Campaign donations do not and cannot go into personal accounts. It doesn't happen. It can't happen. That's what the FEC is for and why they must continuously report donation amounts and that's why candidates must be meticulous about filing tax returns with the IRS. It's a ludicrous statement. to make and if it's beneath someone like George Bush who stayed very above board on donations and reporting, certainly Senators Clinton and Obama are more savvy. The bottom line is, despite all of the hype the voting base for the Democrat party will be more than the votes Obama is getting. Clinton has more women, more Latinos and Asian and more middle American and older voters. That's the Democrat base. Despite the hooplah, they'll be the more popular vote and they'll show up in the general election and she'll get the Super Delegates. This isn't a job where Senator Obama can get on the job training and we don't have time to wait for him to figure out who's who in Washington and the world. She has more experience and people who are backing her are unfazed by the frenzy and rhetoric of Obama's campaign because they've been around longer, have seen more, and can see through the smoke screen. We're not trying to elect a new best friend or a girlfriend to brunch with. We're electing someone who knows and has served on the committees in Washington, who is fiscally responsible, and who has a proven track record of working for people of all classes and races. No one cares if she's likable. (And who decides if she's likable? Why is Obama likable? Because he grins a lot? Many prople find him creepy. I'm not one of those people. I'm just not voting for him because he's not ready to serve. I'd rather get behind him and vote for him in 2012.

Barack Obama is a great motivational speaker and at some point his stand up routine will be a great fill in for PBS during pledge week. Really if you need inspiration to believe in something, I have to wonder where is your brain. Obama lkes to say --"this is about the United States of America". No it's not! it's about Barack Obama. If any one of us applied for a job that required technical knowledge and expertise and offered glowing words instead, we would be shown the door politely but firmly with -- don't call us we'll call you.

Politicians will be politicians. They have to get elected before they can start moving their agenda forward. The Clinton camp played a little, leak and deny, game with the funds issue. So what. To me it seems a little desperate, but certainly nothing that I'd hold against Hillary. The differences between Hillary and Barack are subtle, the discriminators for me are:
1) The fact that Hillary will not say that her vote authorizing GW the authority to go to war was a mistake. She says that she applied due diligence and voted her conscience. Since she apparently didn’t even take the time to review the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) I believe it is more likely that she was simply voting what was popular.
2) The funding model that she is proposing for paying for her Universal Health Insurance plan. I never like a situation when the government gets to tell me whether I can afford to pay.
3) The Clinton’s have, and continue to be, beholding to big money special interests. This is the root of a majority of the problems with our government today. I don’t believe Hillary has any interest in campaign finance reform.
So if the election were held today my first preference would be Barack, second would McCain, and finally Hillary.

By the way barackobama.com and hillaryclinton.com both provide some excellent reading on where the candidates really stand. Based on some of the commentary I’m reading here it might be in everyone’s interest to research and read more and write less.

Actually, I'm one of Obama's "people"...
who happens to be a white, college-educated, professional Female. Just like Hillary, you'd say....

But I'd vote for Idi Amin before I vote for Hillary Clinton. She's divisive, nasty, calculating, and just interested in turning the White House into her own personal ATM, just like Bill has done.

Still, I'm actually pretty damn happy with this election coming up. I'd love to vote for Obama. But if the DNC Power Brokers insists on Clinton II, I'll still have John McCain. Either way, I win.

GP HILLARY!
Show the Obama cult followers that you are the real deal, you are the real candidate with the agenda and readiness to lead this country. We can't afford to have an untested teleprompter candidate with a bunch of evangelical slogans and big words, we need a real leader and you are the one. GO HILLARY!!

Here we go again...everything Hillary does is a hoax. everything Obama does is Godly. Well when you go on his website the first thing you are hit with is to contribute to his campaign. On Hillarys you get info on her website and not pushed to contribute. But her supporters do anyway. I never seen such hateful and naive people in my life. If you want a preacher go to church. I want a president that will get us out of the mess we are all in. Not someone with false hopes like Bush promised to unite the country. We need to learn from our mistakes. Obama already said there will be setbacks and mistakes, thats because he will be on the job training and again like Bush. Obama just articulate better. We do not need someone just because they make you feel all fuzzzy and nice. Again we had that with Bush. We do not need anymore mistakes if we can help it cause time is of the essence. We need to think with our heads and hearts. Especially for our future generation.

Yet another Flip-Flop from the
Queen of flip-floppers and parsed words and nuanced positions, Hillary Clinton!
Gee what a Surprise!
One day she has to donate $5 million dollars of her own money because her campaign is running low on funds, the next day the campaign is rolling in dough! You can't make this stuff up!
It's hard to believe that there are people in this country who want to make this serial Liar our president! LOL!

Clinton's campaign was strapped for cash, so Clinton used some of her own money to help and some of her staff offered to work without pay.

Clinton's campaign raised money, so no staff memeber has to go without pay.

End of story.

Hey chicka are you kidding? How did Bill CLinton use the white house as his personal ATM? Was that before or after he bettered everyone's bottom line and strengthened the economy and eliminated the federal deficit?? What republican has done that in the last century? I think Hillary will do it and I can't wait to breathe that sigh of relief!

Obama, was crying like a baby during the South Carolina primaries. Any, negative comments towards him was unfair and lacked character. Hmmmm, he gets Old school politicians backing him (against his campaign slogan of change/new politics) He still not above spending more time attacking clinton w/o shame. Then speaking about issues. Now, after stragetically bragging about his 32 million dollars raise. He is going on the negative about show me your tax records. Seems, he graduated to the majors league of real politics. Cry foul when your on your own, Attack negatively when there are numbers. Obama, grow up. Learn how to stand on your own.

Obama is a creation of the news media hungering for a more exciting story. I am a former John Edwards supporter but I donated $50 to Hillary last night and signed onto her team her in Texas. I, like many other Clinton and Edwards supporters, will not vote for Obama in November IF, IF, IF he wins because I'm sick of all you Obama supporters and your absolute hate for Hillary or anyone who disagrees with you. WE ARE ALL DEMOCRATS SO LOSE THE HATE!!!! You are all acting like ignorant children with these disgusting comments about another human being.

Crying? No, being a crybaby is Hilary's forte as seen in New Hampshire and then again before Super Tuesday. When the going gets tough, bring on the tears on camera. That's her main strategy. Get your facts straight.

Well here's some news for Obama. All of the Clinton supporters in our section of the Minnesota causus stated they were voting for McCain if Obama was the nominee. There are more than a few Democrats that are concerned about national security.

For all the talk of Obama's unity...well his supporters need to understand that comes at a price. What national issue are the Democrats going to cave into the Republicans on...under an Obama presidency? Because unity means that you compromise. So how many issues are the Democrats going to cave on. Of course, there is no mention of surrendering from the Republicans. So what ISSUES are all of you willing to give up on? Will Obama choose it's abortion, gay rights, affirmative action, health care, poverty? Democrats need to think hard about their choices.

At some point, the folks who voted for George Bush TWICE are going to have to explain their reasoning. At some point, the folks who are voting for the Clintons for a third time are going to have to explain their reasoning. The comments above in support of Mrs. Clinton have the exact same reasoning: FEAR. Fear of the unknown and fear of the known. We are not supposed to worry about the future or regret the past (e.g., the involvement of our president in an extramarital affair in Mrs. Clinton's home that indicates a sex addiction). The right response to every situation is in our nature when our lives are supremely concentrated in the present. The Clinton supporters have to admit that at the present time, the positivity is coming from Obama. Mrs. Clinton had to move to neutral just to hold on to her supporters.

We have never trained our citizens to be president because we have never had to--it's not necessary because the citizens run this government. Mrs. Clinton, who I deeply admire, has had no training as president. The experience she does have was during a time of peace, and the players were different.

The supporters above are arguing that we should not question her or ask her to reveal as much about herself as necessary for us to make a decision in a tight race, just as any employer would. The world is watching and wants us to return to being the shining light on the hill that helps them fight their own oppressions and disappointments in their own countries.

My beloved Mrs. Clinton (and I mean that--I would love to spend lots of time hanging out with her during my life's journey) is not offering a light of hope because she can't. Mrs. Clinton's nature, which will not change, causes her to reach for things that divide us in order to conquer her own enemies and handle her fears.

What was written above in support of her reminds me of the people who lived around the concentration camps in Germany and turned a blind eye to the suffering they knew about firsthand. Those comments scare me. Have you ever worked with or for a husband and wife team? It is hell on earth to be used as pawns by a husband and wife with power.

Just more drama from the Clinton team. Its always something.

Gee, Nick -- I always thought of Minnesotans as being much brighter and more thoughtful than that. Maybe I should reconsider. (Translation: Save your empty threats, and quit trying to impugn all Minneosota Democrats just because you're ticked off that your candidate will not succeed.)

Obama is promising us that he can lead us all to work with one another. All very up-lifting, huh?

Here, then, is how that inclusive message translates to the rest of us from his very own supporters (see the entire post at 11:20 pm above):

"Actually, I'm one of Obama's people... But I'd vote for Idi Amin before I vote for Hillary Clinton. She's divisive, nasty, calculating, and just interested in turning the White House into her own personal ATM, just like Bill has done... If the DNC Power Brokers insists on Clinton II, I'll still have John McCain. Either way, I win."

It appears that Senator Barack Obama is a miserable failure as a uniter.

Uniting as a People, one America, has nothing to do with uniting behind a candidate (and husband) that divided the Democratic Party by demeaning the South Carolina electorate, and Barak Obama's experience as inadequate. I won't just line up behind someone just because the Party Powers say so. I'm not some mindless sheep.

Bill Clinton used his presidential pardon power in exchange for favors and money - that's been documented on all the major networks like ABC. There were even stories at the time that they stole the White House furniture (!), that Congress had to debunk publicly, because so few people DIDN'T believe it wasn't possible.

It's not Obama's fault, nor a lack of skill on his part, that 54% of this country can't stand Hillary Clinton.

"Just getting a democrat in" is NOT a valid reason to vote democrat in November.

there are a number of reasons why HRC should reveal her tax information but I guess that's too deep for you to understand. You are angry about what Senator Obama said but it doesn't bother you about some of the things Hillary and Bill have said. My point is don't make a hasty decision based on what you think someone said, I hope we as Americans are more intelligent than that and look at the issues, look at what they propose to do if elected. I am voting for Senator Obama because I took the time to read his issues and platforms as well as Senator Clinton's and for me Senator Obama makes more sense and more in line with my thhinking. So America stop basing your votes on trival things and start paying attention to the issues at hand. Do your homework, an uninformed person makes for a very dangerous voter.