This is a nice move Thank you.Now we need Edwards and Richardson,These men are great men and would like to have them all on the same team ,they have good ideas lets put them all to work.

Big deal, he needs all the support he can get. The focus is now on Nader, finally an independant jumps in to throw the democratic election. Bush is right, a Republican will be in office for four more, thanks Obama.

At this point I really don't care what happens in this election, am getting so tired of the Clinton this and Clinton that. How can any voter make a decision on who is the best candidate when the media coverage is so lopsided.

If the media wants Obama to face McCain let them deal with that when the time comes, after they have pushed the Obama line down everyones neck for months they may well end up in a position where they have placed MaCain in a position where he cant stop him in the end.

That will give me pleasure in watching, if that was the media's game plan it may well end up back firing on them, they built up his momentum, now its like a runaway train, so I will sit this election out and watch the fun and games from the side lines.

I will vote for McCain before I vote for Obama!

Louise: "This primary season has been nothing more than a popularity contest.....I say we raise the voting age....The fact that this Obama idiot has gotten this far is proof that we need to raise it!!!"

You mean we should raise it high enough so as to exclude Sen Dodd?

SJ - Why do you think the media coverage has been so lopsided?

I think it has something to do with 1) Hillary coming into this campaign as a known attack dog, who ran the White House political war room during an impeachment, and 2) her campaign's heavy handed dealing with the media.

The first makes her a vulnerable candidate. The second makes me question her staff's competence.

Bishop - actually I've never heard anyone claim he didn't write Audacity of Hope. However, its well known that Clinton had a ghost writer who did the bulk of It Takes a Village.

That's not conspiracy theory. The woman's identity is widely known, and the flap over her not even being named on the cover as a co-author is well documented in Wikipedia.

Si Se Puede...Now if Johnny Edwards would just return to the sandbox with all the toys, perhaps we can all play. Most people know if Edwards campaign had a drop of truth there is only one endorsement he can go with...unless Hillary promised the ranch!!!

The fight for the Democratic nomination is no longer a battle over issues. Anyone who has objectively paid attention to the candidates knows where they stand on the issues. This has become a personal attack by Hillary on Obama with her supporters following suit. Just because I don't vote for her, doesn't mean I am a "Hillary hater"--I intended to vote for her at one time, but now I can't. Being President is a very stressful job, and her behavior in the past week has convinced me that she would not be able to handle the pressures of being President. And this has nothing to do with gender--I would feel that way about Obama if he were on the same emotional merry-go-round.I hope she can keep it together during the debate and not embarrass herself further. She has a lot to offer this country--just not as President.

This is not news. Dodd supported him during the Conn. primary. This is just political timing. I always liked Dodd. It is unfortunate that he is a man of his word. Why? Because he is now stuck to someone who is finally being scrutinized and the results are not good. Examples: The 19 year relationship with Rezko. (His bail was revoked because of his connection with a Middle East billionaire Adhmi.) Also, more information is coming out about the reverend of Obama's church and the association with Farrakhan. In addition, Obama is known to have received donations from William Ayers when first running for office. (William Ayers is the founder of the notorious "Weathermen". Ayers and Dohrn are best known as two of the most notorious figures during the 1960 anti-war movement. Is Obama guilty by association or simply has been very naive

And you people believe this rot? This guy is an empty suit, nothing but change when we are sitting in rubble from some new threat, the same people will call for his head.

In years to come you will find that JOe Biden will look real good. The left gets what it deserves to bad it takes the country along with it. Albeit I doubt this empty suit will stand up to Mac.

jck

Paul my view is that the media favored Obama because they want to help McCain thinking that is the easier candidate to beat especially at first when Hillary had all the support.

Due to the media constant attacks and highlights of every thing that Hillary has said or done she has taking a beating at the polls, but I believe that the media has underestimated the problems they have created in this.

What they have done is pushed Obama into a position where the public is now drunk on it, and in the end whenever the media decides to try to turn the screws on Obama to assist McCain it may well be to late for that. The media in trying to assist McCain has now drowned him with the Obama wave, its too late to turn back the clock now they caused it so whatever happens in this election I hope they are all willing to live with it for the next 4 years.

What really annoys me is that the press cycle ended up being about the photo and not the foreign policy speech. Hmm who would benefit from that, oh yeah, Clinton.

Wow!!!! Thats a game closer right there.
What did Dodd get...2 votes?

By Nov. will Obama still be an American Idol?

I was a Dodd supporter until he unfortunately dropped out after Iowa. I'm still depressed that his campaign never made it beyond the 2nd tier.

I spoke to Senator Dodd a week ago and suspected that he was headed in this direction. At that time I didn't care who won. I just knew that I would vote for whomever was the nominee. Now, because my respect for Chris Dodd is infinite, I am officially on the Obama train.

SJ

What you are seeing is a media which really has no opinion as such, but where
individual analysts and reporters are acting basing on their personal sympathies. This problem is compounded that many of them are not precisely interlectual Einsteins!

As consequence, taking as example CNN,
yo can read in the blog continuous complaints of supporters from ANY candidate saying they are favoring another, and that their posts to the blogs are supressed due to these biases.
The latter is unfortunately true, depending in each case of whom is doing the "moderation" !!!
BUT THERE IS ONE ISSUE WHERE ALL THE MEDIA AGREES !! TO TRY TO PROLONGATE THE SUSPENSE, EVEN IF THE GAME IS OVER. OF COURSE, SUSPENSE MEAN MORE
SALES FOR THEM !!
THE BLAH-BLAH REGARDING "COME BACK KID"
REGARDING HILLARY, WHO ALREADY LOST UNLESS OBAMA IS HIT BY A FALLING PIANO,
IS A TYPICAL EXAMPLE !

Why is this being advertised in the media and not the Farrakan endorsement?

And they don't need a president so why should they care about the war, children with no health care, people losing jobs ,or working jobs don't cover thier needs, or bridges falling, or city's not being rebulit. they have all they need plus power the media is a lost cause they pick who is to become president just like Simon picks who the American Idol will be.

Everybody in America has the right to an opinion, even Farrakan, so it is HIS opinion, what can you do about it? Shut him down??
Besides for those of you who are just common citizens as I am, BEWARE of those false bloggers planting lies everywhere, trying to spread false ideas until they become facts!
Take a look, the abbreviation is "oppos" and they will play any dirty trick available to smear the opponent, sounds familiar??
Wikipedia definition:
If you like digging up dirt, opposition research may be a field for you. ... The value of an opposition researcher is efficiency and discretion once he ...