Perfect example of his arrogance and superior attitude. Mr. Obama , you peaked too soon. People are waking us and realizing you're just not ready. Hopefully Hillary will ask you to be her VP, so you will have a great future after learning the ropes.

Hey Barack, Jay Rockefeller, Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee voted FOR the resolution authorizing use of force in Iraq.

By the same token, I don't know where all that hope got Obama. He hopes he wins I guess, but he has a surprise coming. These youngsters always start with the chicken dancin' as soon as they feel they may win. We'll see where all this chicken dancin' gets Mr. Obama.

I find his points persuasive:
1) Clinton had the National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, but did not read it
(2) She did not read it and made the wrong decision for America that has already wasted $500,000,000,000, almost 4,000 American military lives, made refugees of 2,000,000 Iraqis and caused us to not to deal with the terrorists who attacked us on 9/11.
(3) Neither she nor her surrogates can point to ANY Clinton experience that demonstrates any other foreign policy decision she made.
What am I missing?

How come everyone is saying that Sen Clinton should get out now in order not to divide the party but no one says that about Huckabee who has no chance of catching up to McCain, it seems like there is a double standard for women. The general election is not until November, a lot can happen between now and then. Women are getting tired of people teling them that a women who is smart and experience should bow down to make a man happy who's less qualified. In this country men get paid more than women for the same job, it is an insult to women to tell Sen Clinton to back down before June. If Sen Obama can't handle the heat than maybe he should get out the kitchen.

Senator Obama has never told Hillary to get out of the race or the kitchen.
If she wants to fight until June then that is her choice.
A protracted fight will injure the party and cause even more hard feelings than currently exist. She seems good with that option.

zoe - you are missing a lot because you are allowing campaign rhetoric to influence you on that issue. The vote was to authorize force in support of the UN Inspectors if and only if WMDs were found. The WH lied and said they would not use the authority for a pre-emptive war. It is inappropriate for the Obama camp to mislead voters into thinking he authorized war because that is not what was voted on. He stated in 2003-2004 timeframe that he did not have the information to review (because he was not cleared for it) and did not know how he would have voted has he been given the responsibility to do so. She has stated she would take that vote back after the truth came out about how the WH lied. This is the same as Edwards and many others who voted to authorize military support for the UN Inspectors and to support the WH if and only if WMD's were found. Obama's own endorsers were among the many who voted the same way Clinton did. I still trust her judgement more than his because he has not convinced me he can do anything more than give speeches. Senator Clinton gives great speeches in my opinion too... the difference is, she has proven to me what she can and has done. He needs more time to develop the experience and good judgement "under fire".

Chip - Obama's camp Axelrod specifically stated in an interview this morning that Clinton should step out of the race. So you are not right about that. He is accountable for the words and actions of those who work for him. He is wrong to dismiss the "will of the voters" of the remaining states as irrelevant.

Oh give me a break Obama!! Since joining Foreign Relations, Obama has missed three meetings on a "new strategy" in Afghanistan, a country he has never visited.

Obama was absent from a January 31 meeting this year, and also was not present for a hearing on Sept. 21, 2006. He did attend a March 8, 2007 hearing on a new Afghanistan strategy.

On Feb. 15, 2007, Obama also missed a committee hearing on U.S. ambassadors to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now all of a sudden he knows exactly what to do or not do about all the issue in Iraq and Afghanistan. Right!!!!

DC Voter - I know that's what Sen Clinton has said, and I think she really believes that about the vote not being a vote for war.

It raises more questions about her judgment. I lived through that; so did you. On the news, in the office cubicles, everywhere people were talking about this vote at that time, it was recognized as a vote for war.

To now claim some nuanced difference of opinion on the vote is either disingenuous or reflective of an inability to see what is happening around her.

Looks like Obama is going negative and very dismissive of an opponent. Can tell from his body language.

I think this is a good line of contrast for Obama. Bottom line is neither has significant foreign policy experience, but if it does go past Tuesday, Obama can start pointing to Clinton gaffes regarding foreign and security policy.

There's been more than a couple. Her comments about Taiwan and use of nuclear weapons illustrate an ignorance of U.S. policy. If she's adamant about keeping this race going, Obama might as well beat her on national security as a means of mitigating that potential deficit against McCain.

I think Obama is talking like the race is over because he does not want everyone to see how he is not a uniter. The core party voters still support Clinton while his supporters are the rich left wing side of the party plus the new voters and disgruntled Reps and Indies. Let's see... if we do the math based on voter turnouts (I have done the math using numbers published at GMU) it appears the country is still split between the Dem and Rep parties meaning the Indies are split and the Dem party is split between Obama and Clinton. Hmm... he has failed to be a uniter just as Bush failed. It takes more than just great speeches to unite people. I give him credit for admitting that he does not know how he would have voted "under fire" but I do not give him credit for misleading people into thinking he will know because he has failed to do the job he was elected to do and has not voted differently than Clinton on any war related issue since becoming a Senator. Michelle Wie was a phenom golfer but when she had to perform "under fire" she wimped out. She needed more time to develop good judgement "under fire" and so does Obama. Who do you trust to keep you safe... your mother who has been keeping you safe or your brother who steps up arrogantly and says he can do it better?

What Obama is missing to let everyone know is that there were a lots of senators that did not read the NIE report. He has to stop acting as if Hillary is the only one.

There were 3 copies of this report and the fact of the matter is if the administration tell you something, briefing after briefing you are getting reports do you then take the view that the administration is lying, especially after the 9/11 events.

I don't think anyone at the time wanted to say the administration was lying and did not have the best interest of the USA.

Is that the claim that Obama is making that the administration was lying? Those who complied the NIE report was lying, the Republican were lying. This man is not only dividing the Democrat party he is he is also destroying the image of the office of the President and administration just for the sake of his own personal power, it is truly a shame.

Its funny how Obama is held to an entirely different standard than all the other candidates....are you holding hillary's feet to the fire for missing anything (how about voting) while she campaigns for president, or is it just Obama that isn't supposed to miss anything?
Oh, and how about those tax returns? The only response hillary gives to that is, 'let's talk about Rezko'....yeah, that's equivalent.
There is nothing there when it comes to Rezko, but I'm sure there will be something created. It has to be.

People are not 'waking up' to Obama, it just so happens that most of the people that don't want him in office still have yet to vote. No one cares that he won 11 states and the majority of the people in those states are saying 'it's time to turn the page'....the ones who still have yet to vote are going to make sure he does not win this election.

Ohio and Texas want bill and hillary back in the white house...so let the drama begin.

Obama claims not to have discussed the weaknesses of the other candidates. This is nonsense. He has criticized Clinton from the time he entered the race -- in fact, he has criticized her entire generation and said he wants to turn the page on it. (He doesn't say what he wants to reject of the Boomers: civil rights, women's rights, gay rights, environmentalism.) He has criticized her approach to health care and to Iraq. His campaign and his wife have suggested strongly that they will not support a Clinton nominee,while Clinton has repeatedly and unequivocally said she will support Obama. It is his right to criticize her, but claiming he has not done is part of his holier-than-thou stance that no one really takes a hard look at.

oh, and by the way SJ way to distort and accuse Obama of being divisive. I can tell you have been watching hillary very closely.

Hillary, the 1st to lose all the way to the nomination. She needs Obama in the end. He will not need her to get elected in the fall.

If Hilary has so much experience in dealing with issues in Washington. Why is our country in the crisis it's in? Why has her campaign made so many bad decision and squandered many of her donors hard earn dollars. why want Hilary release her tax returns? Let's remember the Bill and Hilary Clinton Experience when they were in the white house. During the Clinton Presidency years I remember experiencing their numerous scandals, Lies, deception, that brought shame to this Great Nation. Do we want to experience this again? Just Think About It.

Obama did not read the NIE report he had no authority to, he was not part of the daily briefing either so he is in a position to say anything and since he was not part of the senate no one can prove otherwise.

Most of his endorser did not read the NIE report and there is information to show that they did not, they also voted to go to war so exactly what is Obama's point.

Would he question the judgment of his endorsers also or is he going to ignore that fact too?