Chris Mathews is Obama's highest profile surrogate. I'm sure he doesn't remember when he was a journalist.

There is film of McCain stating that he did not care if it took 100 years to win in Irag. He will now have to answer for that glib statement just as Obama has to answer for his Pastor. That's life in poilitcs but I do find it refreshing that Obama is up front about his choices and his having to deal with the repercussions regarding his poor choices...unlike Clinton or McCain.
As far as Chris Matthews goes? I just figure that he is a small person fighting against the FOX news network that has done nothing on a democratic manner regarding the United States. When they are responsible for asking people to try to throw an election, as they have allowed Rush the dill weed to do, then perhaps Obama having someone in his corner is allowed...besides the fact he was at a rally that had thousands of Obama supporters in attendance and was caught up in the moment.
On the other hand? Someone like Obama? creats a feeling that he really might be the real deal and we haven't seen that in politics in 40 years.

Al Gore? You wish. Al gore is an American who sticks to American Values,not socialistc ideals.He goes to a good church that doesn't damn Americans and America.
Al gore is Nobel Prize winner why would he chose to work for your inept administration
and abandon his cause?

I hope Gore will come out and publicly reject your offer which is soly staged to sway the Penn voter.What a lame way to do business. What a lame way to run a campaign. What a lame President we would have.

I can say that Obama despite the haters, sounds much more genuine than any other of the canidates. Hillary and Mccain both seem to speak more from what they think we want to hear. Obama seems to be more upfront and honest. Instead of completely denouncing his pastor he stayed true to a friend that said some inflamatory remarks. That shows his genuiness, the other canidates wouldve done the politically correct thing and completely denounced the man for political purposes. It shows honor on the part of Obama. To the others who call him a deciever well I say this, if it was kermit the frog that gave his speech on racism in America I would've bought it!! you know why? because it was valid and truthfull and to the heart. Those are things we haven't seen from a poilitician in a long time. And to those who call him a phony, well at the very least he speaks the truth which is the exact opposite of what we have now.

Since Obama was relatively unheard of on a national scale before this I have had to listen and learn. I am finding that he fits the typical model of "politician". He lies about things he doesn't need to, his father benefiting from the Kennedys, his parents meeting, learning Indonesian, statements by boyhood friends and more. He also lies about things that are more troubling. Responsible for asbestos removal in south Chicago, taking credit for other senator's work, "I didn't know the Rev. said those things" - "Okay, I heard some of it but I can't disown my 'uncle'" - "Well if he hadn't retired I would have stopped going". Please. Bojangles couldn't tap dance that well. And finally, Michelle's comments and college thesis really lead me to question the direction Barak will really take us if he gets in office. It just seems to be another case of saying whatever is required to get to the pot of gold.

What Obama meant to say was he remembered the parts he wanted to remember, put them in the big liberal word machine and put it on spin cycle. The arrogance and the the ignorance of the man called Obama is increasingly unbeleivable.

Obama has been caught in a lie. He thinks the Liberal media will shield him from anything and everything. As long as hillary clinton is in the race, they will.

Not after that they wont.

Obama is the most truthful of all the candidates running for President and we all know it.

McPain - 100 years war! - Yeah right.
Clinton - Misspeak - Yeah right.

Obama has dealt with all negative publicity he has received. How many people have the decency, courage and honor required to be the next President of the United States.

Columbia Law School has publicly criticized Obama for taking McCain's comment out of context. The entire McCain segment was on TV last night, and to take the "100 years" without listening to the rest of McCain's statement is typical Obama, but the Republicans will not let him get away with it the way the media has in his run so far. He is shameful, and to many Democrats like myself, the vote simple, Clinton in the primary, McCain in the general if she's not our nominee.

Leslie, let us make it clear, McCain has said it and Obama has repeated what he has said, that is the reality McCain has to face. He can try to run but he cannot hide. McCain's military mindset and love for wars is clear, he never overcome his jail time in Vietnam and he is looking for revanche everywhere and anywhere. The militarism will not make the greatness of America. God bless America and God bless Obama. OBAMA08

McCain did not say that. Watch the actual footage of the statement he made. Obama is twisting the words and acting dumb.

So "change we can believe in" includes lying about and distorting your opponent's quotes? Sounds like more of the same old same old to me.

Obama is nothing more than a South Side Chicago Democrat machine hack with a better delivery than most. Once the Republican 527's (where do I contribute?) get done with him even Michelle O won't find anything about him to proud of.

So Obama is back to smoking cigarette due to the stress. A legitamite question is whether he would relapse into drugs.

Gosh, there's so much to analyze in this story but I think I'll concentrate on the last point made. Yes, I'll concede that Obama is the biggest JOCK in this campaign - the daily pick up games with whichever local athlete's available (are they even voters?), his comments about "going on offense". I think male voters in Pennsylvania are a little more savvy than Matthews and Obama give them credit for.

Voters - male, female - all want solutions to the worsening economic situation we find ourselves in. They won't be looking to our President's promoting that he's sure got a set of "big ones" on the basketball court!

It's simple. If you like the way things have gone the last 7.5 years vote for McMore-war. If you think this country can do better, especially for the bottom 95%, then vote for Obama. Financial experts now say that there is not only a recession upon us, but a depression is very possible. For the sake of future generations vote for Obama 2008!

I liked Obama at first, but the more he talks, the more unreal he sounds. Lying about things that don't matter reminds me of Hillary and Bill and we had many years of that (yes, I voted for Bill..twice). Michelle Obama also turned me off completely and frankly, I find her thought process more than a little scary (NOT someone I want in the White House). This 20 year association with Wright, the property problems in Chicago, and the misleading statements Obama has made and then tried to change really put me off. Now the deception about McCain's statements...it is all too much. Being an independent, I have to consider both sides. McCain gets my vote, no matter if Clinton or Obama wins the Democratic Party nomination. I am sorry Obama is turning into such a disappointment. I had felt hopeful...not anymore.

I'm a solid Clinton supporter - it's offensive to me the personal attacks by old enemies that have been picked up and promoted by TEAMOBAMA. I've tried to keep my plans to myself over this past week to give the DNC a chance to inject some balance into the remaining months of this campaign but sometimes you just need to point out the obvious.

McCain has never felt entirely comfortable with the outer fringes of the Republican Party. He has good company in those republicans that long for the days of the "country club" republican party - before it got corrupted by evangelicals and others who want to legislate personal behavior for the rest of us. Well, centrists are centrists. This could just be the opportunity those traditional republicans have been waiting for - large numbers of disaffected CENTRIST democrats who don't believe McCain is a clone of GWB adding to his base to win in November and wrest control away from the extreme right wing.

(The other main reason for trying to keep this to myself is out of respect for Hillary Clinton - the good Democrat she is who has and will - if the time comes - call for her supporters to unite behind the nominee. I love and support Hillary Clinton fiercely. She is the best candidate we're seen in a while. But if the only way I can reject the hijacking of the Democratic Party by its left wing faction is to vote for McCain, so be it.) This everybody is the elephant in the room that nobody wants to talk about but maybe just maybe the Democratic Party is recognizing the truth of it.

Is that the republican machinery in action against Obama? Buzz, Yes typical black man and woman can play tennis, music, basketball, etc. But typical black man and woman can play politics, be great church leaders, be justices, be lawyers, CEOs and teachers, etc. Like it or not, Obama is just repeating what McCain has said, we have seen the footage more than 5 times and McCain can run but he cannot hide. War, War, War, War, militarism and War again, that is what a McCain's presidency will be about, please add to that that 3rd term WBush full of economic and foreign policies disasters and trade deficits.

Obama folks, they showed the whole tape on TV last night, and McCain's statement was taken entirely out of context by Obama. Obama may have been able to play these games with Hillary Clinton, aided by a complacent media, but if you think he will play them with the Republicans, you have another think coming. He is the only chance the Republicans have of winning the election, and the "Democratic" party is so stupid they are playing right into the Republicans hands. Those of us who follow politics more than just every four years know very well that John Mccain is not George Bush, no way, no how. So it really isn't a stretch to think of us voting for McCain if Obama is the nominee, it's a fact.

I'll say again....Obama repeated exactly what McCain said, so how is he distorting or twisting his words?

The double standards in this election are totally ridiculous.
John McCain is not to be held accountable for the words that come out of his mouth, we shouldn't hold hillary accountable for stupid words that come out of HER mouth....but we hold Obama accountable for words that come out of someone else's mouth....yep, that's fair people.

Recently, we heard Barack Obama and his campaign rant about how the hate, treason, and racism of Jeremiah Wright was nothing more than words taken out of context.

According to Obama, his supporters, and his campaign surrogates, Jeremiah Wright is a good and decent man and we should not judge him too harshly by words he spoke in a sermon.

Now, Obama wants to apply his version of situation ethics to take one sentence of a John McCain statement and use it for political advantage.

Typical Obama doublespeak.

By the way, if Hillary Clinton or John McCain had "spiritual advisors" or "old uncles" who spewed out the venom and treason that Jeremiah Wright is guilty of, would Obama give them the same pass he wants us to give him?

I think not.

OK Idiots!!!!Hilary Clinton have said the same exact thing about McCain.... go figure....Words taken out of context sound like the same goes for Rev Wright...You all are so afraid to live!!! Please vote for MccCain and continue the same Bush path Vote for him and shut-up We dont need votes that are not Democratic at heart.

I will not vote for Obama, and he can not win. It's my personal opinion, that he has an identity problem, and needs to see a Psychiatrist. In his first book he talks about purging the white blood from his veins. He really enjoyed reading Malcolm X books, and doesn't really know who he is.He may win the Democratic nomination, but when voters see how he has mentally abused his little children, by exposing them to the GD Wright, they will not vote for him.Of course, we will hear Rezco all Summer. Just think the 28% crossover vote if Hillary loses will also hurt a little. MCCain will get all these votes. People need to read the new book that is out titled Obama a bound man, and why he can't win. I think obama's double talk may also hurt him. While he is pulling troops out of Irac, he talks about sending them back, at the same time. When he said he would give Gore a job, he did not realize that Gore may be insane. Of course this is my opinion. Gore said the farmers should grow all alcohol corn and soybeans for biofuel. Gore is so ignorant, that he does not know that if we took all the corn America grew last year, and all the soybeans that was grown and turned it into fuel, it would only meet 7% of our energy needs. We then would not have any food to eat. The grain fed cattle would starve. no chickens or pork. There would be no food to feed them. It cost a gallon of gas, and 685 pounds of corn to fill up an suv with Ethanol. As you can see Obama and Gore, are not very intelligent. Of course the man who invented the internet would figure it out. Ha Ha Ha.

As I was reading some of the comments I could not help but think back to the 2000 election and the Al Gore situation. In retrospect we now see what a great opportunity this country let slip by because people voted w/their hearts and not their minds. I can remember the debates and how Mr. Gore's intelligence showed through while Bush presented himself as a guy you could sit down have a beer with and "trust". That election should not have been close enough to steal, and instead of electing the Nobel Price winner we elected a real "winner". Does this sound familiar? Clinton is more qualified, smarter, and mentally stronger; hands down the best candidate in my opinion. Feelings should not dictate your vote, it has not worked in the past and will not work now. Obama is a great orator and motivator but that is called selling it and I hope voters realize that. If something sounds to to good to be true it usually is. Vote for Hillary and prevent disaster.

"...thought Pennsylvania..." should say "though Pennsylvania" toward the end. "Mot" is not a word. Couldn't help but notice. Good article.

Now it has come to a he said, she said, Bull S.... we warn our kids not to get wrapped up in. And people question qualifications? These candidates and campaign is absurd! Not a one of them are the "real deal". This country needs a leader not a reciter, ex figher, or possibly a her. What happen to genuine, honesty, common sense, and all that rightious that make great things happen to stay. People should fear more than we do and I am not talking National Sec. fearing.

November 12, 2003: Sally Perdue, who told the London Telegraph in 1994 that after she was threatened with physical violence, her car windshield was broken and spent shotgun shell was left on the seat. Perdue abruptly relocated to China a few months after talking to the Telegraph, shortly after Paula Jones sued Mr. Clinton for sexual harassment."Anthony Pellicano, the L.A.-based private investigator and O.J. defense team veteran Sexgate provocatuer Lucianne Goldberg told Peyser that Pellicano's services were bought and paid for by the Clinton White House. When Peyser confronted the Los Angeles private detective with Goldberg's claim, he didn't deny it. "You're a smart girl. No comment," Pellicano told the Post reporter.
November 12, 2003: Pellicano Tapes Could Implicate the Clintons.
Anthony Pellicano web library is the source

The truth is that McCain wants to maintain a presence in IRAQ of some sort for 100 years or "as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed". The question then will be - Are we going to put troops every where we have Al-Qaeda for 100 years. The point is that Obama is interested in addressing the mindset that took us to this WAR. Thus what he has done is to brand McCain as war hero who want us to be in IRAQ for 100 years. I think Mccain and Bush, should come clean and tell us when it will clear that we have succeeded in IRAQ and when the troops will be brought home.

This is the most blantantly biased "news" article I've ever read from amajor new organization. So much for journalistic integrity and "objectivity". Were you guys at the McCain BBQ in Sedona, getting trashed with your favorite candidate ever? You corporate media McCain-Do-No-Wrong GOP sycophants are pathetic excuses for journalists.

What exactly is the focus of this article? There is no focus. And there is no analytical framework. Just "the facts" selectively chosen to portray McCain as Right on Iraq and the young Obama as "falling off the wagon" and unsure what he'd do if there were another 9-11 or a "3am phone call". And more Wright non-news. Total BS.

BTW anyone who thinks our corporate media complex is "liberal" needs to take some anti-psychotics and get back to reality.

Can the dems please stop knocking the religious right already. Obama bragged about being a Christian and praying every day, just yesterday on Hardball. He mentions it in every speech he gives as does Hillary. McCain keeps his religion a private matter: always has.
If you recall, there were several christian leaders that said they would not support McCain just a few months ago. If you think that you can compare McCain to Bush you haven't done your homework. Remember the anti-McCain campaign by Limbaugh, Hannity, and Laura Ingraham? They have the largest radio audiences in the country, and they
beat up on him incessantly day in, day out for more than a month. Ann Coulter threatened to vote for Hillary if McCain was nominated. She accused him of being a bigger liberal than Hill. Why do you think that McCain has had a decades-long reputation for being a maverick? Because, he did not go lockstep with Republicans on dozens of key issues. He did not support Bush's tax cuts for the rich. He partnered with Kennedy to sponsor immigration reform laws that inflamed every Republican that I know. He fought against unnecessary military spending which resulted in billions of dollars saved for the taxpayer. He has never once added an earmark to any bill that he signed in twenty-four years of government service. Last year, Hillary
added 181 and Obama 51. Don't tell me that they don't payback their special interests. If you recall a few months ago, he flew in coach, pulled his own luggage,and cut his staff in half. Boy,
if that's not the comeback story of the
year, I don't know what is. When Obama was in his twenties, he was snorting coke and smoking the ganga. When Hillary was in her twenties, she was "not inhaling" pot with Billie. when McCain was in his twenties, he was being tortured relentlessly by the Vietnamese and refusing early release unless his fellow prisoners joined him. John McCain has already been vetted by the press more than Hillary and Obama have. Reporters have lived on his tour bus and traveled with him for months every time he has campaigned. If you recall, he ran for president against Bush in 2000. Even back then, reporters lived with him 24/7 for months at a time. Compare this to Hillary's arm's length approach to the press. She didn't even take any questions from the
press at any of her speeches until about six weeks ago. There's nothing bad to discover about McCain. Everybody already knows all the bad. The Republicans have yet to expose juicy tidbits about the democratic winner. Remember, it has been democrats that have always accused Republicans of dirty tactics. I hope they will deliver. But judging by the dirty tricks between your two canditates, it looks like Republicans still have a lot to learn in this department. Don't kid yourselves McCain will not be that easy to defeat.
He has twenty plus years of experience in government, Obama is still trying to find the bathroom in the Capitol building, while Hillary is just holding it till she gets home.

recuced his campaign staff because the
moneymen in the Republican Party

AT THIS POINT OBAMA IS PLAYING THE GAME TO WIN THE NOMINATION, AFTER THAT, HE WILL FAIL- AND WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIANCE OR QUALIFICATIONS TO BEAT A WAR HERO- & USA PATRIOT- WHO HAS BEEN PROUD OF COUNTRY HIS WHOLE LIFE. HE IS A SUPPORTER OF A WAR THAT KEEPS THIS COUNTRY OUT OF HARMS WAY OF TERRORISTS. HIS WIFE HAS DONE TREMENDOUS THINGS FOR THIS COUNTRY- OBAMA'S WIFE HAS NOT. THE 'AUDACITY' OF AMERICA TO THINK OBAMA IS THE ONE TO PICK ARE SADLY MISTAKEN. CLINTON IS TOAST, TRUE, BUT OBAMA IS TOAST, TOO.

I like the last sentence in this article. It's funny. LOL