What was Hillary’ thinking with the Red Phone Ad,fear again and fear tactic..wait 911 Ring a bell ?>lol what did hillary do ,SHE made the wrong choice……She send our soldiers into Iraq, just like Bush. If we want another Bush, get Hillary or McCain Well if hillary answer the Red phone,she says hunny its for you,,,or may be she is in the wrong mood. We have seen in this campaign, Hillary have many different moodswings.

Oh man Candy you xeroxed!
It is a close race but I’ll be rooting for Hillary in east Texas.
Thanks for the fun blog!

Betty Ann
Nacogdoches,TX

Living not too far from where you were traveling today, I know what you mean about both the weather and the semi-truckers. Without that windshield fluid, you don’t stand a chance on our highways.

Candy:

Horsengoggling? At this point I think playing “Eeenie, meany, miney, moe” would work better and it’s faster. LOL!

Be glad you actually got a rental car in Ohio, I hear there is a shortage due to all the activity in the state this week and the snow, snow, snow…

Well, if it makes you feel better, this girl is having fun following all of the politics. Glad you are too! Looking forward to your reports!

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

Candy, your blogs always put a smile on my face. Thank you for your tireless effort to bring us the news from the front lines of this year’s political scene. Christmas decorations up until at least March 5….why bother taking them down

Happy Birthday Sasha!!!!!!!!!!

Candy,
I think that it is do or die for Hillary. I don’t think that winning small will help either. I think she needs to sweep it and sweep it BIG!! Anything else and she may as well call it quits. I think with Obama getting the majority of the votes if it came to them being tied up to the convention it’d swing his way anyways. So why go through all of that?

And that was too funny that you couldn’t get your hood shut! LOL Didn’t think of just pushing it down huh!? LOL I know all about cars too seeing that my dad owned car lots and I grew up on them. Atleast you knew how to raise the hood and add windshield wiper fluid. Some people don’t know that much!

Cynthia, Covington, Ga.

Candy, As soon as I read ‘Reader Warning: Digression Ahead’, I just knew it had to be your blog. Thanks for the late Friday Afternoon laugh. Coming from a snow area, I know how fast you can go through windshield fluid…. knew you were resourceful enough to follow instructions or the picture symbol on the white plastic container. It’ll be interesting to see how things turn out in Ohio and Texas… will be watching. Hope you get home soon to take down your Christmas decorations… or you’ll just be very well prepared for next Christmas. May not be a bad idea to leave them up, with elections not till next November. Hope you girls have more fun!

I project that both the Texas and Ohio primaries will have the same proportion of voting: 60-40 to either Hillary or Barack. This scenario will force the candidates to go head-to-head at the Democratic Convention. I hope that this happens. The intensity at the Democratic National Convention will resemble that of a LA Laker vs Boston Celtics NBA finals game during the 1980s. Democracy at its finest hour!

Welcome to Ohio! lol. I go to college here and I still can’t handle the weather.

Since you’re on your way to Cleveland anyway, you should stop by Hiram College for “Rock the Vote” tomorrow. College students are going to make the difference in Ohio and we’re going to be ready!

Candy,

You’re the best. You can take a complicated situation and put it into perspective. I’m a mother of two teenagers, and sometimes I lose my perspective. Great blog!

I love the weather forecast and the digression - what an upper your posts are! And don’t worry about the women’s movement; get me near a car and ask me to raise the hood or put gas in the car and I’ll set the movement back a thousand years. I have always figured that God inflicted me with my brothers just so I would have someone to do this for me. Be assured, its the only helpful thing they do for me.

I’m hoping HRC wins in Ohio and Texas The more dialog between the candidates the better for the voters. Maybe eventually Obama might tell us some details of what is in his “plan”.

And don’t worry about the Christmas tree. You’ve just got an early start on this coming Christmas. One of my aunts does this all the time - leaves her tree up all year. oF course, she’s kind of like the aunt in National Lampoons Christmas Vacation - she thinks a great gift is wrapped up jello!

Annie Kate
Birmingham AL

Hi Candy,
This was very funny.
Haw can you convince someone to get out of race if there is still chance to get nomination? Even Huckabee is still in.

Hey Candy…rock, paper, scissors…not a bad idea. Stay warm!

candy i hope the weather in nice for you in puerto rico……… im rooting for hilary enjoy your coverage thanks

Candy,

Having grown up in a State that probably sends the trucks towards Ohio, and has as much or more snow, I found the thought of vacationing in Ohio especially ironic. (Although with all the factory closings in MI, I’m not sure if we still have that many trucks.)
I’m interested in seeing what happens Tuesday, (who isn’t?), but it seems it would take an act of God to turn things around. This campaign has already had it’s share of surprises, so I guess we’ll see.
I’ll see your car-hood experience, and raise you. (My poker vocabulary is limited as my experience is limited to one game with my nephews.) I once puchased my own car battery, and was quite proud of myself until it became apparent that the battery was intended for a tractor. In my defense, I have to say that the male mechanic who installed it for me didn’t notice a problem. (Look I was living in Saginaw, that might explain that.) Have a good week-end.

Great windshield wiper story, reminded me that i need to fix my washing fluid reservoir / connector doodad.

I’m pretty confident that Hillary will continue to NOT acknowledge her losses. I’ll just place numbers on it and guess that Barack will beat her something like 57/43 in Texas and 52/48 in Ohio. But still she’ll be caught up in the negativity whirlwind that she created and won’t be able to bow out gracefully for another week or two.

Hillary’s reaction to so many voters being able to decide… mostly because their policies are identical?? Attack his policies as being sophomoric.

Anyone ever notice Hillary VS. Barack regarding intelligence and confidence?

They both try to exude intelligence and confidence. Hillary’s method is by getting louder and increasing her vocabulary. Perhaps she’ll add a cynical gleam in her eye. Barack on the other hand, he maintains a reserved nature. Always two or three steps away from instinctual, primal reaction. His confidence is well-seated. It cannot be torn away by simple jabs. A wonderful quality for the leader of the free world. Whereas Hillary is someone who would first say “I feel confident” simply because an adviser showed her a pie chart of what viewers admire. And now her ads and her speeches…. they further prove these qualities about her.

She should stop firing off all her torpedoes and focus on keeping her ship from sinking. Unfortunately, democrats will be hurting if she forgot or refused to bring a white flag onboard.

Love your comments in any medium… Do HRC or Obama ever talk about damage done (or reparir) to our constitutional rights. (Paging Howard Dean). Seems to me Dean made strides with younger voters talking about those issues in addition to the the war. Now that the extension of domestic spying is being resisted, is it not possible to discuss such things again?

Candy: you continue amaze. I love reading your stuff. My all time favorite line: deciding the nomination with rock,paper,scissors - brilliant!

Candy:
You are such a hoot! (That is a compliment). To be able to keep your sense of humor covering the most exciting presidential primary in television history is extraordinary.

As for the rental car issue…. I have parked on the beach of the Gulf (before Katrina)…thinking it was like Dayton Beach where you can drive on it and fly like the wind…..I sunk. Two gentlemen by the names of Glen and Earl hooked up some chains and laughed at me the whole time…I deserved it.

Enjoy the Midwest. It doesn’t stop snowing until mid April.