Thanks for some light and fun reading. I'm sure a lot of the readers will appreciate this.

And this is news,...........why?????

I enjoyed that post so much as you get to learn something admirable about Sen. Obama! However, I am astonished that more reporters and writers have not come out in outrage at Hillary's very offensive remarks about whites not supporting Barack which in reality she is alluding to racism. I am amazed at how she has been able to divide this country by race and gender with no apparent objections from the thinking public or congressman or reporters, that she has been able to run amuck like a hurricane or tornado and do damage with no one trying to stop it! Barack's message and actions have been one of Uniting, while Hillary's has been one of Division! I am proud of Peggy Noonan's writing who does speak against these racist remarks of Hillary's who is not only tearing the Democatic party apart but also the nation.

Angelight

what Hillary said is not racist its just a fact and How Hillary Wins ... I think she will do exactly that run as an independant and embarrass both Mccain and Obama!

Running as an independent would be the biggest gift from Hillary to McCain, even bigger than all the endorsements she has given him throughout the primary.

This mornings paper she she DESERVED to be president ....wow trying to figure that one out...She is the elite and proved it by her statement she is the only one who can win whites,older,etcccc seems to me some had to vote for Obama to win as big as he did and come that close to her in IND gads it was only 2% something like 15.000 votes not to shabby in my book.

i'm sure that some if not most of those "less educated, lower income white voters" are offended by hillary's suggestion that they are bigots and wouldn't vote for a black man. she does not speak for those good, God fearing people.

they derserve more credit than hillary gives them. God bless her supporters and 4give hillary...i hope she didn't mean it like it sounded.

Commander guy

dont try to stir things up Obama and Mccain are wrong Hillary is right

THis is news because Obama learned some new words other than Hope, Change and YES WE CAN.

J

exactly right why dont the republicans come out and say theyd rather run against Obama than Hillary but Mccain is still better than Obama Obama people are inept the only reason they are ahead is that they wont seat the FL and Mi delegations and the Clinton campaign didnt contest the caucuses which only had 1 million votes out of 34 million cast!

Hillary has carried just about every state that we need to win in November.Are these superdelagates that stupid? If they don't seat FL and MI they have really screwed themselves.

Stanley

One other thing, there is a deal on table that MI and Obama have agreed to regarding seating Michigan Delegates.

Hillary is blocking it.

Why does Hillary hate the voters of Michigan? Why does she want to disenfranchise these noble people.

Why all the hate Stanley?

The answer is that Hillary does not care about Michigan. Hillary cares about Hillary.

I'm old. I'm white. I don't have much money. I don't live in a big town. I've made many sacrifices for my kids. I'm definitely not racist. I don't care what color Barack's skin is. I really don't care that he is either half- black or half-white, depending upon how you look at it. My vote is with Obama. I want a democrat to win this national election, and I'm not about to support this McSame guy just because he's old like me. I want out of Bush's war. I want the oil companies to pay their fair share in taxes. I want other people to have good health care like I've got from Medicare. I don't want McCain and his lobbyists looking out for the oil company's special interests. I've always thought Obama was the best person to do take McCain on. He's clearly a weak candidate, even thoght we acknowledge the service he's paid to the country, just like we did for Bob Dole. It didn't make him a winner, did it? I know there are bound to be some others out there that feel like I do. Wy would anyone vote for McCain? He's not going to make the country safer. The guy is just not smart enough to do it. Certainly, keeping us n Iraq is not making us a safer nation. No way.

I think the Democratic primaries should change to the Republican way such as winner gets all the delegates versus all this division crap and caucuses which are very unfair. These primaries would be over and we could move on past all this stupid bickering over candidates. I can't wait for this whole election to be over.

I guess in 2008 we no longer count all the votes, at least in states where it's politically strategic to not do so, such as Florida.

That must be what Obama meant by change.

J

The Internets told me about the Michigan Compromise of 69-59. Links are not allowed on this board so I provide none.

Hillary will not compromise and demands 73-0 allocation. It is all or nothing with her. So Michigan may suffer the consequences.

What does Hillary have against Michigan?

The Clintons are showing themselves to be like "elite" spoiled rich kids who just have to have their own way. When you can't get it, throw a fit, yell at the spoilers in the crowd, and rant over what is at fault. They cannot begin to realize that the "fault" is within themselves. They are yesterday's drama. Obama is "Hope for tomorrow".

if we had a winner takes all primary system Hillary would have taken the nomination a long time ago.

and J

Commander guy is right... Clinton is the one not backing down now...she wants all the delegates from Michigan even though that would give Obama "0"

Yeah... she cared about the voters... she cares about her votes.

Diane

Obama "arrogant"? Have you been watching the woman on the other side of the primary...who puts her own nomination above dividing the party and risking losing to a man who wants to overturn Roe vs. wade...keep us spending money and life on a war that is making us less safe not more...who wants the market to take care of middle class,,,and tax cuts to take care of the rich... who thinks the housing crisis will work itself out... and who doesn't understand that Bush's policies,especially foreign, have put us on a road with the rest of the world to destroy our own country... we need people to want to "buy American"... we need people of the world to want to stand with us... and we need people to view us as not the great nuclear war-mongering satan... that does not happen with John McCain's stances.

I think arrogance is in a person who does not see that if Kerrey and others had stayed in the race against her husband there is a good chance he would have lost.

IndigoGrrl says - "if we had a winner takes all primary system Hillary would have taken the nomination a long time ago."

Yes if Hillary could change the rules expost facto to benefit her, she could be winning big time. I concur.

But instead of going with the electoral math, Hillary should demand that only states with the word "New" in their name should be counted. NH, NY, NJ, NM are the important states so whoever wins these states should get the nomination.

The thing that gets me about this argument with FL and MI is that no one is blaming the State Demacratic Leaders... it is THEIR fault that their states votes aren't being counted. I would be OUTRAGED and call for their resignation. They knew that by moving their vote date up they would lose their seats and they DID IT ANYWAY.

For J....Thank you..........Now I know why it's news. Boy, am I glad there are more pressing issues in this world. OOOOPS, gotta go, my phone is ringing, my son is calling from Iraq.

PS. I writing in Hillary in November.

I am urging Hillary to please run as an Independent if her opponent is successful stealing the nomination from her. Go Hillary! We love you!

SO they thought Mich and FLorida wouldn't make a difference. We it is making the difference. The difference being a newbie (heaven help us), or an experienced woman, who knows how to open the doors, not ask where they are.
Again, how can the United States of America (yes all 50 of them) vote for a president and only use 48 of them??

Writing in Hillary in November

Nice try for some levity... but no chance here. It's all about "ground and pound". No letup.

FL girl and Matt

I understand that the FL house vote 118-0 to violate the rules and change the primary vote forward while the senate vote was 37-2 to do the same. The governor was willing accomplice as well.

Plenty of Blame for ALL these clowns in the government.

King obama is arrogant. He demonstrates his arrogance by declaring, and to this day continuing to support, disenfranchising two entire large swing states in which he didn't win.

Who knew that Bush v. Gore would be done all over again, and this time by the Obama cronies in the "Democratic" party.

Everyone speaks about Obama's 'inexperience' - wasn't that the same issue when BILL Clinton ran? A 'draft-dodging', hokey, Governor of one of this country's poorest, least educated states? He had no 'foreign policy' experience except to run to Oxford, England for his college education?
Obama is young, intelligent and capable of surrounding himself with staff and advisors who DO have the experience and knowledge - and I believe he'll do a better job of than GWB has with his group of war-mongerers.
Would the HC supporters REALLY forfeit our country's future because of sour grapes? Quite remarkable really.
Oh, and I'm a white, 52 y.o. woman and 30-yr long Republican - who has switched parties because I can no longer stomach what that party has done to this country that I served 25 years in the Army for. I would vote Democrat no matter WHO was the nominee.

Geevil

I gotta know who these ELITISTS are. You gotta tell us dood.

But maybe you don't know either.

Senator Clinton agredd to not seat the Florida and MI delegates BEFORE they voted. Rules or rules!! But, I say count the votes...she still want have as many delegates as he does and/or popular vote...maybe. If those Clinton people would just do the math, they would know this over!!

I am not sure why I am surprised that more rational Whites and others aren't more upset about what Hillary said, but that I guess its all point of view. Personally, I find her frequent trips into her "many faces of eve" act and "I said things that I know were not true" disturbing. Pressure gets to everyone, but having been shot at in service of my country, I surely remember when I wasn't. It seems that she just says whatever fits the situation and the choir says 'amen' and that makes it ok.

Please stay in Hillary.Tear the DNC into little itty bitty pieces.:)
Seriously,stay.

One thing I do notice is that Obama pretty much sticks to policy when distinguishing himself from Clinton and McCain. That's just the impression I get.

It's up to Clinton and McCain to show how they too can make this impression on regular citizens. It's not what's written here on these posts.

All three of these candidates are potentially good leaders. Congress has as much influence. In a way, it doesn't matter to me who wins the presidency. But I am going to vote in the fall. I'll be listening and watching for the best candidate then.

Here is a question for serious consideration:

Can a democrat, using republican's talking points in a democratic primary against another democrat, actually win against a Republic in the general elections? Which one has perfected Rovian politics?

Nuff said!

Mrs. Clinton will not quit until she has destroyed Obama's chances this November. Watch as she now stirs the racist pot, in W. Virginia and elsewhere, repeating that it is impossible for a black man to win white Americans' votes. Instead of appealing to the country's better angels and working for the historical importance for us as a nation to turn the page toward a more perfect union, Hillary is demonizing the entire nation and smearing all of us, especially white Americans, by saying that white Americans will not vote for a black candidate. This is a blatant lie, as proven in Obama's victories in Iowa, Wisconsin, and all across the nation. It is way beyond time for the Democratic Party elders to STOP this madness before she destroys the party, the republic and all our best hopes for the future. No deluded, vicious, power-crazed politician should be given a free pass, even if her name is Clinton and she believes she is entitled to dynastic keys to the White House.

Taboo is a great game. The press need to lighten up. Being able to simply relax for a moment during a stressful time is the sign of a champion.

Aren't these sorts of things supposed to be personal?

This is like a couple of pols talking politics over a beer. Or John McCain's little "I didn't vote for Bush" gaffe at a Hollywood party.

You're not supposed to talk about things like this. Things like this won't happen again if you talk about it.