Now this is a huge endorsement! LOL. Obama is getting Bush spiritual advisor endorsement. Well that applies to his strategy of bringing people together! He already has Rev. Jessie Jacskon (who was an spiritual advisor to Bill Clinton), and Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. the pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago. how he can mingle around the table with all of then to save the world!

Excuse me Obama; are you a Democrat or a Republican? 'Cause I forget. If you want my vote, you need to be a Democrat! The Republicans have screwed my people.

Not a WORD on ABC about a much bigger, more important endorsement. The endorsement of Pennslyvania governor Ed Rendell for Senator Clinton. Another example of pathetic bias. At least MSNBC has it on their website.

THIS IS JUST SICK!!!!!!!!

Look, Obama has a had a clear strategy of getting Republicans to come to open primaries and caucuses to support him. There is nothing wrong with that. He ran an ad in predominantly Republican Northern Nevada targeting Republicans and letting them know they could switch their registration for a day to participate. Again, I have no problem with that. The issue I have with Obama is the way he did it. In the Reno Editorial Board Meeting, he basically said that people were ready for Reagan because they grew tired of the excesses of the 60's and 70's and the overgrowth of government that was stifling the entreprenurial spirit. I think this is a poor choice of words because it basically appropriates Right-wing talking points.

While that might attract Republicans to vote you for a day, it does not attract Republicans to the Democratic Party over the long term. The correct way to attract Republicans would have been to talk about accountability and balanced budgets, and how there was no transparency or accountability with our foreign policy because both the Iraqi Government and the Musharraf Dictatorship had been given a blank check to restore Democracy and fight Al-Qaeda. There is ample evidence that establishes that our tax dollars have been wasted in both Iraq and Pakistan, which bothers all Americans, not just Republicans.

However, when you start talking about overgrowth of government, stifling entreprenurial spirit, and the excesses of the 60's and 70's, you are not making an effective progressive case for Republicans to vote for a Democrat. You are making a case for your own personal gain at expense of the party because you are appropriating right-wing talking points.

Furthermore, In October 1980, opinion polls showed that voters had negative opinions of both Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. They didn't like Jimmy Carter because of what was going on in Iran and the poor economy, but they didn't exactly trust Ronald Reagan with his voodoo economics. John Anderson was a legitimate third party option that year who did quite well for some time, but saw his standing crater after some poor debate performances with Ronald Reagan. Polls going into the last week of the election showed the race was close with President Carter holding a slight lead. After months of dodging, President Carter finally agreed to debate Ronald Reagan when both sides agreed John Anderson would not participate. I believe it was the most watched debate in history, and Ronald Reagan ended the debate with a simple question: Are you better off today than you were four years ago? It was a devastating question to say the least, but Jimmy Carter added to his woes when he said during the debate that he spoke to his daughter when it came to nuclear issues. He was widely ridiculed by late night comedians and media pundits for that comment, and by election day, Jimmy Carter's slight lead became a Reagan landslide.

So I believe Obama is wrong because the country wasn't necessarily ready for Reagan and tired of the excesses of the 1960s and 1970s. If that was the case, Reagan would have led by wide margins throughout the campaign. It was President Carter's poor debate performance days before the election that led to the landslide.

american should go for Obama because he is because of the senator's "character, confidence and courage." Really I like his last debate in S.C. Trust me Obama
would do a wonderful job to bring people together to pursue a common vision we all have.

Shaquay - Um, not sure if you remember, but President Clinton himself was talking about the overgrowth of government during his second term. Remember Al Gore and the re-inventing government thing?

The Clintons stopped talking about it when, after touting decreases in the size of government, the media figured out most of the personnel reductions were caused by military downsizing.

But as a talking point, Bill Clinton claimed to understand the bloated bureaucracy was actually working against the government and the economy.

Now, this endorsement takes Obama completely out of consideration for my vote.

Reply to Tony: I don't believe in endorsements and I definitely don't believe that Pastors of Churches should be endorsing political candidates. The Power of the Pulpit can be lethal when it comes to human rights. Many of the same theologies that are against homosexuals and same-sex marriage, were agains inter-racial marriage and women's rights. Pastors should respect the separation of church and state and political candidates should request that they do also ... even when they receive their support.

I mean really.

Is this the other side of Obama that panders to the Republicans? What is going on here?

Rev Caldwell's ministry thinks it can turn gay people straight. The GLBT community must be so thrilled with Obama.

In answer to someone above -- if Obama appeals to both the Democrats and Republicans and Independents all the better -- I was a registered Rep for 40 years -- that doesn't mean I voted Republican all that time I went back and forth especially in local and state politics -- last year I switched from the Republican Party to the Democratic Party mainly to vote in my states primary and I didn't do it to vote for Hillary!!! I think it wonderful that Obama will get these non partisan endorsements -- Growing up I remember more centrist politics and then I voted more on person rather than extremes -- I will say the extreme right is more dangerous than left but I still remain a moderate and if Obama can reach across those lines drawn in the sand all the power to him. We know the Clintons can't or won't.

Having been leaning somewhat towards Hillary, I now firmly believe Obama to be the best candidate. He is not perfect, no one is but he is the least flawed among those running. And this endorsement, among many others, really speaks to his ability to bring unity among those with differences. This is a very real virtue, especially after all the partisanship of the past years. Many will want to continue down the path of partisan politics as evidenced here, but that is not the road to a better America. Some will claim Obama's alleged lack of experience, this may be but clearly those with experience get things wrong just as much if not more so. And as we all know, politicians as a group tend to mislead, distort and "triangulate" particulary the longer they have been around, its almost the inevitable nature of the profession, but Obama certainly is the least affected by these vices, and it is refreshing to see. GO OBAMA '08!!

The endorsement is another example of why Barack should be president! We WANT to bring people together. If a republican likes Barack, then that is a start to accomplishing making this country better. Hillary does nothing but bash the other side. How eager would they be to want to work with her? The only way we as a country can move forward is if we as a people, both republican and democrat, find a common starting point and move forward together.

That's why I'm voting for Barack.

There are no red or blue Americans, everyone is an American, policies affect every American, whether Republican, Democrat or Independent.
The Sub Prime Mortgage crises for instance are affecting every household/community/state, irrespective of their political leanings.

If for once we get a leader that is able to work/connect with folks across the political aisle, it is a sign that the country may yet become great again.

When politics divides a nation, even after elections, leaders continues to be polarizing figures, then we have not yet fully grasped what real politics is meant to do.

Politics is just a means to an end and not the end in and of itself; it is a vehicle for getting into office and that’s about it. Every elected official should be working for the interest of all Americans and not continue to toe party lines and vote their conscience.

What we need now is leader who understands that divisive politics even after the elections does no one any good. Reaching across the aisles for the benefit of the masses of people is what politics should be about.

The time has come for a paradigm shift in American politics; there is no stopping an idea whose time has come!

Obama brings a lot of freshness to this campaign and like he said earlier on, this is the best time for him to lead, not when he has had "all the hopes boiled out of him" Some who called themselves "leaders" have suggested he should wait till 2016!

What I say about them is that they are out of sync with the real problems facing the polity. They used to feel what we feel now but like in George Orwell's Animal Farm, once two legged is bad, four legged good. Overtime however, that saying switched to four legged good, two legged better!

You understand poverty by living it, by experiencing it first hand; you cannot tackle a problem if you are on a "high horse", live sheltered lives and not in touch with the realities facing the man on the street.

Most of us are living in poverty if for instance we have to make choices everyday between feeding our families and having health insurance, if we have to choose between sending our kids to real schools instead of preparing them to join the rank and file of the poor, hopeless generation whose only education is enough to barely put food on the table, provided of course they are willing and able to balance two or three jobs!

America is a beautiful country; it takes foreigners visiting to remind us of that fact because while we are in the factories working our 16 hours shifts to cover bills, medical emergencies, they are enjoying the paradise that is America!

We need a leader that will make the American dream real again, remember he who does not sleep cannot dream (16 hours work schedule everyday), well he can daydream.

Obama shouldn't win since his campaign is fundamentally flawed, he is the "clean" candidate, yet he is tied in so many corrupt persons and actions that his corruption record may exceed Hillary's. He runs as uniter but he has jumped unto blacks' side in order to have votes in SC. He also attacked Hillary personally in the last debate in a nasty, party-jarring manner. Besides, he contradicts much of what he says - from saying he won't make his race an issue, to not voting for the war then saying he doesn't think he's against it. He hasn't proven to be better than bush or any other commonplace politician!!!!

I am afraid this nation will probably get what it wants but I warn you it wont want what she gets.Obama is not the man to lead this nation many promises and pledges are made why? to get in and get power folks this nation is in trouble when Obama and Clinton are the only candidates of choice. Mike Huckabee is the best qualified to lead this nation, I am afriad of Obama and Clinton I have checked them out throughly and they scare me espesically when Hillary was having seances in the whitehouse talking to Mrs.Roosavelt and Obama not putting his hand over his heart during the pledge come on people open your eyes lets pray the best man in