Great job Obama going after the black vote. The people of the state know it was the Democratic Governor and Mayor Nagin who were to blame.

Last week Obama was pandering to the Latino vote by giving drivers license to Illegal aliens and it back fired on him

What I find funny about the first blog response is that the person doesn't even know that the bill that Obama put up for the nucleur waste problem in Illinois was co-sponsored by HRC in 2006 and by the time it made it to the Senate it didn't have the support it needed. So Obama reintroduced the legislation as the Jr. Senator from Illinois :)

Do your homework bud, we do :)

Yes we can,I just love Sen.Obama and his supporters,we are so intelligent and informed about what's going on,like Sen. Obama we are no rookies!!! They can't fool nor trick us!!Good facts posting reponse guys,down with the billaries,from the bottom up with Obama!!! Fired up and ready to go,change is coming to America!!!

I am thrilled and inspired by Obama's candidacy. The idea of voting to return Hill and Bill for a third term makes me squirm. Who can forget the sight of Bill traipsing around the country arm in arm with Daddy Bush begging for charity for the people of this country, while Baby Bush squanders $1 billion a day on waging war on behalf of the war profiteers? I'm glad Teddy Kennedy finally came out for Obama; maybe the Democratic Party can begin to mean something again for this country.

Hilary a LIAR! Who had to trick her donors into giving money! She flip flops and does WHATEVER it takes to get votes. Now she's changed her message to Obama's message. She's a deceitful politician and we are TIRED of people like that in the White House! It's time to end the Bush/Clinton era! Let's Hope Again!

Thank you Julie and all others who have done the bare knuckles research, responding to others that are too lazy to find out all that Obama HAS done.

a chorus of cynics...they will only grow louder and more dissonant...

nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change...

but in the unlikely story that is America...there is nothing false about hope...

though we in the state of indiana have to sit on our hands and root for Obama state by state from the sidelines, we are with you guys...

Yes. We. Can.

First of all I want to thank Kris and all the people that volunteered to help my hometown of New Orleans. We know you came here for lots of reason (caring, anger, good sameritan, to save souls - I don't think you came because of the "stars" though). Whatever the reason, we appreciate your help. You not only brought extra hands, but hope to hurting Americans that were deserted by all levels of government. We can NEVER thank you enough.
As to this statement:
"Great job Obama going after the black vote. The people of the state know it was the Democratic Governor and Mayor Nagin who were to blame. I am a white Louisiana Republican that lived Katrina and I know it was all levels of governmen that failed, but most of my anger is towards the feds because 1.)It was failed federal levees that caused the destruction and 2.)Don't promise help and not deliver it and 3.)Don't do an incompetent job and try to blame your incompetency on powerless suffering citizens. I will probably be voting for Obama if I get the chance to in the general election because I think this nation needs healing above all else. We need to put the "United" back into the USA and stop being torn apart by partisans.

I am so tired of hearing that America's youth can not make educated decisions because supposedly we do not have the financial pressures or responsibilities older Americans do. Well let me shine some light on this topic.

I am now 21 years old and although this is very personal I'll share this in the hope that it will enlighten people to America's youths issues. When I was 19 years old on my last year of coverage by NY's Child Health Plus Insurance I underwent a procedure to remove a malignant cyst. I should be going to the doctor every 6 months to insure that the cyst have not returned, but I can't because I do not have any Health insurance anymore.... So I live day to day praying I won't end up in emergency room one of these days..Because Lord knows I can't afford it

I've worked since I was 14 to help support my family. At 21 I make a decent 40K and yet I couldn't finish college because financial aide says my income is too high.....too bad because I have a 4.0

And they expect you to pay for school but how can I when maintenance keeps going up and we have to pay this mortgage so we don't lose our home, the school is system is so bad the only way to give them a decent chance is to pay for their private school, and when I've cut up my check so many times theirs barely anything left to buy a college textbook

So tell me I don't know what it is to struggle. And almost all my friends are going through the same thing. Health insurance is a joke. We kill ourselves working just to pay rent and for the few lucky ones who can get finacial aide they work full time just to go to school at night full time. Just scraping by in this NYC wasteland.

So what about us who just don't fit into the income bracket? Thanks HRC! All she is a beaucratic drone and I refuse to stand for it.

There is something wrong in this country and it isn't just about healthcare and tax cuts it's about the loss of Hope. I believe in Barack and beleive he has exceeded expectations in the Senate. I voted for him because there needs to be a new voice of America, I voted for him because I believe.......There Can Be Justice For All

@ Peter & Julie
Great research, I will be using it to spread the word of comparison. LIKE THE MAN SAID, HE WILL GET IT RIGHT ON "DAY ONE" This is proof that it doesn't take 35 years to make change. In OBAMA'S political life it looks like he worked and not just waste time playing politics and evening scores or following spouses around who cheat. JUST A LOT OF WASTED TIME AND THIS PROVES IT. SI SE PUEDE'

It always amazes me that people want to blame Nagin agn the Gov. But we seem able to accommodate foreign countries after tsunamies and other devastating events. I guess Nagin didn't ask appropriately. Is that what you're saying?

The research and comments on this board are outstanding. Some on this board still are misinformed about voting procedures in the IL Legisture. When one has a question or would vote for a proposed bill with minor changes, they usually indicate it by voting present. A present vote does not prove one cannot make a decision as stated by Hillary in one of the debates.

Bill did an outstanding job as President and this country thanks him. We also know about the times we do not thank him for.

Hillary says she will be ready on "day one" to be president. Will she make the right decisions on "day one"? She voted for the war in Iraq and has given about as many reasons for her vote as Bush has given for going to war. She has said (1) for inspectors to return (2)for Bush to use as a threat (3)we thought Saddam had WMD (4) we didn't know what Saddam might do (what had he done after the other attacks around the world?) If she was for the war, why not say so. Most American might not agree with her decision but at least we would know she has convictions.

Let's hope she does not use too much of her experience in misrepresenting facts about Obama. Tony Rezko was a long time friend and an outstanding lawyer that gave back to the community. He asked Obama to perform some services for a nonprofit organization. They bought adjoining properties. Obama says once he learned that Rezko was under investigation he severed ties with him. According to one Chicago newspaper's editor Obama association with Rezko is not in question. What is in question is why didn't Obama know soon that Rezko was being scrunized before the actual charges. It was also reported that all donations received from Rezko and associates have been given to charity.

To the Clinton supporters, you would be well served not to being up donors.

How about sticking to the issues that really concern the American people. The gutter politics demeans the office that the Clintons once held.

I too am for change and haven't been this excited about an election since JFK! I applauded you young people for getting involved. VOTE! VOTE! VOTE!

Hillary made a comment at a rally today that has bothered me. She asked the crowd if they intended on voting for the next president based on their momentary good feelings about the candidate, or based on a candidate's ability to tackle the serious issues that will face that elected person. Well, first of all, I don't see it as an either/or dilemma; I have good feelings about my candidate's ability to handle the issues thoroughly, fairly, intelligently, and timely. But I have more than "good feelings" about Barack Obama; like so many, many other Americans, I am inspired by his works and his message. I looked up the word "inspire" and here's what I found: 1) to animate the mind or emotions,2) to stimulate to an indicated feeling or action, 3)to breathe life into, 4) to rouse latent energies, ideals, or reverence. Well, O.K. then Hillary, I am guilty as charged and unabashedly proud to have good feelings, no, to be inspired by Mr. Obama. He has my vote!

I think it's a very big mistake to suggest that young adults do not have a stake in what happens in this election. I'm 63. I'm embarrassed about the mess we are handing over to our young people to clean up.

The cost of higher education now is rediculous. The cost of health care is rediculous, and is a result of a for-profit incredibly inefficient system (ask me, I'm a health care provider. The time I waste just trying to get paid by 40 different insurance companies who have a vested interest in not paying me is insane). I am also a cancer survivor, and so have no health insurance myself. Too expensive. Really stupid. So I get squeezed by our health care system from both sides, as a provider and as a consumer--it's worse since managed care, thanks to Hillary caving into insurance companies (forced, I suspect, by the congress--I do applaud her for having tried, but it's a bigger mess since then).

The state of the planet is scary. The terrible storms and fire storms we are having as a result of global warming should give pause to EVERYONE! The corruption in our government discusts me. That they could set this issue aside to pander to the oil companies just blows my mind.

The young are inheriting all of this. It is their mess to clean up. We have an obligation to help them do that.

It isn't going to happen with politics as usual. Thank you for posting Obama's senate records! People need to understand that he is a man of action, not just words. It is obvious to me that his speeches are his own. He is insightful, passionate, and I doubt that anyone could memorize and deliver such speeches written by someone else. They come from his understanding and from his heart.

A friend of mine who has worked about a third of each year in the Middle East for a charity organization for many years has friends there who are Christian, Muslim and Jew. They all hate us since Iraq, he said. Even the Christians. They used to distinguish between our goverment and our people, but they don't even do that anymore. He said a European friend of his noticed the following: The American government can afford to hire the best experts in the world. They hire them. They get excellent advice. And then they never follow it.

This is politics as usual. When Katrina happened, i was furious. It could have been prevented, if our government had listened to the engineers they hired. Iraq could have been prevented if they had listened to the experts that they hired. Global warming could have at least been reduced if they had listened to the experts that they hired.

I'm sick and tired of our people having to pay for all of these HUGE mistakes because of politics as usual. We could have free education for all. We could have health care for all. Instead, we're paying for stupid mistakes that could have and should have been prevented.

I lived in Switzerland in high school as an exchange student. At that time, i was considered wealthy and they were quite poor. Not the case anymore. Despite Papi's very low income as a bus driver, all four children received excellent educations. one is a physician, two are engineers and one is an architect. They all have beautiful homes, excellent health care, face a secure retirement, take long vacations every year and have travelled the world. Meanwhile, I've been scrambling to make ends meet, despite my excellent education, because of our health care system. They probably pay somewhat higher taxes than we do. But you know what? They get a heck of a lot more for them.

Can't we get back on track in this country and elect a president and a government that will actually work for the people, instead of for their own re-election. Personally, I'm tired of it.

I'm for Obama all the way. I find it truly amazing that he can see the problems clearly, while not being cynical and feeling hopeless about them. This is the kind of leader we need, to bring us all back up to where we can begin to hope and work together again.