It's astonishing to see all of your comments going off the somewhat deceptive headline, yet bearing no relationship to the actual content of the blog post. You Obama-bashers/Hillary-backers just went and confirmed the established stereotype: uneducated, ignorant dolts with ADD who can't even read a short article before spouting off about what they ASSUMED it said... Idiots.

For Josh in Seattle and everyone else: "But in that initial bid for political office, Obama quickly mastered the bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics. His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Palmer." Chicago Tribune

Comment to Brent -

"Your inferior intelligence is only matched by another affirmative action beneficiary in the name of Clarence Thomas who should never have been able to get into Yale Law.
You are NO Martin Luther King Jr. Even Abe Lincoln had to confess he thought Blacks were inferior to Whites in terms of intelligence."

WOW - I have seen recently most of the anti Obama stuff boil down to this low level. It is sad, but if it is going to devolve into racist and childish remarks
I see it as a positive. It means they dont have a leg to stand on in regards to real issues.

Obama 2008 -2012!!!!!

Obama is right about the coverage, he does get too much and McCain doesn't get enough. Obama will not sit down and talk with the gun totin haters that support Hillary, why would he sit down and talk to Iran or terrorists?

Hold on thar Boris --- ARE YOU SERIOUS! I mean, c'mon -- Obama complaining about no scruitny for McCain. There is no assumption here -- it is what it is, pal. Obama has the GALL to complain about this. It's utterly ridiculous. Of course if we point this out we are being DIVISIVE aren't we?

Boris and Benjamin are just two more of the Obama staffers at their post to counterattack. But to both of them, we know how to read, know how to read Obama and make sure we don't punch that name by mistake in November.

For Bori:"I would expect that the press will submit him to the same scrutiny that they submitted me [to]," Obama told the questioner. "And if they don’t, I’ll have them talk to you

After stating (acknowledging)that McCain has not been scrutinized because of all the press Obama got running against Hillary. By the way, Hillary is out of the press now, yet still in the race. I would hope that she receive the same coverage as any other candidate.

Hillary will win the popular vote and would be a much superior president.

JOSH...

so wait a second.. you dont think that mccain should talk about democrats lack of repect or lack of commen sense on the second amendment??!! why is it wrong for him to do that?? conservatives love the second amendment and liberals think its the reason for everything bad in society, so why would he not talk to republicans on its importance??!! and if you honestly think that the average american thinks our president should try and sit and "talk things out" with the leader of iran, you're crazy. but heaven forbid if john mccain talks about these things.. unbelievable.

For the record; People don't have to be highly educated to know crap when they see, smell or hear it.

Are you people on this blog dumb or you want to be seen as dumb? first of all he was answering a question_ so it didn't come from him in the first place_ secondly even 10-year kid can notice that Mccain with all scandals surrounding his campaign has a pretty nice treatment_ finally what about this stuff of whining for racism? why can't you see beyond the skin color and try to use your brain_ I can assure you it doen't hurt to think with your head_

It's unfortunate that this election is coming down to race, and little else. Our only hope is that, by November, Americans will have a better picture of Obama's POLITICS, which are a LOT more important (and scary) than his race. We need to think about the CANDIDATE (and his/her philosophies), not his/her ethnicity. The sad part is that by November, it will be too late for Hillary Clinton, the best remaining candidate in either party.

Obama isn't "whining." READ THE ARTICLE. He was ASKED by a person in the audience to explain the lack of questioning McCain has received about things like the Keating Five. He actually said at this moment the lack of questioning was reasonable and not in any way unusual. How is that "whining?"

Obviously there are some Republicans out there that want to do a rerun of the Clinton years and demonize any Democratic nominee. They smeared Clinton and now they'll smear Obama. C'mon Republicans. Run on the issues.

Republicans just can't stand it that Obama will be the next president. They want someone who is a republican to further ruin the country. We are good and fed up with republicans who want to privatize social security and make things harder for retirement. Republicans can't be trusted to have the best interests of average Americans. Obama is a true christian, not a phoney christian like George Bush. Obama will deal fairly and honestly with all legislators and work on getting the best solutions for problems we face. Now is not the time to trust one more republican when it has been republicans who have brought our country to despair.

JEAN...

please tell me about ALL these scandals surrounding mccains campaign?? i would love to hear them.

Just a quick note to those of you who are posting book lenght discussions - some of us can't read.

Obama is always whining, he needs Hillary to spank his behind.

Irma -

"But in that initial bid for political office, Obama quickly mastered the bare-knuckle arts of Chicago electoral politics. His overwhelming legal onslaught signaled his impatience to gain office, even if that meant elbowing aside an elder stateswoman like Palmer."

Obama was hand picked by Palmer, to succeed her as she ran for higher office. It didn't work out and she came back and asked Obama to quit the race. He would not just quit, he had agreed to run, gathered finance, and planned his campaign. She tried to get on the ballot
with a petition, Obama had her Petition
examined officially and it was found that many of the names were not valid .
This is no reason to disparage Obama,
or to imply misogyny. As is the case today, Obama is in it to win it.

Yes we Can! (All of us)

O...

you are just a flat out idiot.. lol no better way to put it. where did you get all your info? michael moores website??!!.. idiot

If Obama wants to be reelected in 2012 he needs once president to invest a lot in EDUCATION_ There are too many dumb people out there_ But I must reckon I didn't know they can use computer to post comments