It really makes you wonder what goes on under the facade that is Obama. That is one of the things I like about Hillary, she is passionate and it shows. You just know she is going to fight for you. In Obama I see indifference, almost as if he is robotic, going though the motions. I wonder if he is on anti-depressents?

I have no doubt that Obama cares, but he's not willing to give someone an opportunity to use his emotions against him. There's a time and place for emotions.

Perhaps he does not like facing facts about the bias contributing to his support base instead of really earning the support he has outright?

I think what Hillary really resents about the press is that they report stuff like "Obama has won the past 11 states" and "some superdelegates are shifting support from Clinton to Obama". Maybe Clinton should hate the message, not the messengers.

I might also add that Hillary Clinton was not complaining about bias back when the media were busy painting her as the INEVITABLE candidate.

No Clinton supporters wonder why the press airs any items that are not complentary to Obama after 11 at night.Why only one news program looked into his voting record in the senate and his nuclear bill he was proud of that had no teeth and gave nuclear energy producers a choice to notify or not notify civil and federal authorities.Wonder if he will bring his family to Godly Illinois to live and drink the water thats contaminated.But hey he can always find something or someone to blame.

He has class, it has been so long since we have seen it in a politician we don't recognize it anymore. He's an adult and he acts like one. He treats people like adults until they show they don't know how to behave. he is a statesman an a scholar and he doesn't have time for the foolishness. he won't provide you one-liners, he will give you answers.

He will work with everybody and anybody to provide health care to millions of Americans. Louis is right. He is a mature adult. I definitely see him as someone even Republican would like to work with. Hillary is a good candidate too. She may have little bit of trouble working with even some democrat (let alone Republican).

Obama is a load of bs. He has zero foreign policy experience and is just going to be another Bush if elected. This is the begining of the end for America. Its economy is bound to collapse very shortly followed by general unemployment and increased poverty.

This is a worthy news story?? Whatever!

I would like to hear Obama say exactly how he plans to achieve all his dreams, I mean, goals - including his "I can change the world in 3 days". His worshippers need to wake up.

Sourpuss Obama... He is no fun....lol

Why do Obama supporters continue to believe his lies? Look at this headline from CTA.ca...

Obama staffer gave warning of NAFTA rhetoric

Barack Obama has ratcheted up his attacks on NAFTA, but a senior member of his campaign team told a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously, CTV News has learned.

Within the last month, a top staff member for Obama's campaign telephoned Michael Wilson, Canada's ambassador to the United States, and warned him that Obama would speak out against NAFTA, according to Canadian sources.

The staff member reassured Wilson that the criticisms would only be campaign rhetoric, and should not be taken at face value.

Hey Christina? D'ya know how to tell when a joke's gone too far?

When Hillary tells it.

Obviously, he sets his own agenda. This is what would be known as having a backbone. It is an essential part of being authentic. That others fail to engage him in their pratfalls is proof of it.

And if I were him, there'd be days I would vehemently wish for the tired jokes and not so subtle baiting to ease up too.

She is passionate??? The word is desperate.. I urge you to pay attention. she has missed judged everyone and everything. those who think he is not ready to lead need to tlk to some state representitives who worked with his campaign on the ground. Never before has a so well organized team seamlessly integrated with local forces to achiev their goals. Her team cant tell up from down and theare always left scrambling to catch up. she says she will be ready on day one.. I say for what.. Hillary is every kids worst english teacher pointing her finger and scolding when the class does not comply. she is out of touch and mean spirited. these are not the leadership skills this republican converted obaman wants. she needs to bow out ,,, her arrogance and greed will never allow that

ah, he should have made fun of the reporter. the washington times is a rag.

Posted by: Nostradamus | Feb 28, 2008 2:49:36 AM

Nostradamus, in case you haven't noticed, it's those guys we put in office who had all this experience your talking about that has gotten us where we are today. It's those guys who are lining their pockets along with the oil companies as Americans struggle to make ends meet. There is an old saying that says.... If you always do what you have always done, You will always get what you have always got! We need change in Washington. This is a different America than it was fifty years ago and they are changing with the times. We cannot be surprised that we find ourselves i this situation when we sat back and allowed it to happen.

I don't understand something, so all of you people in Hillaryland help me out here. I've read a dozen stories about how Obama is remote and reserved with the traveling press, doesn't suck up to the or banter with them, seems to be stiff and humorless around them, etc., etc. So why, then, are the media these journalists represent supposedly fawning over Obama, "giving him a pass," hammering Hillary, and so on? Am I the only one who thinks this is counter-intuitive?

Bottom line: the media bias accusation is crap. Just look at RealClearPolitics on any given day, and see how many stories and columns there are that are strongly critical of Obama.

Fact is, Hillary has run a lousy campaign and Obama has run a good one. Period.

Voters are not making p their minds based on news reports national tv coverage. The proof of this is what has happened Hillary's numbers as soon as she sets foot in a state, as opposed to what happens to his. Opposite directions. This is retail politics, and when the voters focus on these two candidates and get to see them up close, Obama always comes out on top.

Obama is taking on the Billarys plus McCain and more than holding his own thats quiet impresive,If thats not leadership materal I dont know what is.

McCain can have a big mouth now because Obama is still involve in a primary race , In November Obama will eat him alive. In the republican debate outside of taling about Iraq which he is losing that arguement,

McCain is a dummy on all the other subjects , you talk about a guy that IS NOT even Oualify to run a company much less a Country .

Obama holds all the credentials including a fine law degree from Harvard, which had him head of the law Review.

You need someone in that OVAL office that can comprehend and come out in making the wise decision,McCain a nice man and means well, And at times does goes off the deep end with MOOD SWINGS , Which is understood with his age and what he been true in capture in vietnam.Thats not someone you let anywhere near the Oval office.

Now if we talking a Colin Powell or even a Wesley Clarke thats different.

My views come from a UK citizen with no direct US connections. I know what Hillary Clinton stands for, warts and all. Despite a lot of coverage of the contest in the British press and on television, as well as the on-line news i have no idea what Mr Obama stands for except that 'everything should be better'! I think that is something which drives most who seek election but they normally seem to have some policy ideas behind them. Has the US democrat population fallen into some sort of a daze? What does he stand for in real, actionable terms? Please beware of the Emperors new clothes. We in the UK are now reaping the results of Tony Blair's legacy. A great smile and firm hanshake do not policy make.

FIREFIGHTER...
BARACK IS COOL, CALM AND COLlECTED...
WHAT WE NEED FROM SOMEONE RUNNING OUR BELOVED USA !!!!

Let me get this right ... you, the media, have not handed pillows but "goose down" to this moron and his criminal pundits for ths last 7 years. Now that you find that you may have to earn your keep you are angry that Sen Obama has learned well from you, the media, how you should be handled.
Were I President Obama one of my first acts would be to close down the Press-Room at the White House ... after all, it hasn't really been put to any good use for the last 8 years.

Obama has no freaking sese of humor and neither do you supporters of his.

At least Hillary has a sense of HUMOR and a sense of what can actually be accomplished in this country. Can't say the same for Mr. Obama though.

i assure you that his reaction would have been a lot different if the cameras were there

Negative press coverage? What other candidate in the history of presidential elections has lost ELEVEN contests in a row and is still considered a candidate in the running? Correct me if I'm wrong, but Howard Dean lost about 4 contests before the press decided he had lost the election. If anything, the press is being overly optimistic about the organization that was once a presidential campaign. Yes, they point out her campaign's problems and weaknesses, but if Obama had lost 11 contests in a row they probably wouldn't even bother to mention his name. Grow up Hillary, and take responsibility for the fact that your arrogance and sense of entitlement going into the first caucuses is what ruined your campaign, not the "bias towards Obama!"

Face it volks, Obama is a number larger than Hillary and she and Bill have just have got to accept that.

I wouldn't take a pillow from a Washington Times reporter either. I wouldn't even let them on the plane. They're just like Fox, all about the GOP. No matter what Senator Obama's reaction would have been, they would have told a different story.

Denny, you make an excellent point. She loses 11 races in a row and she's complaining about media bias? She should be happy that the media hasn't totally counted her out now.

The Clintons weren't complaining about the press when they were reporting biasly on Bush. They weren't complaining when they were saying HRC is the inevitable candidate...SHE messed up and like anyone who is a sore loser and can't accept they failed, they look for scapegoats...in this case the media. There was high expectations for her being the established candidate and SHE failed. Now she is resorting to playing the victim card. As a woman, playing the victim card is one reason women are treatedly with double standards...so HRC's latest tactic isn't helping her but more importantly isn't helping women at all.

Dear Jonti,

Kinda hard to imagine your surfing managed to turn up an ANC News blog but not Obama's website.

And your bookstores-- I guess they not sell his book.

Time to call Karl, erm, I mean Hillary and let it be known the tactic backfired.

yours kindly,
Informed American Voter

Where are your manners? Didn't your parents teach you to "Treat Others as You Would Want to be Treated"?

You are starting to behave like Republicans.

We are better than that!

Lift Each Other Up -- Not Tear Each Other Down, please.

Amazing. Obama has no humor...Obama's not this...I don't know anything about this guy. Whine Whine whine.

Does anyone in this country read books anymore?

I wanted to know more about the man so I read his books. I've been doing that since I was 14 and curious about Winston Churchill.

No wonder Hillary depends on the uneducated vote. They don't read her ghost-written books.

Jonti, from UK: Go to the Obama website and read his position papers. Read one of his books, for instance Dreams From My Father, to see how far back his thinking and knowledge of politics goes. Obama majored in international relations as an undergraduate, and has traveled widely since then. Obama simply understands that the way to communicate about complex policies is not through speeches before large crowds, yielding television sound bites without subtlety. He understands how to organize large groups of people to create the conditions for change. That's why he has over a million individual contributors and why, when the call went out, 150,000 volunteers showed up in Texas to help his campaign there, a fact that is still below the radar of mainstream media news.

Obama is Obama and what you see is what you get UNLIKE Hillary who has been weepy Hillary, dog fight Hillary, geeky Hillary, angry Hillary and the list goes on..and thats just the last 5 days!

ann. tx. and others. I just finished reading Sen. Obama's book. If you really do want to hear about his plans, please read it. You will be surprised at how insightful and well-thought out his plans are. I don't think America is ready for a reasonable foreign policy though. And people like you prefer to complain than get motivated. (BTW: obama predicted all of these kinds of criticisms in his book in 2006)

Obama is an actor and that is why he can act so calm and collected. This is all about him and his ego! Have you ever noticed how his head tilts back and to the side when his "people" are clapping? You can almost see his head swell right before your eyes. On the VERY DAY of his swearing in as a state representative he was already jockeying for support to get into the Senate, as reported on 20/20. I also read in one of the newspapers that when he got to the Senate he immediately went to Ted Kennedy to gain his support for the next leap he intended to take which was the Presidency. There is nothing here about his wanting to service the people. This is a cold and calculating man trying to put himself in a position of power. He has pulled quite a con, but when people finally figure it out it will be too late.

I just want a report for once to ask BHO why he doesn't like his name? And how can he defend the argument that calling him with his full name, BHO is an insult or races? I don't see HRC hating her name or JCM, MLK, JFK, or BJC, or RFK? If Obama is for real then he should accept his own name and be proud of it. Otherwise, he is one BIG fraud and doesn't deserve to be a nominee or president.

Firefighter: I don't recall Senator Obama complaining about those who have used his full name. His name is part of his heritage, one that I imagine he is extremely proud of (if he wasn't, he probably would have changed his name years ago). Instead, McCain and now, the Republican Party have denounced the use. Why? Because they know why racists cloaked in political garb, such as Bill Cunningham, use his full name. They use his name to stir up fear, to insinuate that he is Muslim, anti-American, and un-patriotic. If you believe that the use in the case of Bill Cunningham was innocent you are, maybe...a fear monger in the likeness of BC, Limbaugh, etc.

"The fun part of the plane" LOL Where he doesn't have to deal with reporters.

Seems he doesn't like them... he has a reputation for avoiding them.

I'll say Hillary Clinton has a sense of humor, have you seen the way she's been running her campaign, I can't stop laughing.

I wonder how Hillary one of have reacted if they had handed her a pillow on tne pane and made sarcastic remarks.. Shame Shame on you Obama. I am glad Obama have enough wisdom to over look those childish game. Hillary is trying to blame Obama for her misfit with the NAFTA deal. If it was not true Obama's campaign would of not sent thos flyers out. Obama will be president. Hillary is trying to bring him dowm. Hillary you immitate Obama with one of his speeches are you imitating him with the donations on line.

I can't support Obama when he can't give any answers. It's great to have HOPE but hope doesn't pay the mortgage or high taxes. Hope doesn't pay the dental or medical bills. It doesn't keep me safe or warm.
Hey I hope I win the lotto every week but I never do.
I want someone who has and will continue to fight for jobs, healthcare, human rights,and a secure country. Someone who takes the heat and is still standing.
I don't care about the warm fuzzy feeling. I want reality.
That is why I am voting for Hillary Clinton

When Obama hesitated to use the word reject it was clear to me because there was no offer made by the Muslem leader to him.Clinton should be able to understand that as a lawyer.The word denounce as used by Obama was appropriate.

Hey cmarie83,

You need to keep up! That story about a senior member of Obama's campaign team telling a Canadian official not to take his criticisms seriously was thorougly DEBUNKED almost immediately, by the Canadian Embassy itself

"reject" is a stronger word than "denounce", and as two lawyers, both BO and HRC know the word meanings. BO was gracious to concede the point to HRC on her point and he then said he rejected and denounced Farrakhan who had endorsed him.

Man who puts face in feather pillow, feels down in the mouth.

If he's really so affable as his supporters claim, then you think he would've laughed at it. He has no sense of humor about his middle name, either, and he's gonna need it to face John McCain. The Obamas are going to have a really hard time when the gloves come off. This argument where they insist people should not be allowed to make fun of them is not going to work.

Remember my friends, it is just as important that we install as many Democratic senators (preferably 60 and NO we can not count Liebermann!) in order for either BHO or HRC to have the positive impact we elect them to implement. One more thing, don't be naive enough to think the Repuglic Party hasn't already thought of anything / everything our candidates might bring up in our debates....

to firefighter: when did it become a character flaw to aspire and work hard to become the best you can bed? He worked hard in the position that he was in while at the same time making the proper moves to keep moving up the ladder. We all need to strive for excellence and avoid the trap of mediocrity.

to plh: It is great to have opinions but it can be damaging when those opinions are based on lies and misinformation. I encourage you to fully educate yourself on the actual contributions of both candidates to the people they have served while in their respective positions, as well as their stated plans for the future of our country. Proper research will reveal some great answers.