I just saw on CNN Newsroom that the body of a toddler was found on the outskirts of a flooded area where the child and parent were trying to escape their stalled car...I can't find any information on it anywhere, and was wondering if there was some info anyone could share.
Also, the story of the man in Baltimore who drowned his three children and planned to harm himself before calling the front desk. Is there any new information of motives behind this sad story? These have been on my mind, didn't know if you had a story.

Hi Barclay,
Last night's show was very interesting. It was fun to watch the blog cam in action. I'm looking foward to tonight as well. I'm glad that Candy Crowley and Dana Bash will be on. How about Michael Ware in Iraq? What's going on there? Great work on the show by the way. See you later.

Anderson,
Why dont you ask the Obama campaign staffers to explain his ties to Rev. James Meeks from Chicago. Keep them hoest.

I would like to know why Sen. Obama is a member of a church that advocates separatism between Blacks and Whites?

Wow Barclay sounds like a packed show and it is only noon. This is when 2 hours of 360 would be great. Can't wait for tonight

Hi Barclay, some quick thoughts:

On McCain's health...health and age matter...to a point. What matters more is whether he has the mental capacity to make good decisions for the country.

The Dems are hurting each other more, and this causes McCain to look better. However, there is still time to repair the damage...November is 7 months away...but it would behoove them to come together and reconcile...the sooner the better!

Mrs. Clinton should not quit yet...again, there are still 7 months to go...no need to quit early.

Thanks, Barclay!

Lilibeth
Edmonds, Washington

Barclay,
It was nice seeing you on the behind the scenes thing yesterday! Nice to be able to put a face with a name on here. Hopefully we'll get to see more of you.

I really don't think that we have to know a candidates full medical history until they become the pres. I think as long as they and their doctors say that they are healthy then that is good enough. We don't have to know everything!

I think people are not giving John McCain enough credit!! The sole focus as of late has been on the Dems and everyone has discounted John too much. He is a very formidable opponent. And if the Dems think they are going to run right over him then they have another thing coming!! I can see why he is ahead in the polls! Hillary and Obama keep getting caught in lies and scandal!

Cynthia, Covington, Ga.

Well I don't think skin cancer constitutes the determination of someones age and their abilities, skin cancer can happen at any age. My mom is close to the same age as John McCain and she looks the same as she did when she was my age of 42 and is as energetic and more fit than I am. What's all this descrimiination. John McCains age, Hillarys gender, Obamas race. I feel like I'm back in grade school sometimes when I watch all this finger pointing.

'well he's this and she's that and he's that' bleh! It leaves a bad taste in the mouth...

Sad to say addiction is still poorly understood! Being under treatment is GREAT. Being an un treated addicted surgeon ? Now that is a scary thought indeed.

IT HAS BEEN 26 YEARS SINCE I USED ALCOHOL OR DRUGS BUT i AM STILL "UNDER TREATMENT" SINCE THE TREATMENT OF CHOICE IS ABSTINENCE. I never practiced my profession while "high" or under the influence.

Statistically, one person is ten has a substance abuse problem.
Statistically one in a hundred is "under treatment".

THINK ABOUT IT.

"to what extent should voters consider his age and health in this race or… has he already proved himself more vigorous than the rest?"
Way to beg the question!
I don't consider McCain "vigorous." He's wrong on Iraq and Iran, and that's where the buck stops.

I think the American people need to hear what John McCain says. I want to hear his views and plans and don't want the press to manipulate this election. Just facts on Obama, Clinton and John McCain. I hope your program won't just do a piece on McCain to be critical of just his age, health or implied older mind. Thank you.
Just a note, if Fema trailers are toxic, so are much of the other travel trailers in this country. It's the materials used to make them. Please look into the whole story on trailers.

Lorie Ann, Buellton, Calif.

Well it is official now.

Obama won the most delegates in Texas (He won the big state!). That means that since Feb 5 it is 16 -1 on wining most delegates. Why would any person think Hillary should stay in unless it is for there to be something to talk about on the news.

The Clinton camp just can't face the fact that there days are over. We as a country need to get out of the politics of party spin on literally everything and roll up our sleves and work together for what makes this country strong, healthy, and er um ethical.

Hillary is the ultimate me me me power hungry politician of the past. There are so many great women that care more about their country than their own ambition. I hope Obama will select one of them for VP.

Yes Hillary he won the big state. Get out so we can get on with it.

Have you seen his 95 yr old mother? Most young people couldn't keep the pace that he does, still look good and have more than enough energy. Think about it...this man spent 5 1/2 yrs as a POW where he suffered many breaks and blows to his body. I fell off a porch when I was young and fell many times throughout the years and now have arthritis in these bones because of it. He still goes on in spite of his energies...I applaud him and have no doubt he can sustain a Presidency.

Anderson, tell DNC that if they don't want Hillary to be President we are
people need she run for (PPP) People Power Party, I think she going to
beat Obama and McCain in general election.

Actually, I want to take issue with David Gergen's comments last night. He said something to the effect that anytime Hillary gets behind she starts complaining how's she's being treated (i.e. the girl who's being picked on by the boys).

What I do know about the President is that man or woman, they'd better be ready to handle the job. I like women leaders, but most of them I know understand that competition with the guys is often unfair but they use that to motivate themselves and they enjoy the challenge. They don't whine. Hillary is sometimes tough, and occasionally emotional in a good way, but at the same time she or her campaign seems to whine for effect. In the end this makes her look weak.

And you wonder why McCain is winning? I don't think the perception of him can ever be that he isn't tough enough. Culturally we admire toughness probably more than smarts or capability. Is McCain too old- yes – and it's fair game to challenge this. How easy will it be to get him out of office if it's a problem? Do we want the VP he would pick taking over?

To beat him a Democrat doesn't have to be as tough as he is, but must not appear weak, and then be twice as smart and much more capable in their judgement – however they prove it. And turning out as many folks as possible at the polls is a must.

Just a question: Shouldn't 360 be covering McCain's alleged violation of the campaign financing rules? Seems like an ideal topic for Keeping Them Honest.

Poll can sometime manipulated as we have seen in the past.

If you think deeper and look at everything, Hillary is a better candidate for November!!

First of all, melanoma is not a disease that just old people get. It is increasing in younger people due to increased sun exposure and tanning beds so any candidate is at risk for this. People criticized Ronald Reagan when he was running for a second term and said that he was too old for the job. Looking back in retrospect he is now considered the patriarch of the Republican Party. I do not think that someone should be discounted for a job simply based on their age if they are mentally and physically competent to do the job. However, I do think that the person should realize themselves when they are no longer the best candidate for the job. I am a Republican from South Carolina and I feel that Strom Thurmond made many contributions in the senate over the last fifty years but I think in his remaining years he should have stepped down because his staff was doing most of his work for him and he was just there to break a record. Overall, I do not think that John McCain has reached the point where he is not entitled to run due to his age.

I am an independent supporting Obama. I want to ask you though, why did you all suddenly stop asking about Clinton's tax returns? If she is running for President, I think we have a right to learn where their income is coming from. Is Bill Clinton really a consultant to a Sheikh of UAB? In what capacity? Why can't she release previous years' tax returns?

Well, I was thinking about what Chelsea Cliton said yesterday : "I dont think somebody should vote for or against my mother because of my father". I would have liked to be in the audience to answer her with this :

Exactly what I was thinking! I dont see why somebody should vote for your mother because or your father or because of you for that matter just as I think somebody should not vote against Obama because of Rev Wright comment's.

When your parents, uncles, aunts, etc are liars, tcheaters, racists, sexists, etc, that does not mean that the child of that person will be the same as his family members or friends.

By the way, I watched Seinfeld for years on TV and when the guy who was playing Kramer went racist in a comedy club, I havent heard Jerry Seinfeld say that he repudiated the man like the media want's Obama to do with Rev Wright. Racists are simply ignorant people and/or stupid people who dont know any better. Like Obama, I have a white mother and a black father. People are stupid to think that for somebody borned from white and black could be racist against either white or black. All the idiots who say Obama is racist on the blogs are a bunch of ignorant and/or idiots who dont know what they are talking about.

From an objective point of view, I see that Hillary as lied to the american people like her husband lied to her and the world before. I dont think that Chelsea is like her parents, I feel and hope she as more integrity than her parents.

As for being borned from white and black, I know first hand than growing up, people most of the time see me as a black man. When they here me talk thought, they are surprised. I have faced racisme many times in my life like when I was looking for an appartement. On the phone, everything looks fine but when I get there in person, they search for an excuse not to rent the appartement to me. Am I pissed of by this, absolutely. Does that make me racist? Absolutely not. Maybe if I was borned by two black parents I could become racist through events like that and say things like Rev Wright said out of fury but I cannot be because I love both my black father and my white mother equally. I am sure Obama lived the same things I had to live growing up and that has given him insight and knowledge about humans that not every person has a chance to develop.

I don't know the demographics of the people who were polled and said they would vote for McCain – I just can't believe that people would want another four years of Republican rule. Isn't 8 years enough, especially with the idiots in office now?

Anderson/Palmer,
I just heard about a seemingly passed-over comment by Barack Obama a couple of days ago, when he was in Johnstown, Pa. On the subject of abstinence-only education, he talked about his own daughters and said he's going to teach them about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, "I don't want them punished with a baby." He also said he didn't want them punished with an STD and so it doesn't make sense to not give them information.
I am an ardent Obama supporter, and have been even throughout the Rev. Wright issue. I've watched CNN religiously, especially 360, and I haven't heard anything about this statement, here or anywhere else. Why isn't this being addressed?? Letting him get by with this feeds into the already rampant idea that he's getting a break from the press. The abortion issue is no small thing, and I would think that your show would try to buck the trend...

I like Obama, but I can understand why McCain is appealing as well. He's a war hero first of all and frankly, he seems like a genuinely nice guy. I don't think ANY of these candidates is particularly strong (I'm still praying that Al Gore will run) but it seems unlikely. But McCain has some qualities that do make him appealing.

Why is McCain winning? I'm sure a lot of it has to do with the democrats trying to rip each other's heads off. But remember in the not-too-distant past when the press was so soft on Obama (and I'm a supporter) that Saturday Night Live actually had to point it out? Well, you're doing it again. It's no secret McCain is a darling of the press, but seeing as though this is for the presidency, is it too much to ask that he be appropriately scrutinized? Why is it the conventional wisdom that he's untouchable on foreign policy? He's had some some blunders recently that have virtually gone unreported in any major way. Why?

I think people haven't been paying attention to McCain yet, so they're simply responding to his demeanor and reputation. Once they learn that his views differ so radically from those of the average voter, they'll be disenchanted. He doesn't have me worried.

I would like to know why CNN hasn't aired the story regarding Maggie Williams, Clinton’s campaign manager who served on the Delta Financial Corporation and advised the now bankrupt sub-prime lender for seven years, according to the Security Exchange Commission. Williams was recruited for the board after the New York-based lender came under federal scrutiny for discriminatory lending practices. If this were Sen. Obama's campaign manager this story would have been aired by all mainstream media just as the Rev. Wright story was played over and over again!!! This story of Maggie Williams is very disturbing because it raises the question of whether Hillary Clinton "knew" that Ms. Williams was involved with these seedy practices and had only ended her close relationship with the lender just two months before she became a top Clinton adviser.

It also calls into question if the Clinton’s have investments in or have profited from companies like Delta Financing? The campaign continues to stall on the release of the Clinton’s tax returns and have worked feverishly to keep the list of donors to President Clinton’s library under wraps. Wonder why?

I'm sure CNN and other mainstream news media has heard of the allegations against Ms. Williams but because this would cast an unfavorable light as well as question the Clinton's involvement in the very thing she (Hillary) claims she wants stopped CNN has apparently turned a deaf ear and blind eye to. Again if this were Sen. Obama's campaign manager CNN and the like would have questioned his involvement, delved further into his financial records, not to mention asked tireless questions of how he could hire someone as his top adviser who had been on the board of one of the nation’s biggest culprits in housing scandal. It's clear there is a double standard that CNN upholds!

Barclay: Here are my thoughts about McCain. I guess I'm not so concerned about age, as much as I am about his well-being and attitude. As they say "You’re only as old as you feel" and I think McCain's mother is a great example of that! With that being said, ageism is still alive in this country and just as we have focused on race and gender during this election year, I wouldn't be surprised if ageism doesn't become a topic of discussion. Whereas on the one hand, the older candidate can be perceived as having experience and judgment, on the other, they can be viewed as unwilling to change, set in their ways, or as I fondly describe it "stodgy".

Unfortunately, it is assumed that your health will become more of an issue as you age. However, none of us can predict what disease we are going to get or what body part is going to fail us next, regardless of age. To me, it just makes the importance of each candidate's running mate that more critical. After all, it is the V.P. who will be first in the presidential succession line if anything were to happen.

Jolene, St. Joseph, MI

Hi Anderson,
Hillary and John McCain are just too OLD to be a president. Furrthemore, John McCain is VIETNAM VETERAN. A lot of those guys have flash backs after leaving the WAR. He could " SNAP in the middle of any function during the TALKS of WAR with any foreign leader. He is "SCARY. It is a well know fact about any war. That is SAD!
He has served our country. Now he should go and REST.

Barclay, In my humble opinion John McCain is too old to hold the office of the presidency. His bout with melanoma also would tell me that something is eating away at him and although medicine has cured him for the time being, it will return. It may seem that he is vigorous etc but have you listened to the fatigue in his voice and the underlying anger in some of his comments. His smile seems forced and he seems pretty well staged to me. The only relaxed person on the campaign is Barack Obama.
I am the same age as John McCain and i surely would not vote for myself for that reason alone.
John MCCain's identity is aligned with war rather than peace and that turns me off. I would not vote for anyone who believes that the Iraq war must continue because America has to win.
Now, aren't you glad you asked for some thoughts?

Are these polls asking who would you vote for if Hillary loses, Obama or McCain, or if Obama loses, Hillary or McCain? If so it is not a fair poll. I don't believe Dems when they say they will go Rep. if their candidate doesn't win. Why would adults hurt themselves and their families to spite Hillary or Obama. That's immature and stupid.

I would like to know if ANYBODY and I mean anybody going to actuallly discuss what they think Hillary Clinton would be saying if SHE were the one with the Most Elected Delegates, Most Popular Votes and had won the Most States? You know if it had been Obama that had broken the rules concerning Florida and Michigan and were stating they needed to be seated at the National Convention that Hillary and Bill would both be screaming at the top of their Clintonite voices that Obama broke the rules and they are ahead and they think for the good of the party...that Obama should drop out of the party. If anyone thinks this wouldn't be coming out of the mouths of Hillary and Bill.....then their heads are stuck in the sand. Hillary's not a fighter....she's just pissed off she and Bill thought that because He was the President at one time, that she should automatically be elected without all this other mess coming in to play, as Bill states it. This lady will go down fighting with blood hanging from her panty hose and polyester pant suit until they have to haul her off in an ambulance. Come On Hillary, I can hear the words coming out of your mouth now, if the roles were reversed!!!!

At that time Hillary Rodham was 27 years old. She had obtained a position on our
committee staff through the political patronage of her former Yale law school
professor Burke Marshall and Senator Ted Kennedy. Eventually, because of a
number of her unethical practices I decided that I could not recommend her for any
subsequent position of public or private trust.

(she was caught lying. and it wasn't a "mis-speak" or "mis-remember". this was the real mc coy. a big one and a very dangerous one)

It would be interesting to have Anderson spend a day on the campaign trail with John McCain. He should be getting the same coverage as the other candidates.

Why does the press continue to allow Hillary Clinton to talk out both sides of her mouth? On the one hand, she wants everyone's vote to count. On the other hand, she wants pledged delegates to be free to change their minds and superdelegates to override the voters if necessary to elect her. Nobody at CNN has raised this obvious inconsistency with her surrogates.

A sizeable share of McCain's success is attributable to him - he is a moderate and capable of capturing independents on his own. However, he is clearly benefiting from the infighting among the democrats which may be all he needs to put him over the top. I consider myslef an independent moderate and am a support er of Obama. I would NEVER vote for Hillary Clinton in a general election.

McCain's age will make me look more closely at his VP nominee. Although Obama is trying to sell himself as more conservative than Clinton, I believe the opposite is true. I don't believe a McCain whitehouse would resemble a Bush whitehouse and would not vote for him if I thought it would. I am concerned about the war and favor giving McCain a chance–too bad he didn't have more input at the beginning but I also am concerned about social programs and I know they are a driving force for Hillary. I don't like the way the war has gone but the wild promises the Dems are making are scarey. I have to admit that Hillary's promises regarding freezing interest on home mortgages, etc. are terrifying to anyone who has had even an elementary economics course but from what I see (which isn't much in the media) her record in the senate shows her to be much more level headed. I like the fact that she voted to give the President the power to begin the war and that she has voted for the support of the troops in the war. The country needed that unity at the time. Bush botched the execution and no one could know that when the vote was taken,

At the moment my November vote will still go to McCain but the VP choice could change that.

Anderson,

I think that people worry way to much about the health of John Mc Cain. He has gone through torture and 5 years of POE. If he sees himself fit enough to run, then he probably is.

Hi Anderson,
Keep him honest John McCain is OLD and a Vietnam Veteran Can you ask him if he has "FLASHBACKS" of the Vietnam War???
BECAUSE....................!!!!

Barclay:

Senator John McCain has the life experience and wisdom that only
comes with age. People view Senator McCain as a true patriot that loves his country and served it with distinction.

As a seasoned veteran of the United States Congress, he showed his ability to cross party lines and make those votes that were not always the popular ones i.e for amnesty, against the Bush tax cuts, against earmark spending, for the surge in Iraq.

When that phone rings at 3:00AM, I believe that many people would like to have Senator McCain answering it.

Why do they have to hold hearings on the FEMA trailor debacle? This is a no brainer. The CDC failed to protect the health of its citizens. I do not need to hearing to know this.

Senator Clinton should not be asked to leave the race. There are ten more primary contests to go. Each individual should get to vote for the candidate of their choosing. This is one of our rights in this country.

Susan
Phoenixville,PA

I recall hearing that Senator Clinton's strategy was to wrap up the nomination on Super Tuesday–to the extent that her campaign was not sufficiently prepared to contest primaries immediately after Super Tuesday.

It this is accurate, doesn't that call into question the Clinton campaign's concerns that ending the race now would disenfranchise voters in upcoming primaries? That is, the reason to continue the race is (partially) to let the voters in the ten remaining primaries have their voices heard.

The Super Tuesday strategy is one that, by their logic, essentially disenfranchises all of the states after early February. This didn't seem to be a concern of the Clinton campaign back then.

I suppose consistency rather than hypocricy is too much to hope for in campaigns. Isn't it likely that were the roles reversed, Sen. Obama would be getting it from all sides to get out of the race for the good of the party?

My thoughts about the Katrina disaster, I have thought many times through out the last few years.

I watched on the NASA satellite Katrina coming, it was most astonishing yet scary storm I have ever watched.

If Katrina would have happened in So. California or Washington D.C. things would have been so different. Then to add insult to injury they stick the surviors in toxic trailers. How is it that as a society we have the right to choose who is worth protecting?

"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves. "
WS

Does anyone realize that Haliburton opened up shop in Lousiana, 2 months after Katrina?

San Francisco, Ca

Anderson, you really should start concentrating on how out of hand the Obama supporters are getting. Including CNN reporters like Cafferty and Martin. Martin is so ridulous, yelling and screaming and in denial about Wright. Read Cafferty's questions and some of the comments he has on his blogs. Some very scary comments coming from Obama supporters. Even talk about riots if they do not get there way. Obama should tell his supporters to relax. Makes you wonder who is more racist. And, hmmmm, Wright has not retired.

There should be no surprise regarding the young boy who brought two loaded guns to school. As a psychotherapist, what I am most trianed to do is to notice one's "blind eye." When it comes to our schools and our youth, our collective "bind eye" could not be greater. Do you think a study will one day arrive, resulting in us saying, "Oh, so THAT'S the problem!" No, we have enough information. What we lack... is the will to put it into practice. It's like the person who comes into therapy wanting help... and resisting it at the same time. The "resistance" is the "blind eye," the denial. Without dealing with that, no solution will suffice.

Quick Question on the FEMA trailers that is just bothering me. How can people be buying and selling FEMA trailers on Ebay and Craig's List?

The reason why I ask is I am trying to purchase an RV myself and just thought, well, I didn't want to purchase my RV from the same manufacturer of the FEMA trailers. In researching these trailers, I have found tons of these FEMA trailers all over Ebay and various local newspapers.

Did FEMA auction off these trailers and sell them to people or are they in fact stolen goods? Then again I would think they have a tag and registration. Anyway, just curious to know.

Doesn't Hillary realize that she is comparing herself to Rocky Balboa who lost to the black boxer Apollo Creed?

Tom Foreman is correct. The Dems, namely Clinton and Obama have been hurling fireballs at each other, while McCain sits back and laughs. It is no wonder he is ahead in the polls.

The Dems should be up 15-20 points over the Republican nominee by now . . . this election should have been a no-brainer. But somehow, someway . . . they have brilliantly managed to start their own mega-war . . . which apparently , in the minds of voters, is now dwarfing the one in Iraq. As a Republican, I can only say "Well done, Dems, do carry on ! "

Can you explain why you and other anchors/reports refuse to say the dem president race is a tie and this primay should continue to the convention. Ask hard questions and stop the hips.

Lou Dobbs is the only person that stated the press has been calling Obama the so call elected president. Sen. Clinton is a strong woman and I am impress with her determination to take this to the convention.

I hope the people callilng for her to quit remember that women are their mothers, daughters, sisters and etc,

Two questions for Obama

1) Your father was from Kenya, but the only father figure in your life until your teenage years was your stepfather, who was your stepfather?

2) You have stated that Pastor Wright converted you to christianity some twenty years ago, what was your religion if any prior to being converted?

Anderson,
I can't even begin to tell you how happy I am for the Shank family.
Thank-you CNN, Thank-you for waking up Wal-mart and even though it had to take Wal-mart as far as to actually see how it would feel to get pinched itself by having people boycott the store. It would have cost them less, if they had only given in sooner. But I still must say thank-you to Wal-mart for doing the right thing.

Marlene L. ( North Carolina )

I guess moderating political attacks beats covering hurricanes. I still remember when you (Anderson) were out there in the middle of those storms in 2005, incredible courage and bravery. Americans were comfy in their homes, while you battled the storm. Props to you, my man.

Anderson, the Walmart case is not unusual in auto cases, this issue is called "Subrogation" or reimbursement.
You did a show on how people are victimized by insurance companies when they are injured in an auto accident.
Both of these stories should be linked in one segmment regarding a broader perspective of what people experience when they are involved in an accident.
The issue is the law does not allow companies to seek reimbursement unless it is contractual. Here is the problem after a case known as Kaiser all health insurance companies and companies that furnish health insurance include unconscionable clauses in the health plan book which gives them this right against the unsuspecting insured.
I have personally represented a client whos ins. co actually sent be a request for reimbursement of $60,000. When I ask for a copy of the language in their plan which gave them this right they actually sent someone else plan language.
To their dismay I called the adjsuter and stated I had an actual copy of the plan which did not give them the right in this case and they must have sent me the wrong policy, 10 mins later I received a fax from the company waiving the $60,000.
But in most cases the victim gets screwed.
I am disappointed in the Supreme Court not taking this issue on. The law is somewhat unsettled and favors insurance companies.
Walmart made a good decision but self serving and this story is not over for future injured parties who may seek a claim for damages. This story goes on.
Barry J. Sherman,

It is the right of the people not to look at the age but the winston. One who will and shall be willing to go everywhere at anytime , that will not be represented by or for. One who is strong in flesh and is able to collect that phone call between 2:A. M.-5: A.M..

McCain is dinasauric.......That's my take. I,too am forever grateful for your presence in Waveland in the last three years. We are now ready for the open house we have been waiting for for all this time. Call for your appointment"' We are Obama all the way...

I would like to suggest that CNN post a countdown clock on screen until the olympics start. Maybe not on all programs but when ever there is discussion, stories or news about the olympics.

You keep bringing up the idea that somehow Hillary Clinton would suddenly make the Democratic ticket some sort of "Dream Team". In my humble opinion, it would all but guarantee Obama's defeat. The antipathy between these two people is almost palpable. The subtext of putting her on the ticket would be nothing less an abject admission that Obama believes he couldn't win without her, and in so doing, he would cease to appear 'Presidential' in the eyes of even his most enthusiastic supporters (this Republican included).

These dynamics seem obvious to me, and you (Anderson) appear to be one the smartest guys in the village. So why do you keep bringing this up? I see no evidence of an organic constituency for the idea, so maybe it's just a convenient talking point. Next time, I have a couple of suggestions as alternatives:

1. What happened to our commitment as a species to repairing the damage we're doing to the climate and the ecosystem upon which we depend? The damage is getting worse, faster than predicted, but as the price of gasoline has gone up, our only priority appears to be to find more and burn more. If Obama is the leader for change that he claims (and for which I am currently supporting him), why can't he stand a little near-term heat on the absurdly frivolous issue of offshore oil-drilling?

2. We've been told that the war on terror is a critical threat to our national security. Both Obama and McCain say we need two or three more brigades in Afghanistan, but Secretary Gates can't seem to find the 15,000 troops it would take to back up our guys over there, and shore up the real front-line against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. My question: what are the 100,000 troops we have sitting in Germany, Italy and the UK doing right now that is so critically important? Why can't our military deploy regular Army troops who are a few hundred miles away to help out the predominantly reserve army troops who doing most of the fighting and dying in Iraq and Afghanistan?

I have a theory as to what the answer is, I just can't understand why the news media seems to think this topic is off-limits. So instead of speculating about Hillary Clinton as VP, try asking some tough questions of those who are responsible for perpetuating a status quo which is ruining our environment, and decimating our reserve military.

Anderson – Don't sweat the Lohan thing – I occasionally watch the Denise Richards show – with her father living with her and all the animals, what's not to like – I think it's a sweet show, ecxept for her profanities, but I can live with that since I use a few myself and anyway it's bleeped.

Dena Lohan – what a moron!! Agree with you 1000%, Anderson -
Go, baby – you tell it like it is!!

Hello Anderson. Wow this cool to write to you and share my views on many topics but where to start. The world is going way to fast. And war seems to show it's ugly face again...I'm from Montreal, Canada and I listen to you on a daily basis when I can get the time....I hope that the next President can make things better for America...I can't stand the one who is there now! But I wonder if the 2 senators can make the difference.And with the war in Georgia I'm worried....Well I can only say 2012.....Thank-you Anderson for your share.

why is it that all the big company's attacking obama, why haven't we seen any company attacks on mccain,as a democrat this is just showing mccain is an aggressor and we dont need that for america.offense or defense u choose.

Doesn't Obama+Biden sound as "Osama Bin Laden". No matter what great story he may have, he is just another politician, who does anything to win. What is he asking us to believe in ? – when he doesn't keep his word on public financing of his campaign, which he promised he will if Mc Cain does.

Palin is not in the same league as the other candidates and she scares me with her previous abuse of power. I'm voting for Barack and Biden.

I am seriously losing hope on the republicans, it seems that every other speech or comment by the Mccain and Palin camp is either about ridiculing their opponent in some way or twisting and exaggerating any coment that Obama says. it seems like they shy away from the real issues plaguing our country today. Each day it seems like the McCain camp is getting more childish and ridiculous with their political strategy, All I hear from them is the same circular rhetoric mixed in with how personally great the republican candidates are in with vague almost non existent references to plans for the future of our country. I just don't like that, I might go democratic for this one.

Hey, Palin is governer for Ak. and Geroge Bush was governor of Texas
We know what kind of president he 's been for the last 8 years. Now
we have Palin,I think we have exactly the same.!!!! Lord help America, if Mccain and Palin win in November.

One of the things that I have not heard much about, since I live in Gilbert Arizona, is that of McCains involvement in the "Keating 5 and also why he voted againts the Martin L. King holiday. I believe it is important that people need to be aware of his past history as they did with Obama. I have lived in Arizona since 1979, have never been a fan of McCain because of the above. Thanks, Bob

Is it Legal to Bailout failing Financial Institutions that are under investigation for Fraud by the FBI ? Isn't that Collusion ?

Sitting here feeling completely betrayed by my own government. This isn't about Republicans or Democrats – it's about all of them. We've worked hard, payed our bills, our mortage and educated our children. We saved for our retirement. and were looking forward to that retirement, in about a year, now it's all at risk and we don't know where to turn. It's a terrible thing when you can't even trust your government. It's completely apparent, they don't care about us. I'm running out of words, sorry!

I was shocked to hear Suse O., profess support for the bailout, while she always postures to her listeners for nothing less than financial responsibility.....Please no support for the bailout...let the market fall where it may...it will recover. And to your financial spokes guy, who is must be personally tied to the market,.the banks are still writing loans...but to only those who qualify . True somebody that was marginal last week, could possibly sqeaked by,,,,but not today. 401Ks, what did people do with their money before they existed. But today these people buy, take out second mortgages, credit cards to the hilt, gambling that their 401ks will pay for their future.
Please no bailout with my tax money for the greed of Wall Street and Washington.

Hi Anderson! I'm an independent and not a big fan of McCain, but I think media is not fair to Palin. You are fair most fo the time but I don't see as much criticism of Biden although he has more dirty laudry. Also I didn't see Obama criticised like Palin when he first came on the scene.
You are doing a got job
Thanks

Hi AC360,

We're in serious crisis. But the congress won't resume working on the rescue plan tomorrow because of Jewish holiday. I'm confused. Am I living in Isareal or in the United States. I don't think congress understand how urgent it is to resolve this economy crisis which can severely affect every one of US.

Could anyone on your staff help me understand why it is so important for Congress to observe Jewish holiday instead of working on rescue plan? Do U.S. Congress observe other nations' holidays besides Jewish holiday?

Peter

Being a government employee, I contribute 15% in the Thrift savings plan (TSP). Should I reduce my contributions down to 5% since the agency matches up to 5% and take the other 10@ and invest in bonds or in real estate or what? I only have about $40,000 in debt

I'm very interested why not one single person from the media isn't telling us that they used 0ver $600 billion dollar to either pay or give to the World Banking system. I would like for someone who knows or have some more light to this please let me know or give me some information as to what is going on with my or our money.. somebody out there must know...

I believe the rescue plan can easily get a pass in congress if a legion of Wall Street executives vow to get paid based on their performance only, just like other workers. The performance based pay is true spirit of free market. I think a lot of republicans misunderstand what the free market is all about.

What I don't understand is how Congress can talk all they want but at the end of the day, nothing about today was positive for not only the United States markets, but the entire global economy. A solution needs to come out asap and politicians need to be honest with the American people.

There is not enough information on how SENIORS (there a lot of us out here) should handle this crisis. We know the FDIC stuff, stay out of the stock market, etc.

But what do we do if we have to rely on the investments (IRA money markets, bonds ), paid for homes, paid up credit cards each month etc.

I understand the frustration of the people about the "BAILOUT'.

But failure to pass it cost me, a SENIOR, real money today and it was part of what the nation's $1,200,000,000,000 total loss was today.

Those who oppose the 'Bailout' do not seem to understand that we are still losing, 'AS TAXPAYERS', even as those people are thinking that the 'Bailout' is just for Washington and Wall Street!

Call, fax, email your congress person to get their ASS IN GEAR and pass the bill, maybe with an inclusion that additional controls will be added later

Rather then bailing out wall street, wouldn't it make sence to spend the money on the lower income familys. It seems to me you take all the forclosed homes give them to families based on there income and needs. It just seems silly to give my tax money to companies where ceo's make millions a year. We are spending over 300 billion dollars for these mortgage companies and insurance companies. When we could divide that up on 100 million families and really stimulate our economy. Basic math but then the average Joe could get on his feet instead of the rich fat cats getting more money. Polititians would argue that the little man should have cared for his credit what about the big companies why do they get this huge huge break. They fleece the country and we pay them again and again.

Would you ask any of your financial guest the following question? Is it possible that not only the lenders got out of line but do you think it may also be a market correction in the realestate values that have been spiraling out of control for the last 20 years? I bought a piece of realestate 15 years ago and sold it 5 years ago making $49.00 for every dollar I paid for it. That seems to me to be a little excesive dosen't it?

About a comment of Sarah Palin re. Russia just in her backyard, and consider it as a foreign experience, it is not fair for her to downplay what she said to anchor Katie Couric that she has a foreign affair experience with Russia. If you will replay again her interview about seeing Russia from Alaska, it is true. But her very delicate contact with Russia, when a plane of Russia got lost and crossed the restricted Airspace boundary between United states and Russia in Alaska's region, don't you feel that that is a very serious foreign policy she must keep and watch?.

Interviewing some people on Alaska's side, what do they know what's going on in their airspace? I'm sure they are not aware of Sarah Palin's contact with other countries in their own land.

A president has the VP and all secretaries of the departments and ambassadors to other nations of the word. If she is the president, she will be surrounded by brains in serious decision making that i would not be worried of her.

thanks for the privilege to post my comments.

God bless.

Gt of Montreal Quebec
Canada

It doesn't matter what Sara Palin say or do, the media and Obama networks will be after her. Racism has a totally different meaning now. It used to be define as when white feel negative about black; now it is the other way. If somebody says or makes any negative sound people will say oh, he/she is a racist. John McCain is a war hero and Sara Palin is the second women to be nominated to run for Vice Presidency of the U.S. You want to talk about change this is a change. In the history of America, this is the first time we have a black candidate, after debate night media ask some blacks so called undecided voter who they are going to vote for? Oh please, spare me this baloney; you all should know Black will vote for Obama this is the bottom line. You want to talk about experiences then compare McCain to Obama and be honest about it, you will find the answer. My question to all the women why you are so away from Sara Palin, just see what press is doing to her and you will see connect with her more than you would imagine. If there was no men ever elected for president of US, and I see there is a men running, I can assure all the men will vote for that men. I ask everyone just give her a chance and you will see what this woman is made of and I am a life long MAN Democrats. Oh, In case the media forgot “it’s not a sin to talk about Obama’s shortcoming

I am a republican and am a little embarrassed by Palin's performance at the debate. It is true, Palin did well. However, the problem is that she did well only because we had low expectations of Palin. If you can't answer direct questions and instead give answers because that is what you want to do, you fail the test. It does not matter how much charisma you have especially when Palin knew how the debate was going to be conducted weeks before the debate.

Why isn't anyone demanding the names of the senators who added the pork to the bailout? America deserves to know who the bums are and toss them out. If John McCain is such a maverick, then he should expose the names of the abusers. The House, the Senate and the President are the only people who can make decisions to create financial woes and they pretend they don't know how it happens. When is our government going to end the ear marks? If they are not important enough to be voted on on their own merits, then they don't belong attached to anything. Ear Marks should be voted on by the general election... not the senators. Senators also need to be put on the Social Security system... then they would have an interest in it.

Republicans think Ayers is an American terrorist – AC's ten most wanted list, tonight adding Phil Gramm are financial American terrorists and McCain was very closely associated with him for a long time. OY VEY!

Today I thankfully remember Susan B. Anthony and all of the suffragettes who worked so that I could proudly vote.

Hey Anderson,

What a great opportunity to meet with the President so early in his administration. Two questions I'd like to see asked (and answered):
1) Why was his administration not aware of the tax issues / problems of so many appointees prior to the nominations of these individuals?
2) Mr. Obama campaigned on a promise of transparency. if he truly means that transparancy will be one of the hallmarks of his administration why will he not share documentation proving that he is in fact eligible to serve as President with the people who elected him?

President Obama says that he wants to help middle class Americans. President Obama wants to stop E-Verify. Illegal immigrants came into America illegally and used undocumented papers to take middle class American jobs. Legal Americans are loosing their jobs and everything that they have worked for (homes, insurance, retirement and savings). Illegal immigrants are not Americans.Why not put E-verify in the stimulus package to help legal Americans find jobs so that they can take care of their families?
Joan from Iowa

Good luck for the Interview tonight! As a (German) Journalist, I really envy you for this opportunity. I would love to hear the President answer following question: Will You encourage the Attorney General to go after Donald Rumsfield and George W. Bush for crimes against humanity, for violating the Geneve Convention ( like the UN wants you to do)?

yes why do all of you have a hard time saying President Obama.Mr Cooper just said mr Obama. Just wonderingHe is elected ad deserves the title of the office.

It is my beleif that the republicans are being obstructionists because of their embarrassing defeat in november and that they realiize that when the dust settles the truth will come out that their policies of laissez faire, trickle down economics is the reason our economy is on the brink of complete collapse.

Stimulus Package:

we all are trying to find way that the federal money provided in form of check or tax cut or any other form should be spent in desired the time period. why not provide debit card with expiry for a desired period and non cashable by any mean. this will force people to spend the money in buying commodity and due to expiry period all the proposed money will be circulating in the economy in desired time period. the federeal agency can see the effect of the stimulus package and take
corrective action.

Pankaj Parikk

in the comments about racism it seems that the only colors that are seen and spoken of are black,white ,sometimes latinos & less times asians
what of the first americans the native americans yes we r a racist nation
& cowardice is a way to avoid rather than to participate
native wisdom speaks of oneness & inclusion let us look at the whole
story in all we seek to understand thanks for ur work much love

NATIONALIZE THE BANKING SYSTEM

You can call it Free Enterprise if you like, but the banking system controls the faucet for the life blood of all enterprise. It can put the economy on its back, and it can put people in soup lines. Interest rates should always be low and stable, and money should always be available to exchange the goods and services that the hands and minds of people produce. There is no need ever for a roller coaster economy of booms and busts. The medium of exchange is too important to all enterprise to be in the hands of private enterprise.

Note to Republicans:
Bobby Jindal should not be the face of your party. He is a cross between Mr. Rogers and someone I for sure would vote against even if he ran against Bush. His response to President Obama's address to Congress was ridiculous, I felt he was telling a story to a group of school children. Jindal, listen to the people that are in need in your own state and take the money, I can't believe your going to pass on money to help your state. Have you ever thought that voters will remember your actions next election?

Why does certain members of the CNN news staff refer to the Prsident as "Mr. Obama or Barak". Isn't the proper address "President Obama"?

A very quick question regarding AIG. It is said that they're "too big to fail." If they have so many customers, touching nearly every gloabal business segement (off-shore oil rigs to actors/actresses), I would have to image they have competitors who sell the same products and services that they do. Wouldn't those competitors simply capture the business AIG lost? It's not like if AIG failed, there's no one else who offers those products/services, is it?

SUB: AIG & other bigwigs

Wrt global economic crisis: The only reason why the world was caught napping, was the conspiracy between the bankers & the politicians in keeping the disaster tucked under a carpet. This hand & glove relationship will keep protecting their mutual interests, while the whole world remains victimized.

They should be subjected to a Neuremberg-Style hearing and should be hunted like the war-criminals – till they are brought to justice.

Dear Anderson Cooper, I really admire you and the footage you do on different topics but I have to comment on tonight's program. You had a Rev. Mel White on your show and the other individual name Tony(sorry, I forgot his last name) but I really admire his standing on the Word of God. As for Rev. Mel White, I feel so sorry for him because to carry the title of Reverend brings even greater condemnation on himself as well as those that follow him. He commented to Tony that nowhere in the Bible that goes against being Gay but for him to be a reverend, has he forgotten what God did to Sodom and Gomorrah because of immorality. Yes God is a God of Love but He must punish Sin, God Loves Mel White and has no desire for him to perish but if he continues to be decieved, he will not only face Hell's fire but will cause others to go with him. Please Anderson beg Mel White for me to repent so he would not have to stand before the Great White Throne Judgement and please tell him to read about Sodom and Gomorrah. Thank You So Much From Tracey PS: All who are curious about this comment ,please also read about Noah when he tried to warn the people but they did not listen and they all drowned.

I don't care what interrogation methods are used on terroists and most of the American people also don't care. The main issue is to protect the American people. Terroists who randomly kill innocent women and children don't deserve rights. Obama needs to let this issue go.

why are families of US soldiers not outraged and aggitating to have DICK CHENEY tried for treason punishable by hanging in a public place for fabricating connections of 9/11 events to IRAQ , He and his hoodlum repulican friends have devastated so many men and women in uniform that they have committed a worse crime than 9/11 yet he continues to flap his mouth as to how safe he kept America. He must be on some kind of hallucinogenic drugs or a plain case of schizophrenia . I would like to see him thrown into Gauntanimo prison and let the prisoners decide his fate,

Most of us in the Medical community think John Edwards to be sleeze ball, so why is every one surprised at Elizabeth Edwards tell all book, She is an educated intelligent women who has been delt a bad deal in life and coping the best way she can!!

My beef is the Media haunting Rep. Nancy Pelosi:

How long is this going to go on, you people have been harping on this story like pitbulls. I wish you and the rest of the media did this before we went into a war of lies! It's amazing that now the media is all over the speaker of the house for what, we all know that the Bush/Cheney Administration lied about not torturing, and still denied it after Abu Graub broke the airwaves. You guys act like it just happen yesterday....well it didn't!

So please Stop!!!

I want to see the perpetraitors of the Iraq War prosecuted and thrown in Jail.

In addition to a comment I've sent yesterday, I would like to personally thank Anderson Cooper for all that he has contributed. This will probably be my last comment since I'm a hermit by nature and prefer to limit human contact. Anderson, if you're reading this, thank you – thank you for giving a voice to the voiceless. I hope you will continue to do what you do best. The reality and horrors of war, famine, and poverty are not easy to bear or witness. But, you will never get lost as long as you have a pure and honest heart as compass. I hope you'll be able to kindle a light in the midst of darkness.

Not fair for Obama to spend time seeking the release of the two journalist in North Korea before seeking the release of the gays in the military from the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Prison.

I am the same age as Michael Jackson. I know what it is like to not have a childhood, I only wish he could have found the right therapy instead of drugs as I did. It is a long hard road, I am now just finding my childhood.

Corie
OH

Propofol is not just used by Anesthesiologists in the OR. It is also approved for use by Cardiologists for moderate sedation procedures.

Maureen, RN

Dear Anderson,
I love your journalism and want you to know that in the era after Peter Jenings , Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw, you are giving TV journalism very valid legitimacy.
Dear Anderson I'm writing to you about the events in Iran and what's going on there. There is a piece of film which is 15min. and so masterfully summarizes the 30 years of this regime's reign. I think your show deserves to show this because I love your show more than any other one. Since it is a rule not to post a link I observe the rules of your page, but in the name of humanity I beg you to see this and show it to the world. There is so much in there that most of the world doesn't even know.
Please let me know how I can send you the link, I looked all over the page and your AC360 page doesn't allow me to send you this video clip. You have my e-mail address please let me know I'll forward the link to you. I also posted it in your page in Face Book.
I wish you health and success and keep up the good work.
Sincerely
Ali

Hello Anderson, can you please ask the President if there is any help on the way to California. I am not in law enforcement they have seem to feather there own beds on fleecing the State of California and receving raises this week Hwy Patrol had received a 5% pay raise just what they needed. The State Park Maintenance Staff and Seasonal Saff need help. Furloughed 3 days this month and the possibility another, not enough money to pay bills, gas, rent, food,or the mortgage. Legislators getting paid GOOD Wages to not preform there "JOB" . Thanks Dale Quote of the day with a slower printer you can work faster

Will this simple Ideal help us all ? Please ask the country if they would support this Ideal to help President Obama get his health care plan paid for. We could use the 2 million men and woman living in our prison systems to turn generators, This free energy could be sold to pay the goverments bills and anything else we need free money for 23 three hours locked behind bars seems like a huge waste of our resources in these hardtimes. I need a job so if you need my help contact me I LOVE my country and the Obamas We can all make the U.S.A great again . togethier we stand divided we fall.

Two problems with Colin Powell's assessment of the Gates v. Cambridge police situation: Powell is a traitor of the worst kind. He shoved his troops into live fire for the sake of petty Bush politics. He should have been indicted and jailed and banned from every military installation in this country.
Secondly, he got this one wrong too. Unless and until every American is legally reguired, under pains of arrest, to keep his/her mouth shut, submit to strip searches, give a breath analysis, bow and scrape, and plead guilty on the scene every time WE are stopped by a policeman or questioned in OUR OWN doorways; then we all have the right to speak to OUR EMPLOYEES, be they refuse collectors, tax assessors, Sheriff's Deputies, Governors, Members of Congress, Secretaries of State, school teachers, Districts Attorney or football coaches, whether we're white, black or oriental. Surely, we still have that measly right left under what's left of the Constitution.

if americans will rally with one voice and find the best health care reform that will be beneficial to us all it will be great

Please limit CNN breaking news to an one minute or two news report - the Kabul breaking news took away the show with you & Nancy Grace!! I'm a mom of twins and wanted to see you with the twins! Thank you!

It has become clear in this health care fight that all who call themselves democrats are republicans in realty so we must run some real democrats in there place.

It doesn't matter if we have 60 votes if they do vote with us when it counts.

So we need to get them out.

Pass the word

Well America, here's your chance, the Ted Kennedy Universal Health Care Bill. It would be the crowning glory of a stellar career and the true end of Camelot.

What Senator Kennedy had was the ability to bring people together. All People. The country lost a great man. Despite all of the flaws and negative things we as citizens knew about him, its ashame more wasn't offered about the incredible person he was. Its time that US Citizenry mature. Stop the finger pointing name calling and blaming. Tolerance, understanding and pulling together as a people is what is going to strengthen our country through these difficult time.

Age does not matter, if McCain would like to run for president I would still vote for him. I am a republican through and through, besides he is physically fit, right?

i just saw we have the same bday june 3 wow !!!!!!well i was excited about that i loved your show when you went to afghanistan,,,, you did a good job there ,, i really enjoyed watching it,,,,, thank you mary from sc,,,,,,