LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE NOT GET THE MEMO YET..SHAME ON YOU

Simple. When cornered, Senator Barack Obama will LIE. Sadly, Barack, just like a "typical Washington politician". He even LOOKED nervous like he was lying when he said it. He also tried to claim that he "disowned" his former Pastor - until George Stephanopolus called him immediately on it. Barack is learning the hard way that you cant run a campaign on speeches and constantly yelling "Change" and "Hope"! Hillary looked and sounded "Presidential" Barack looked scared and lost.

this is not a small issue, but merely yet another example of how Obama continues to LIE and betray the American public, and his supporters absoulutely refuse to believe it. That is what will drive this country to ruins.....a group of hypnotized voters voting for a dangerous liar like Obama into the white house. God help us, what is wrong with you people?

Clinton: Affirmative action on ALL disadvantaged children - black, white and all in between. -The REAL uniter!

"It's time for female rule" - The Dalai Lama

ABC did a great job. If Obama can't handle this, he can't handle being president. What a mess he was!!!

So what...Hillary did not wear her flag pin tonight and McCain did not wear his flag pin on college hardball with Chris Matthews Tuesday night. Why don't you write about this? If you check the internet for a picture of that night you will see it. I am too through with ABC. This was a set up.

This is the first time in a debate (other than being questioned on Louis F) that Bo hasnt been coddled by the hosts
Up until this debate he was treated with kid gloves and was allowed to feed off Hillarys answers
Unless I missed something he was the one who started attacking her when asked about his latest boneheaded comments
So he didnt jump on the Bosnia thing -He certainly had no problem in his comedy shtick comparing her to Annie Oakley now did he
He was put on the spot tonite and couldnt take it
Easy answer as to why he has refused the North Carolina debate
He doesnt do well with out a teleprompter
If he never has to ever answer another question he will do just fine

Another attempted "hit job" by ABC and politico on Obama! The best part is people aren't as stupid as you think they are.

I just have one thing to say-

YES, YES, YES !!

Excellent performance by both candidates in the debate tonight, despite the expected antagonistic questioning towards Senator Obama. At least no one can ever complain anymore about moderators being too tough on Clinton. All part of the great vetting of Obama that will help him in the national election tis fall. If he can stand up to the brutal Clinton attack machine, it will be easy to stand up to McCain, who is clumsier and a far weaker opponent than HIllary. We owe her a debt of gratitude for making Obama a stronger and more formidable candidate for the NE this fall.

Obama, 08

Did anyone besides me notice that when the moderators asked Omaba about his remarks in San Francisco they conveniently left out his inclusion of racism and illegal immigration? They only mentioned religion and guns?! Will anyone ever ask either of these democrat candidates about their positions on illegal immigration during a debate???

I guess Obama is having a Bosnia moment.

He 'forgot' that he was for a total ban on handguns.

Lol.

Lets face it folks. This whole thing has gotten ridiculous.

Its totally overplayed. They have nothing left to do but mock each other. The media has nothing left to do but find dirt on them both.

In 2012, they should move to a 50 state primary on the same day. This process has dragged out WAY too long.

Just have the primaries on the same day for christs sakes .

Obama supporters are wailing that ABC News dared to ask the Precious difficult questions instead of offering him a pillow.

Maybe he will soon be giving a speech on handwriting...

The press has all the right in the world to question Obama about the questionnair, BitterGate and now that Obama worked for terrorist William Ayers. He said he was 8 when Ayers bombed New York. Nice try Obama. You were 30something when you worked for him at the Woods Project. You as an adult made the decision to work for a terrorist. This is a legitimate issue, the judgment and associations of the possible nominee. Its goes straight to the reason why democrats have lost the last two elections. It is fair to argue Obama’s condescension to the small town folk because it goes directly to issues like religion, xenophobia, gun ownership and culture. And his associations with Farrahkan, Wright, Ayers and Refko should be fully vetted.

Please excuse Obama for his millionth mistake. By the way, he is the anointed one so he actually has automatic forgiveness -- asking to be excused just as a courtesy (not heart felt). Chris Mathews and Keith Blabbermann both say he is the one and only!
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Obama, embittering voters one at a time!
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I was surprised how poorly Barack did in the ABC debate. His poorest responses were the "bitter" remarks he made about us. He also changed the subject every time his relationships to the terrorist and the racist hater came up. I only wish we had known these things about him sooner.
PA Small Towner.

I really don't care about a gun questionnaire he sign or didn't sign. My healthcare insurance is sky high, gasoline prices is through the roof , those are the issues I care about.

In a time when maybe this is last debate. A very important evening. ABC has commercials . In fact as it began they broke away after 1 minute. The first 45 minutes had no issues but attacks by Clinton and ABC on Obama. I think I have watched all debates this year both Republican & Democrat and Im positive now that ABC did the worse job. Charlie Gibson arguing his point of view as if he was running in primary. Shame on ABC , pitiful dispaly on yall's behalf.

It seem like Obama with the hand-writing issue is like Obama with the other controversial issues that have dogged his campaign - first deny it ever happened, then when the evidence is overwhelmingly there - well "yes" it did happen but it's not the way it looks.

Interesting how the Obama supporters don't seem to be on "message" when Senator Obama is asked some tough questions. They resort to name-calling and personal insults as if that is going to convince anyone other than themselves that they are right. ( A suggestion - maybe a course on how to "win friends and influence enemies" might be helpful.)

I think what is rather amusing is that the liberal media, including ABC, are beating up on the Democratic nominee, Senator Obama, at a time when they normally would be building and lifting their candidate in written and televised media for the upcoming national election against the evil republicans. After this media generated blood letting nomination process is over, the liberal media will suddenly do an about face, change their tune, say and write wonderful things about him, and proceed to trash the McCains every which way they can! It's so predictable. The same folks who are saying he sucks, will kiss up. What does this say about our party and the liberal media! LOL!

How is this LIE any different from the Bosnia lie by Hillary.

The media made a huge deal about Bosnia, but I am sure that Obama will get a free pass on this.

A lie is a lie, and it doesn't matter who says it. It should be treated equally.

Clinton didn't get asked soft questions and Obama didn't get asked hard questions. Clinton just way out performed Obama and answered many of the questions flawlessly whereas Obama managed to stumble and give Americans a glimpse of how unprepared he is to run our nation.

Clearly, Obama wouldn't do well on a witness stand, and he's a lawyer? How the heck did he ever pass the bar exam?

As an Obama supporter I am glad they did this. Even though they looked completly unproffesional they vetted Barack Obama. The fact that Clinton supporters actually think that his dirt is worse than what they got on Hillary is blind. Even on the terrorist allegation her husband commuted their sentence!

This was over weeks ago.

She can not win.

It's that simple.

Get used to it kiddos!

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

Cathy no one is suggesting that Obama should not have been asked tough questions. I think he did pretty good with asked questions on policies. Do you have on your flag pinned on right now? No you don't, you HATE this country. You better go put on your flag pin to prove your love for it. Does that make sense to you? Love for the country is now define by wearing a flag pin, if there was a jail sentence with this 90% the country would be locked up. This was a stupid question. Also why is Obama to blame for something Ayers did 40 years ago? Are you to blame for everybody that you associate with that has ever commited a crime? There is a such thing as rehabitation and obviously this man is now teaching at a University so they must have forgiven him. All of America has already heard about Rev. Wright, I guess some people are not going to stop until you make Obama him. The fair question was the one on his bitter remarks. That question he should have had to explain himself and his position.

This is fair enough .
No pillow, no pamper.
Grow up and learn how to stand up yourself.

Obama did a magnificent job this evening further proving to the superdelegates that he is unelectable.

Clinton will be the nominee. Obama supporters -- better get used to the idea. He couldn't close the deal tonight...sorry folks!

Clinton '08! -- Yes, she will!!!

why he tried to mislead people with saying his relation ship with Ayer when he was only 8 years old?

Barack Obama is full of Empty Rhetoric.

Howard Dean my candidate in 2004 won all the internet pols at the time as well. Hillary is the winner of the debate tonight.

Obama proved to be untrustworthy, unless you have fully drank the potion of failure the Obama camp is passing out.

Funny that the Obama people can jam up the debate blog. There are only 10 posts on "Obama's Memory Lapse" under Investigative. Under the circumstances would it have been out of line to ask him if the Iraqi billionaire Auchi and his partner Syrian Tony Rezko had anything to do with Obama's original stance on the war? I mean since he's made his opposition of it such a huge issue against everybody else?

Obamaknew,

I agree with you.
I saw Obama seemed angry from his eyes and his mouth.
He lied again about his rev. He said he did not hear that but the the other time he said he did hear that.
Which one is the truth?

ABC was the first in the MSM to open up Pandora's Box by finally asking some tough questions of Senator Obama. And what we got with Obama was some insight to how he is not fit to be leader of the free world.

"Pandora had been given a jar and instructed by Zeus to keep it closed, but she had also been given the gift of curiosity, and ultimately opened it. When she opened it, all of the evils of mankind escaped from the jar, although Pandora was quick enough to close it again and keep one value inside, Hope."

THANK YOU ABC NEWS FOR HAVING THE GUTS TO REPORT THE REAL NEWS.

THANK YOU.

Whoever said this debate is disgusting, bad etc should think all these issues tonight will come out in GE.
You have to face it.

Good job folks blaming Hillary and ABC for Obama's poor performance.

So, is the media going to call Obama a liar over and over and over again for the next few weeks, or did he just "misspeak"?

H. Asian Aslani-Far -- Obama can't close the deal because he's unelectable!

And now he is proven to be just as much as a liar as Hillary. So, that argument is a wash.

I hope you like crow.

Obama has been defeated by Hillary Clinton on every debate. He does not know what to say unless he has a pre-written script or rehearsed speech. He should not be the Democrat nominee.

I am laughing because the Democrats dismissed their best candidates long ago. To me, neither the Clinton people or the Obama people are all right. Clinton know her stuff and that appeals to me, but Ronald Reagan did not know crap and he got Democrats and working people to vote for him against their own interest. He and both Bushes have weakened our great country .Reagan started us on this path but he did not know jack crap but he won because of something intangible.

Um, last I checked, the Electoral College is how the president is decided. And the candidates for the presidency are decided in the republican and democratic primaries. And the superdelegates play an important role in deciding who the democratic nominee will be. The goal is to win the White House (decided by the EC) and when the superdelegates assess who can best do that, it will be Hillary Clinton.

It's really not rocket science. If your position is that the democractic primary has nothing to do with the presidential election, then Obama deserves smart people like you.

ABC ROCKS!!!! At last the truth will be known to all. How anyone can support
BHO is beyond belief. Its about time BO has been exposed to the liar he is! He preformed horribly tonight. Spin this CNN. MSNBC!!!! I bet alot of obamasuckers are really feeling sad!!! Clinton won debate hands on!! She will make this country a much better place.
The Liar has been sxposed!

"anyone interested in the fact that bho has dual citizenship with Kenya!!!!Talk about conflict of interest. No wonder he never says he is an american"

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I am.

The pathetic quality of most of the comments on this page proves the
pathetic quality of the so called questions put to the candidates.

How can we preserve a democracy with this level of dialogue?

If this questionnaire is authentic why would one include his resume and personnal information; i bet elitist do.
i think the Questions posed were legitimate, associating oboma with someone who commited acts of terrorrism when he was 8 years is damn.

Sounds like Obama wants it both ways for whom ever would endorse him. BY the way, does anyone remember that Obama's legislative materials from Illinois weren't kept because Obama didn't have "the resources to archive them". Yeah, maybe there are other memos that would be revealed!

I too would think Obama would do better as a lawyer; however, you do not need to be ready to be great trial lawyer to pass the bar. Trial are the lawyers that are best on their feet and even they like to be super prepared. I know lawyers who suck in court but are good at what they do because they rarely have to do court agruments. So the affirmative action argument is sickening. It presumes all white men are inherently qualified and other minorites are not. Yea right ! The same BS has been around for more than 30 years.

Well of course he was lying...

Obama does not even remember 2004 or 2005. He conveniantly forgot all the details of his home purchase with Rezco...He forgot he and his wife attended a gathering with Rezco and the shady Iraqi corruption king...another associate that Obama will pretend he disowned after he finally admits he knew him....THE REZCO CASE IS PROCEEDING AND THE TESTIMONY IS STARTING TO POINT TO OBAMA AS WELL AS HIS POLITICAL FIXER AND BENEFACTOR...

OF course he's lying about Wright...first he didn't hear him...then he wasn't sure which comments...then he distanced himself when he announced his presidential run....then he put Wright on his campaign...he referred to Wright as his "spiritual mentor" until the you tubes came out now he's saying that is just a "former minister"

His relationship with Rezco is a similar story. And the media is not supposed to ask questions?

Obama is not the politics of hope...Obama is the politics of Axelrod....A barrage of attacks from a campaign that runs negative ads then plays the victim when Clinton runs negative ads.

The hypocrisy of a candidate that pretends he is not attacking is not attractive to anyone that cares to look at it rationally.

Let MI and FL vote and the election can be settled. Attorneys got Bush the White House in 2000....and they may get Obama the nomination but they will not get him the presidency in 2008.

Clinton or McCain...2008

"So the affirmative action argument is sickening. It presumes all white men are inherently qualified and other minorites are not. Yea right ! The same BS has been around for more than 30 years."

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Affirmative action just tells people that they are just not "good enough"

Or else it would not be in effect.

Drop your guilt. You've done nothing wrong.

For all you people, Obama or Clinton supporters, that will not support the other candidate if they were to win, or even vote for McCain, ask yourself this:

The next pres. will get 2 - 3 Supreme Court appointments and numerous federal court appoinments. Do you want more Federalist Fascists on the court ?

How many of you would support McCain if we had a draft and you or your family memembers were of draft age ? If you are not ready to back McCain up with your own service, then how can you in good conscience vote for him ?

By the way, I know people that have made comments critical of the US, but most have served, some killed for this country in the services, and most believe in the draft, but I guess they are unpatriotic too. Hello all you summer soldiers.

Really, what difference does it make WHAT he or anybody wrote on a questionnaire TWELVE YEARS AGO? What's important is what someone believes TODAY! I have views today that were different 12 years ago, so what, does no one else?

This nitpicking "gotcha" type of time-wasting is nauseating....... and definitely destroys any respect I would have for Gibson as a supposed "journalist"....

I support the war. I support our Men and Women who are serving our country against the Islamic terrorists who would wipe out the western way of life and our values.

I support Israel's right to exist, I support women having the right to vote and drive a car, not having to cover their faces.I support free speech.

Observer:

Affirmative action just tells people that they are just not "good enough"
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I used to believe that until I learned ore about history. Now I know you take advantage of anything that gets your foot in the door and do not apologize if you can take advantage of an opportunity. Merit is the crap they tell minorities they need while the people that tell them that have their own exceptions and do not consider that non-meritorious. If you think getting ahead in a social situation or society is just about hard work, we are fooling ourselves.

Obama did just fine tonight. He was poised, mature, intelligent and Presidential.

The Gun issue on the questionnaire is one big nothing. He made a few notes on the first page which for all we know was done before the rest of the document was filled out- and when was it completed- 1996 or something. What a joke.

Boy I guess I did not realize how many folks are afraid of Obama becoming President. He's going to win and be the best President since FDR if not Clinton.

Observer:

What is your definiton of patriotism ?

If you want to sling dirt, it seems to me Hillary's brothers got paid to use their access and influence to get people pardoned. Clinton pardonned heinous criminals and terroist himself. Proabalby some Ayers friends.

To keep up our current military operations, we need a war tax, bonds, and the draft. Then we can handle Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan, or try harder !

Oops. I meant to say Obama is going to win and become the best President since FDR if not Lincoln.

Just one more lie by Obama. That makes 57 I have counted so far in this primary

I just read the questionnaire again and Obama's handwriting on a page before the real "question" part of the questionnaire doen't mean much to me. Especially since we don't know when he wrote the notes.

I also believe Obama's position on this and many other issues is nuanced and not amenable to the usual 15 second political sound bite type of posturing.

I believe Obama when he says he has never favored an all out ban on handguns and his answer on the 1996 questionnaire is completely consistent with this claim.

Again I'm amazed at how much some folks don't want Obama elected.

These people are really afraid he will win if he is the nominee. And they should be because he will definitely beat McCain.

Lani,GA

Gee I wonder why some people feel ill-will and down trodden about Obama.

Gee...could it be because of the way Obama and his supporters have acted. That is; if it was Hillary or McCain that said those comments in San Francisco that Obama and his supporters would be all over it...seriously you and the rest would not have let it go.

Or could it be because the longer this goes on the more we see the real Obama.

What's the matter he can't handle it, oh poor baby. Why don't you bring him some chicken soup and a blankey.

Hillary wasn't the first one to come out with the negative campaign tactics. That started after NH when Obama didn't get the primary, and when push comes to shove, well you know how that goes. Obama is suppose to be a uniter, ha...that's a laugh. Especially when he comes out with stupid comments like he did.

Or associates himself with shady charactors like Rezko, Rev. Wright. An then throws grandma under a bus.

But I guess when the shoe is on the other foot it is different.

You can pick your friends and your spiritual advisor, but you can't pick your family.

The answer to the gun questionaire is typed it is not in his hand writing.

52 minutes on Tabloid gossip in a presidential debate ran by a former clinton staffer was disgraceful.

Last night was the clincher- CLINTON 2008!

Obama needs to quit wasting our time.

He Forgot?

If Clinton had denied writing on the gun questionnaire, the press would have said she lied.

The media is a joke and that is the only reason Obama is ahead.

Oh, he remembered. He just didn't figure anyone would call him out as the liar he is on national television. Too bad no one did, or had a copy to show him. I am sure that someone in the campaign just has handwriting similar to his ....

So, if we disqualify anyone who 'lied' about anything, especially if it was something 12 years ago, who are we going to elect as President? I guess this race has come dowen to who can tell the biggest whopper or who has lied the most. God help us.

Forgot? Isn't this an outright lie? Why isn't this on the front page? If Hillary had done it, you guys would be slamming it for days.

Of course it's a lie, like all the others he has told and has been protected by the media, the DNC, and his campaign zealots. It's almost like how JFK was protected during his presidency (Marilyn Monroe, health/medical issues, etc.)

You wonder with all of his different answers on NAFTA (exposed before OH primary), Wright (he didn't hear the remarks, then he did), Iraq Policy (Susan Powers saying he's stumping on one thing but will do something else in office), Rezcko (I don't know him very well - I did 5 hrs of work for him to yes, I took $250K from him for my campaign), Ayers (friendly, but now he's a guy in my neighborhood), Iraqi billionaire party (I don't recall being there, says Obama - but in court, a defendent says he WAS there)...

What exactly will he do if he becomes President? The opposite of what he has been saying? Luckily, we will never find out.

Thanks, George and Charlie for asking the questions early in the debate. It's okay in the Obama camp for Clinton to take all the tough questions but when Obama's turn came to reconcile many inconsistencies, he wilted. We keep hearing how he wants to stay above "all that" but he started his speech in my city with a knock about Clinton. The very fact that Clinton has the support she does in most large states should be of concern to people (media included) that Clinton is a viable candidate and should not exit. By now, most voters would have jumped ship (like some frightened super delagates), but people who are voting for President and not American Idol are voting for Clinton

Obama doesn't forget he lies!

Just like all those sermons he "forgets" Rev Wright giving.

Give me a break! If Democrats are dumb enough to nominate this man, they deserve to lose the white house.

Slowly and surely, all these little Obama lies will surface..and the people will learn who he really is. Thank YOU ABC for vetting Obama more than anyone has ever done before. Americans need to know how he handles up under pressure. Bravo TEAM ABC !! Well done Charlie and George.

Every time I want to give this guy the benefit of doubt he is taking an opposite position from what he previously did... Obama will say anything to anybody and expect you to believe it regardless of what the facts say... even more diturbing... there is many people that still believe him... this country is in real trouble but not from the economy or terrorist ... but the educated morons who are hell bent on bringing it down

EXCELLENT JOB ABC! Charlie and George showed the other networks how professional journalists should act and how an impartial presidential debate should be conducted!

I hope the sexist jerks at the other networks watched last night and took a few pointers. Both anchors hit each candidate hard on the issues, pressed when either didn't answer the question or tried to evade, but did so with RESPECT. Very good job. Really, ABC management, I was VERY impressed.

Thank you! Your actions show you care about American voters and respect their ability to see through the lies on either side and make a better, more educated decision. You really, really conducted the debate right! The BEST so far this election season.

It is interesting that the Obama camp does not feel that they need to address these issues that are obviously still on Americans minds...Rev Wright, the guns, the flag pin, the gun bans, Rezko...many Americans are still unsure about Obama. These things will haunt him in the general election. David Axelrod cannot spin this. The GOP is going to attack the front runner, but no one is questioning Sen. Clinton's patriotism. Obama's patriotism however IS questionable. If Obama is going to run for President, the American public has every right to know his stance on all the issues addressed above.

Excellent Debate! It is the responsibility of reporter to find the facts for the American people about all the candidates, so that Americans can discuss and then make an educated vote. One does not vote on face value and sweet talk. For many, many years the media has given the American people the good, bad and the ugly about the Clinton, what make the Obama's thing they are any better! There still are question that need answers from Obama and his associations. Association too: Rezko, Auchi, Alsamarrae, Daniel Mahru, Daniel t. Frawley, Blagojevich, Seaus Ahern, regarding the Companion Security in Iraq and Obamas connection to the escape of accused Alsamarrae from Baghdad!

Yea- I second this ---
It is interesting that the Obama camp does not feel that they need to address these issues that are obviously still on Americans minds...Rev Wright, the guns, the flag pin, the gun bans, Rezko...many Americans are still unsure about Obama. These things will haunt him in the general election. David Axelrod cannot spin this. The GOP is going to attack the front runner, but no one is questioning Sen. Clinton's patriotism. Obama's patriotism however IS questionable. If Obama is going to run for President, the American public has every right to know his stance on all the issues addressed above.

GEORGE SURELY WILL NOT BE CALLED JUDAS!! WHY DID HE NOT GO AFTER HILL WHEN BARACK BROUGHT UP THE 2 PARDONS FROM BILL ABOUT THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND WILLIAM AYRES ?THEY AND HILL HAD NO PROBLEM TRYING TO ASSICIATE BARACK WITH HIM. CLINTONS ASSOCIATION WITH THE UNDEGROUND PARDON 2 BOMBERS!!

DONT WORRY GEORGE YOU WERE STILL LOYAL TO HILLARY. YOU BREEZED THROUGH UNSCATHED.
GEORGE WITH YOUR INSIDE INFORMATION YOU COULD HAVE AN EXCLUSIVE. YOU BLEW THAT.
HILLARY DEMANDS LOYALITY WELL YOU GAVE IT TO HER.
THE WORKING CLASS SHOULD HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU.
WERE YOU THERE AT CAMP DAVID SEMINAR IN 1995? DID YOU EVER HEAR HER MAKE THESE STATEMENTS? THERE OR AT ANYTIME WHILE YOU WERE DOING YOUR JOB FOR THEM?
Sally Bedell Smith's book "For Love of Politics: Bill and Hillary Clinton: The White House Years" -- that Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-NY, during a 1995 retreat called the "Camp David Seminar on the Future of Democracy had some interesting comments about working-class white Southerners who had left the Democratic party:

"'Screw 'em,' she said, 'you don't owe them a thing, Bill, they're doing nothing for you.' Bill rose to their defense, 'as if rehearsing an old but honorable debate he had been having with his wife for decades,'" as one attendee recalled.
WORKING CLASS WILL REJECT YOU!!!HILL
I SAY SCREW YOU.

Good job ABC.. America needs to see the real Obama .. his association with the weather underground,
Obama should not be allowed to live in this country much less run for president..

This country needs Hillary Clinton as president NOW MORE THAN EVER. Last night's debate showed Obama for the incompetent, lying boob he is. He is SO lacking in judgment and character. Hillary on the other hand 'OUTSHINED' Obama 100 to 1. Hillary has a brilliant command of the hard issues facing this country and has thoughtfully and thoroughly laid out a plan of action to correct the problems. This is something Obama has NOT done. I'm SO impressed and honored that Hillary Clinton will be the first woman president of the United States. She is an awesome role model for millions of women in this country and worldwide. Again, ABC - very very good job conducting an impartial debate. George and Charlie were EXCELLENT!

Obama may do well enough to get the Dem nomination but in the general election he will be toast. Way too many issues against him....Wright, Ayers, San Francisco remarks....his anti-gun postion alone makes him dead in the water. That is a major issue for a lot of Repubs and conservatives and they will turn out in droves just for that one issue. It handed over the House and Senate to the Repubs in the Clinton first term after he signed the assault weapons ban. He is not electable in the general election.

It seems that Obama isn’t so great with “hardball” questions. The Obama team is squealing this morning! Ouch that has to hurt. How are the Democrats going to get past Rev. Wright running 24/7? How are the Democrats going to get past “clinging to guns and religion”? How are the Democrats going to get by babbling inexperience? Well, how will we? If Obama is the nominee, we won’t.

Obama wasn’t laughing last night! He just can’t figure out why people won’t just let go and skip over all of those details, so that he can get on to changing the world. Irritation, frustration, even condescending whining of “let’s move on past my personal weakness” characterized his performance last night. How will that play in a general election when people really vote and they can’t caucus and coerce voters? This is the system he would have to run in and all of the rhetoric of “let’s not be negative” will be useless wailing as he is eaten bit by bit by the Republican machine.

John McCain won’t play nice he won’t be constrained by legions of Republicans screaming for fairness. His base will turn up the heat and boil Obama. He was abysmal last night and that was nothing compared to what is coming up. Hopefully, the undecided will finally see what is needed, a candidate that can win against McCain. No matter what Hillary has done, she does not have to defend Rev. Wright.

If Obama is the nominee, hunker down for a least 4 more painful McCain Republican years. I doubt that we make it past those 4 because we will no long be on the planet. This is one of those McGovern moments. Obama sounds good to those who are mad and want a different system so they desperately cling to the idea that he will save them by changing a system that he does not and can not control and is not experienced enough to navigate. The world he lives in is imaginary, theoretical and ideological. However, it’s not reality. He doesn’t do well with reality.

Obama can’t close the deal for a good reason, real doubt about his ability to play in the real world. Last night was a preview of how he would do. The truth is he can’t play and win with the big kids, even with the puppeteers pulling all the strings. It takes more than a Messiah to fix this mess. We need a leader who knows and understands the issues and knows how to work in the real system, the one we have right now.

If Obama is the nominee, those clinging to him, will be bitter when McCain wins. So will I. Vote Hillary!

The only viewers annoyed with the debate were Obama fans. He melted with really very simple questions asking him to explain some very simple relationships he has. Obama was not 8 years old when he went, hat in hand, to Ayers and Dohrns house to ask for their support for his run for the Illinois Senate. Everybody who is knowledgeable about politics in Chicago knows who Ayers and Dohrn are. For all the complaining here about how rough ABC was with Obama, they were just asking him about his own words, and his own associations. The most difficult of his associations was not even brought up, REZKO, and his meeting/not meeting (that he can recall) of Auchi. The debate showed just how weak of a candidate Obama will be in the general election.

LA in Indiana: So what Ayers did 40 years ago when Obama was 8 years old shouldn't matter? The fact that Ayers said on 9/11 "I didn't bomb enough, I wish I did more" and Obama continued to associate with him and serve on the board of the Woods Fund with him shouldn't matter? Some Americans feel that sitting US Senators should have good judgement when it comes to choosing friends, pastors and business associates. Obama feels it is perfectly okay for a sitting US Senator to attend a church th