Obama couldn't have said it better than that. For those who continue to lampoo Sen. Obama on experience, race and elctibility, I say to them, check the newly elected Governor of Luoisiana, a guy named Piyush "Bobby" Jindal, the son of Punjabi, India immigrants, has been sworn in as the governor of Louisiana just yesterday. California has Anornold Schwarzenegger as its sitting governor. Obama has all the qualities to be the President of America. Obama is honest, truthful and above all gracious. I should add that at 36 years of age, Jindal is the youngest Governor in the Us now.

These are most reasonable things Barack Obama has said since "Audacity of Hope". But he did not say the whole truth on how he made it to the Illinois Senate. A sex scandal made the main rival to withdraw and Obama had an easy ride. Obama also forgot to mention that Senator Hillary Clinton raised funds and supported his campaign for the Senate.

I'D RATHER VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE THE CLINTONS WERE A MESS IN THE WHITE HOUSE

Why does Barack think he knows something more than Clinton or Edwards? It reminds me of my college days and the arrogance of my professors, they can say anything, and have not accountability for it. Maybe Barack should try and be President of a University System.

Being President of the United States means that you need to work with both chambers of congress to pass legislation. Calling them names and saying that they have in effect been useless is wrong. The republican congress persons have been the problem in Washington, not the democrats. Many of those democrats voted against the Iraq war, ironically many of the endorsements Barack has recieved have come from Pro-War Democrats, Pro-Tax Cut, and Pro-life. If the Democratic Party wants to captilize on the wins they gained in 2006, without Barack Obama, and they want to continue their existence in this century, they will stick with Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, the people's choice. They aren't the choice of the Latte liberal elites and youth (the youth who have no idea what a mortgage is, a car payment, health insurance costs, social security, etc), but you know what both Edwards and Clinton represent me, and represent a movement that started 50 years ago under the Best President this country has seen, FDR. Continue that movement and end the hijacking of the Democratic Party for one man's very large ego.

EB

That was a great analysis, I have also noticed the parallels between Bush and Obama, promises, promises, promises.

Excellent, completely brilliant.

When is ABC going to actually report on this candidate and what he stands for? He has released detailed healthcare, economic, education and immigration plans, yet none of them have been reported on by the press in favor of the fake race issue. What happened to the press being there to inform the electorate?

following on from RAB's comments--Johnson fought hard and tough to get civil rights and other social service legislation passed--he didn't sit down with the racists to discuss it, or gather all sides together to hash out a compromise that all could agree with. He fought, he wheeled and dealed, he twisted arms hard, he threatened, etc. Obama won't do that--he's already told us repeatedly.

RE: amberglow | Jan 15, 2008 1:23:21 PM
Sure but we live in a world where you can't do that and still get what you want. People don't take to kindly to being pushed around. The very freedom of this nation was centered around COMPROMISE. What have you got against that?

If you think the Repubs are going to be pushed around be the likes of Hillary, think again. Repubs will mobolize in mass numbers to defeat her. And of course we will have the numbers of your own people that hate her..... Keep dreaming. Keep hope alive. WILL NEVER HAPPEN.

Obama is electable. How about Hillary?
NEVADA CAUCUS
when Hillary left Iowa last week, she lamented the fact that so many working people were unable to participate in those caucuses, due to their work schedules. As she told ABC News, "You have a limited period of time on one day to have your voices heard. That is troubling to me. You know, in a situation of a caucus, people who work during that time - they're disenfranchised."
But all of a sudden, Hillary's surrogates are now claiming that the Nevada Democratic plan violates the U.S. Constitution, and that therefore these "at large" caucus sites - which are actually intended to enfranchise more working people - should be eliminated.
I'm just wondering: Could this lawsuit, filed late Friday, have anything to do with the fact that the 60,000-member Culinary Workers Union gave its much-coveted endorsement, 48 hours earlier, to Barack Obama?
Kirsten Searer, the state party's deputy executive director, is quoted as saying that, ever since the caucus rules were OKed by the national Democrats last May, "the campaigns have been fully informed throughout the process." There hadn't been a shred of protest from the Hillary camp about the plans for casino caucus sites; nor had there been any protest from the pro-Hillary folks who have now filed the lawsuit. In fact, some of those pro-Hillary folks are members of the state party, and they participated in the March 31, 2007 meeting that OKed the plan...unanimously.
Officially, Hillary's campaign says it knows nothing about the laswuit and, as the candidate herself said this weekend, "I have no opinion on the lawsuit." So we are supposed to believe that she and her campaign have no connection whatsoever to the plaintiffs, who happen to include the Nevada State Education Association teacher's union, whose deputy executive director is a founding member of Hillary's Nevada Women's Leadership Council. And it's perhaps sheer coincidence that the law firm pushing the suit is Hillary-friendly; several senior partners have given her money, and one prominent lawyer in the firm, ex-congressman James Bilbray, has endorsed her and has been campaigning for her. (Here's Hillary, yesterday: "I don't think it's supporters of mine. There seems to be some misunderstanding about that.")

I think the never elected a black candidate question was a bit ridiculous. But to respond to the question with the story of a race where he ran against another black man, Alan Keyes (who is a nutjob), seems just as bizarre.

Rep. John Lewis couldn't have said it better than in this quote below:
"Rep. John Lewis (Ga.), a prominent Clinton supporter, raised criticism of Obama to a new level. In an extensive interview, Lewis, a King lieutenant and icon of the civil rights movement, called Obama "a friend" but added: "He is no Martin Luther King Jr. I knew Martin Luther King. I knew Bobby Kennedy. I knew President Kennedy. You need more than speech-making. You need someone who is prepared to provide bold leadership."

If you think Swiftboat was a nasty ploy, wait until the actual election and the Republican dirty tricks machine really gets going on Barack..He needs to suffer through Hillary's lame mechanations so he and Michelle can be seasoned.

I tuned into last night's Democratic debate for an opportunity to learn more about the policies and positions of the leading candidates.
Instead, I had to suffer through the mindless, gender and race baiting questioning by the moderators. Shame on them!
Give me a break! A white woman is running for President. A black man is running for President.
Let's celebrate the differences that make both of their candidacies a wonderful statement on the greatness of our democratic system and focus on the substance of their positions, not the stupid stuff.

OBAMA IS A WELL CANDIDATE AND I THINK THAT HE DESERVES TO BE PRESIDENT THAN ANY OTHER CANDIDATE. FOR EXAMPLE, THINK ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR OUR COUNTRY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS. IF HE CAN ACHIEVE SO MUCH IN SO LITTLE TIME, THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT HE CAN DO AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. (I KNOW HE HAS DEFINITELY WON MY VOTE AS PRESIDENT)