will not repeat that mistake again! The O' Bama aid was right-- The Clinton machine will do anything to get what they want--- she "is" a monster, and a lot worse! While toting O' Bama's aid regarding the Canadian government--- HER PEOPLE WERE THERE TWO WEEKS EARLIER! OH! AND OLD GOVERNOR RANDELL FROM P.A. NEED NOT INSULT OUR IOWA CAUSUS--BY CALLING THEM UNFARE---ONLY BECAUSE SHE CAME IN THIRD. I HAPPEN TO BE ONE OF THOSE OLDER VOTERS WHO SHOWED UP AND VOTED---FOR ANY ONE BUT THE CLINTON MACHINE! I will never vote for Clinton in any election and will either write in O' Bama or Mc Cain! THAT WILL BE A FIRST FOR THIS DEMOCRAT !

AN IOWAN TRANSPLANT FROM MICHIGAN!

Posted by: JoAnna Graller | Mar 9, 2008 12:18:22 PM

Barack was not around to vote in 2002 and he said in 2004 that he didn't know which way he would have voted. Liar! Now, he wants us to think he would have voted No to the authorization, and his typically blind fans (see posts above) don't even know that he has only TALKED about being against the war -- after the war -- and never VOTED against it.

Posted by: Ruth | Mar 13, 2008 6:21:42 PM

I grew up with Bill Bradley in Crystal City, Missouri...he is one of the most truthful, down to earth people I have know...Bill was a leader in all that he did. He was friends with everyone and did not exclude anyone because of race or financial status....he was a great role model and continues to do good things....

Posted by: Robbie | Mar 23, 2008 11:44:30 AM

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