Obama should choose a running mate who "is in tune with his appeal for the nobler aspirations of the American people," Kennedy said. "If we had real leadership — as we do with Barack Obama — in the No. 2 spot as well, it'd be enormously helpful."

It will be a pleasure taking down Obama and his leftist fossil losers such as Kennedy.

Obama has the same kind of leadership Kennedy had when he drove off the bridge and left that woman to drown

I just posted for the first time on the republican side. I'm sure I won't be alone very long. And I agree. I would hold off on the coronation (oops) possible presidency of Mr.Obama.

I agree

I think it's time for an Obama/McCain debate

The difference in policy will be spec

The failed politics of Bush...Obama has this election in the bag

Obama has moved on to GE mode now.

There is simply no need for him to debate Mike Gravel, Hillary or any other Dem.

Obama and McCain should debate and I suppose Oregon is as good a location as any other.

I look forward to nominee Obama's crushing victory in WV next week.

I hope he ignores Clinton forever - especially when she creeps up and takes the nomination right out from under him - this pompous, arrogant, condescending, race baiting wanna be kennedy.

We as South Africans are watching this election of the USA very closely, my personal view is Barrack O'Bama, The Clintons had been there for a long time and it is amazing to see that they are claiming experience, but when they were elected for the white house they went in there with no such, so why dont they allow this new kid on the block to be nominated and be advisories to him with all that experience they have.

My prediction is that more people will vote in this election then ever before in the States. As an outsider i feel strongly about 9/11 but to make Irak America's problem is a bit far fetched.
Assist them yes but with a lot less man power and resources.

Look Mike Gravel want's to debate Obama too. He got a couple percent of the vote in N.C.

But Obama simply does not have time to debate all of the dem candidates.

And what is wrong with Oregon, TomDavie?

Is Hillary holding a grudge against Oregon that we don't know about it?

Hillary who? Hillary what?

Obama and McCain will have a vigorous and spirited debate over the issue and the American people will decide who the POTUS will be.

Obama and McCain will have a vigorous and spirited debate over the issues and the American people will decide who the POTUS will be.

Why are the Hillary supporters so upset? Barack played by the rules. Hillary is trying to change them to suit her needs. If Barack was the one trailing he would have been drummed out in a a hurry, but now everyone needs to treat Hillary with kid gloves so as not to upset her. Bottom line is there is a winner and a loser. That's how these things go. Barack would have pushed his people to campaign hard for Hillary if were was the loser so Hillary needs to do the same. Fair is fair and you can't start changing the rules once the game has started. Hillary is shrewd and tenacious but she's not winning. It's a fact.

End of story. Let's move on and beat the Replicans as one party. Everyone has a part to play.

Why are the Hillary supporters so upset? Barack played by the rules. Hillary is trying to change them to suit her needs. If Barack was the one trailing he would have been drummed out in a hurry, but now everyone has to treat Hillary with kid gloves so as not to upset her. Bottom line is that there has to be a winner and a loser. That's how these things go. Barack would have campaigned hard for Hillary if were was the winner so Hillary needs to do the same.

Fair is fair and you can't start changing the rules once the game has started. Hillary is shrewd and tenacious but she's not winning. It's a fact.

Let's move on and beat the Republicans as one party. Everyone has a part to play.

Dear Hillary supporters:

Although the story is has been repeated about 1,000 times, it seems you need to hear it yet again, so here it goes: The Democratic Party prohibits any state other than Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina from holding its primary before Feb. 5. So when Florida and Michigan threatened in late 2007 to pull the trigger on Jan. 15 and Jan. 29, respectively, the DNC gave them a choice: reschedule--or lose your delegates. They refused, hence their current no-delegate status. According to critics, reinstating those delegates now would undermine the DNC's authority over the nominating process; who will stop Guam, they say, when it schedules its primary for Thanksgiving 2012?

Last winter, both Clinton and Obama deferred to the DNC and agreed not to "campaign or participate" in either election; Obama even removed his name from the Michigan slate. So while Clinton "beat" her rival 50-33 in Florida and trounced "uncommitted" 55-40 in the Great Lakes State, one can't help but suspect that not campaigning and/or not appearing on the ballot somewhat affected Obama's showing--not to mention that turnout has a way of declining when voters are told that the election doesn't matter. Clinton completely opposed recognizing Michigan and Florida until after the primaries--i.e., when she realized she might need their delegates to win the nomination. "It's clear that this election they're having [in Michigan] is not going to count for anything," she said during an interview with New Hampshire Public Radio in October 2007. She wasn't alone. Two months earlier, Clinton adviser Harold Ickes actually voted to strip the rogue states of their delegates as a member of the DNC's Rules and Bylaws committee--"to prevent the gaming of the system," he said. Later than fall, Patti Solis Doyle, then Clinton's campaign manager, pledged not to compete in either contest--and was unequivocal as well. "We believe Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina play a unique and special role in the nominating process... and the DNC's rules and its calendar provide the necessary structure to respect and honor that role," she said. "Thus, we will... adhere to the DNC-approved nominating calendar." And when Michigan pushed for an early vote in 2004, then-DNC chairman--and current Clinton aide--Terry McAuliffe put his foot down. "If I allow you to do that, the whole system collapses," McAuliffe said (at least according to his memoir)."The closest [Michigan's delegates will] get to Boston will be watching it on television. I will not let you break this entire nominating process for one state. The rules are the rules." But when Clinton "won" Michigan on Jan. 15--and presumably caught a glimpse of the polling that showed her well ahead in Florida--she quickly changed her tune. "I believe our nominee will need the enthusiastic support of Democrats in these states to win the general election," she said on Jan. 25. "And so I will ask my Democratic convention delegates to support seating the delegations from Florida and Michigan." Ickes, Solis Doyle and McAuliffe immediately fell in line.

So there. Wait, do you need to hear it again?

I AM NEW TO THIS DISCUSSION,BUT LET ME ASK A QUESTION?? IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU THAT THEY COULD FIGHT AMERICA'S ENEMIES IN IRAQ BUT,..THE COST WOULD BE A TRILLION DOLLARS/PER.. AND WELL OVER 5 OR 6 THOUSAND YOUNG AMERICAN LIVES AND "SOMEDAY",..WE WILL PLAN AN EXIT STRATEGY,..WOULD THAT SOUND LIKE A BARGAIN TO YOU??..AS YOU WATCHED THE REAL ENEMY LAUGHING IN SOME OTHER COUNTRY AND COLLECTING YOUR MONEY BY THE "BILLIONS" IN IRAQ!!

The biggest thing wrong with Obama supporters is the bag of assumptions they make about Hillary's supporters. As soon as his supporters take the screws out of their heads, the hearing comes back and the brainwaves start moving again. Try watching the rest of the Democratic process, then watch where everyone goes. Four years of McCain is better than watching a double-talker on training wheels.

just a thought i think your great obama is the anti christ read your bible
he fits the bill. im surprised no ones brought it up befor now shocking

Jenny, no one can best explain the Florida - Michigan scenario any better than you have done. But the problem is, truth doesn't matter to the Clintons or their supporters. What matters to them is "win at any cost"! Say anything and do anything to get that elusive victory.

If the results of the primary elections thus far shows anything, it tells the whole world that the American voters by and large have seen through the lies and hypocricy of the Clintons and have soundly rejected their kind of dirty politics.

When all else failed, the Clintons now resort to their last trump card - arm-twisting! They are threatening through their big fat-cat donors that if the super delegates do not side with Hillary and have her elected as the party' nominee, the money pipeline to the party candidates will dry up! I have never seen anyone stooping to this low level in human decency!

When she assumed at the beginning of the primary campaign that her coronation as the party's nominee will be an inevitable conclusion, she took the high road and sided with the DNC's decisions on defiant Florida and Michigan. And when she saw her chance of winning the nomination evaporating in thin air, suddenly she wore the mantle of the champion of "deprived" and cry foul over the denial of the seatings of the Florida and Michigan delegates.

The truth of the matter is, Clinton is a household name while Obama is a relative unknown in Florida. But if Obama had a chance to campaign there, perhaps the outcome would not have been as lopsided as it was in the defiant voting. As for Michigan, the poor guy was not even on the ballot paper! So how can anyone in their right mind call that a bona fide election and accept the outcome as it stand. The Clinton supporters, in their blind loyalty, are crying foul in unison with Hillary and blaming Obama for the current malaise.

Jenny, you can drum up the truth umpteenth time. But the Clintons and their supporters will continue to turn their deaf ears to it. So, why waste your breath. Truth is a distant cousin to the Clintons!!!

charleychaplin, I believe I like that three-way matchup. There will be no caucuses for the general election, no more superdelegates, and no more states to be cheated out of their votes. There is one little bitty issue, however, which candidate will the media go for? At least, we wouldnt have to worry as much about someone playing the race card. Obama's people have whipped that one to death. We are all looking into this scenario. What audacity we have.

Goodbye to the McPolitics of the Clintons, and goodbye to McCain and the Bush League. Obama is the smart, young visionary America has been looking for since JFK's death in 1963. Obama has a bit to learn, but he's a fast learner and he's at the head of the class. What counts now isn't experience in the old ways of Congress but an intuition of what's to come, and the energy and audacity to make real, lasting changes. Kennedy predicted a man on the moon within a decade; Obama's vision will be even greater.

Obama's middle name should be Arrogance.
He may be surprised when he comes out of his delusional self-agrandizement, to find that Senators Clinton and McCain are competing for the presidency.

Senator Clinton is still standing - in spite of a biased media which had the audacity to proclaim Obama the winner before the primary process ended. For 16 months she was slammed by the media and the golden boy was anointed. It isn't over until it is over.

It still annoys me how Obama somehow simply repeats what his opponents say. In recent days, I see him continuously repeat almost verbatum the eloquent statement I heard Hillary state some weeks ago...last statement in this article>
"It would be presumptuous of me to suggest that she is going to be my running mate while we are still actively running" Unless these two got together and decided that was how they were going to respond to the question...it seems like this man is still a puppet and just copies every idea she has...or steals it...even a simple sentence like that.....
Adding to, among others, even when he discounted her idea about taxing the petrol companies...he said that was only his idea and that she just wanted a "holiday''''
She wanted to turn that tax around to the companies...but oh....that had to be twisted around to be his idea....
when will we ever see logic again....after he is out of offic....? no one wants to hear or think...while he is around...

ooooh I feel so angry I think I'm gonna VOTE REPUBLICAN!!! Then I'll feel better.
I'll show that arrogant Obama, who thinks he's better than everyone just because he has more votes and delegates and superdelegates and stuff
And I'll show Hillary who has shown how much she hates black people for her entire career
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i am a republican and have always felt i would vote for john mccain. i did vote for bush. lately however, with all this democratic goings on, my attention has been diverted to clinton and obama.
i honestly feel that clinton must win this for herself and for the clinton name and that to me does not come over at all well. obama on the other hand, may be worth voting for if only to give this country a new chance - a new stance, and a good feeling about itself.
i shuddered when he said he would be ready to sit with iran, but i guess that would be on our terms if at all. what if it did bring some positive results and bring down the tensions in the area. bringing the troops home as soon as possible is a wonderful thing if it is the correct thing to do. sometimes i wonder, but what if it worked? gasoline prices vs clean fuels and efficient cars will always be a good thing. the environment needs to be addressed in a serious and timely manner. i think too many of us, myself included probably, are not ready to jump into this new and exciting vision of a united states as a world leader known for peaceful negotiations. a country where others can put their faith into to solve many global problems. we should all think long and hard about committing to this new approach to the future. we will be taking a massive chance if we took this route and failed. we would be seen as the biggest bunch of losers ever.
but but but i keep thinking if this whole new concept worked, just as obama says it should, we could soar to the heights we used to hold in the world, and be able to have the respect we once had all over again.
i'm thinking about my vote and it could belong to obama. all i need is the guts to carry this out and give all my grandkids a real chance for their future.

thanks for your time