He’s not going to win because the party is in shambles due to lack of enthusiasm for this inexperienced candidate….the real base of the democratic party is not behind him…..I live in Massachusetts a true blue democratic state and I know many die hard dems that are not behind him at all……what a sin….we should have this wrapped up by now…..

Listening to Obama answer simple questions is akin to hearing Alan Greenspan try and articulate his decision making; and we all know how well that turned out.

Obama is an attorney who argues both sides of all issues; when giving an answer, the constitutional lawyer in him takes over and he tries to appeal to both sides but ends up confusing all and pleasing few.

It’s paralysis by over anlaysis; Obama needs to man up, look people in the eye when he speaks and tell us what he believes.

We now live in a Myspace, YouTube, Match.com and EHarmony type world where people are less concerned about the truth but more interested in the delivery.

Obama needs to pick a “pit bull” but one that has a wonderful family life. I am sooo sick of sex and crime in Washington. Obama has a great family life. We need more of this as an example. McCain is just plain sleezy!!! and his judgement is worse! I’m a 64 year old republican–no more!!!! Obama needs to hit back at every sleezy thing McCain has done in his life and his very, very poor judgement!!! Hit him hard and hit again and again–below the belt - which is what McCain has used the most in his life!!! We need a change in Washington sooooo bad!!!! I want new, young, intellegent people in Washington that have morals!!!!!

Barack Hussein Obama
I was really stunned that until today I didn’t know what the H. was standing. It’s Hussein, and not to mention Obama also sounds like some other person who attacked us. It’s a little too disturbing to me.

Yes this curse seems to be taking a toll… but I’m certain the public will realize Obama is the man for the job. He will definately have more money to get out his message than McCain will.

Too professorial? Only the American media would think that someone seems too educated to be a leader (but after the last 8 years I don’t know if I can blame them). We went through this the past two elections where you hacks harp on and on about nuance and wonkness, and then point to the guy who finished at the bottom of his class and who “we should want to have a beer with” as a natural leader. What a joke.

I think he’s going to pick Rick Warren

Obama is my man

Obama is the one to lead

Obama go 2008

I agree with this line of thinking. Keep the nuances to yourself and get to the point more quickly. Explain the reason in a sentence or two afterward. But I wasn’t impressed with McCain’s yup and nope performance at Saddleback. He responded quickly because he was using his standard campaign stump sound bites. There was no thought at all put into his answers. He recognized the questions and before the pastor could finish some of them, he spit out the answer with a familiar memorized retort. This does not show me that he is decisive. Here is a man that either had inside information or doesn’t really think before he speaks. When the phone rings in the WH at 3 a.m., I want the smart guy answering the phone who actually listens, not the guy who would push the button before he picks up the receiver.

I think polling has changed. People don’t answer home phones anymore. Right now a lot of people aren’t paying attention. Wait till after the conventions and see what the polls say, but they need to use email or cell phones to get a good read. I don’t think when it comes down to it, people will go with the McSame. Obama is what we need in this time and place.

Maybe if the media would actually start looking at the buffoonery of the Noun-Verb-POW McCain guy, instead of rolling over and asking the old wrinkly dude to scratch their belly all the time, people would have a better sense that the guy that has SEVEN houses and CAN’T REMEMBER how many houses he has is certainly not fit for the White House. McCain is NOT the man for us. Obama is.

i think at this point that true and real americans are tired of the same ole policies and at this point don’t care who the nominee’s are.
we’re just ready for BUSH TO GTFO and go back to crawford considering he spent most of his time there anyways.

I’ll take the POW over the DNQ.

It sure would have helped if the Clinton’s could step up their campaigning for him and if her supporters would get over her deserved loss and get on board. It disgusts me to think that some voters are willing to let our country continue to slide downhill if one more Republican gets in as President. Not to mention, McCain is already itching for another war - this time with Russia.

Do you care about his associations with unsavory characters, his history of hardball politics, his Marxist background, his position on babies who survived abortion attempts? Do you care?

Good Grief!! Does the biased Elizabeth realize that there are a million people with the name Hussein and most are just family people who wouldn’t hurt a flea! It is common in Africa (where his father was born). People wake and and pay attention - the name is old news!! Obama is a proud American citizen.

It dazzles me, really, that after McCain couldn’t quite differentiate between Shia’s and Sunni’s, forgot that Czechoslovakia ceased to exist in 1993, thought the economy was doing fine, and countless other HUGE gaffs, that the one people are really upset about is he can’t remember how many properties he owns. Not that that isn’t really sad, but c’mon, the others are absolutely unforgivable. And when your wife is worth 100 million you can afford to misplace a house or three…

Let’s pick the smart one this time folks. Stupid didn’t work so well last time and it won’t work so well this time either. I’ll vote for the professor!

Elizabeth - really! You’re part of the voting public that scares me. “Obama also sounds like some other person who attacked us. It’s a little too disturbing to me.” That’s like the voter who said John Kerry looks “scary - so I’m not voting for him.” No wonder the rest of the world laughs at our political system.

Obama is a joke… and America is no longer laughing.

He should have a 20 point lead right now and can’t close the deal. Some say race or whatever… but that wouldn’t explain polling.

He’s great in a practiced speech… but live he is very wishy washy… comes off weak or like he’s pandering… He tries to play at both sides and simply looks like he’s being dishonest. People want to know what he thinks… and when he tries to answer it looks like he doens’t know. When he does stand on something he changes his mind later which is even worse. That and he does play the race card, go negative, etc… then acts like he doesn’t… this frustrats people as well.

I think the DNC made a mistake… he isn’t ready… and this year should have been a landslide… shame… because I am truely starting to believe McCain will win the Whitehouse.

“Now there needs to be meat on the bones and simple sentences that voters in voters in rural areas and suburban areas can understand”

Yes; we are a nation of idiots. Perhaps people would stop voting like idiots if politicians stopped addressing them as such. Could Bush have won (without the cheating, I mean) if he were made to speak like an intelligent, professional adult? I sincerely doubt it. Oh, and “Elizabeth”…you have got to be kidding me. People like you are the ones Hart is talking about. I hope you’re proud.

John:

There is no August curse here !!!!! The emperor has no clothes !!!

Just as simple as that !!!!

Susan
Phoenixville,PA

You watch McCain when he speaks? He can’t talk on his own two-feet without notes to refer to or a teleprompter. Go ahead and vote for McCain if you don’t care about having an intellectual in the White House

Obama is being exposed when being spontaneous, It is clear that he lacked the knowledge to debate Clinton and now McCain the straight talker. Results of the forum have tilted the polls and they will continue to tilt McCain’s way with each Debate.
Obama’s hard work to sound like Martin Luther King and has been quite successful. Now he needs to find the same tone to explain what is the change he seeks or he is don

Well I dunno maybe I’m just plain dumb but I’d prefer the guy who has just one house costing a million and knows he has it and where it’s at - than the guy who isn’t sure how many he has or how much they cost him until the reporters told him!!! (In case you didn’t get that report) He has 13 ! yes, 13 ! Is it any wonder they’re still hiding Cindy’s Tax Returns! I’d be embarassed to be that filthy rich and asking for Fund Raisers for my Campaign too!!!!

And how strange is it that the other guy in the White House presently who is also filthy rich is friends with the other rich guy! Can you see a comedian picking this post up? I can. If this isn’t stand up Jay Leno doesn’t live! And George Bush’s idiot statements hasn’t made comedians big bucks!

Are you still trying to decide who to vote for? Hint: The guy who knows what his assets are and how to report the figure on his Tax Return!

Yeah, Karen in Phoenix, I agree with you. A smart younger moral man is much easier to trust than an old fox who’s only qualification is surviving the POW experience. I’ve been a Republican and am now a Democrat. I used to think the GOP was better on economic matters but life, I’m 65, has shown me the opposite. Now I wear a pin that proclaims “I’m an Obama Mama!”

Only in politics could someone be criticized for being too well educated, able to pronounce words correctly & being successful at a young age. Oh & I almost forgot, he is “too thin”. It’s unfortunate that people continue to look for reasons not to vote for Obama.

If the Democrats know what’s good for them, Hillary will be the nominee. What on earth were people thinking of when this upstart Obama appeared on the scene - did they think he was some kind of saviour? He is untried, inexperienced, untruthful (but most politicians are), but most of all, he is an untested entity - too many skeletons are hanging around in his closet. Edwards’ secrets came back to haunt him, as will OHBs. The prefect Christian family ? Then why no gifts for the kids at Christian holidays; isn’t that a Muslim practise??? The rest of the world should be on alert, but the American people should be terrified if this person is elected. Remeber the saying, “be careful what you wish for, you may just get it.”

No the Dems don’t have a curse. It’s just that all of their hype has been sifted through and come about August or so we really see the true person behind the rhetoric. And we see that they are no where near ready for the job of president. They are all talk and no do as usual!

Cindy…Ga.

People actually believe Obama’s statements are too long and “professorial”? Good grief. Most people I know - many of whom dropped out of college - have no trouble following him at all. He’s hardly a convoluted or complicated speaker. Certainly his speech on race was incredibly well received across the board.

Perhaps the educational system in this country truly is far, far worse than we think. Or maybe it’s just journalists that need to go back to school.

Obama and all of his ignorant, biased, blind groupies better pray that the terrorist supporter “Obama” never gets close to the white house! You all are blinded by the movie star personality. He will never have the world / life experience that Mcain has. He has a Muslim agenda. If Obama cons his way into the Presidency, we all better start reading the koran! America is lost to the terrorists with his help and the help of all of you mis-guided libral ACLU do gooders. It will rest on your shoulders!

“simple sentences that voters in voters in[sic] rural areas and suburban areas can understand and say”

Anyone else find this offensive(and somewhat ironic)?

This is what happens when your one overriding skill is reading aloud. He has great speech writers and a fantastic delivery. But that’s all folks. He was a community activist in Chicago who went to the Senate where he did NOTHING for three years.

I think most of you think that Senator Obama is too lengthy in his answers and you may also think that he goes back to being a lawyer when he is answering his questions….but, the man is just plain smart! But, I can see why his answers may confuse you or you may not understand…after listening to George Bush for the past 8 years and recently John McCain…it’s no wonder something sensible hurts your ears and is hard for you to understand…you’ve been listening to a 1st grader talk for 8 years and McCain is a 2nd grader.

I believe the decline is due to allowing Clinton to put her name in nonimation at the convention. Many viewed that as weakness, or a giving in to the old establishment. Personally, I think it was a nice thing to do but it has cost him.

I’m a bit worried actually. Worried that this country could again allow a power hungry fool to supposedly lead the country. McCain wants the presidency so badly to prove something to himself, truly. His message and answers seem as contrived and fake as our foreign policy has become.
The long intellectual answers from Obama are proving to be a detriment. Considering the eduction level our country has plummeted, only about 45% can even relate to him in this way. He needs to stick to his heart, his original message, and to stay away from a constant defensive stance. Hopefully the country will see through the same old evil politics and leadership we have suffered and elect Obama as the man who can truly lead us out of purgatory.

I think Obama was not wise to attack McCain on how many houses he has. It seems petty in my opinion.

Many people in powerfull positions have multiple homes and they should be able to spend their income at thier own discretion. Also, I am sure McCain knows exactly how many homes he has, it just personal.

This shot from Obama will only hurt him, the American people can see through that, especially after the nice vaca he just took.

Obama needs to pick someone that is strong on foreign policy and the economy. In addition, he needs to present a realistic domestic agenda to the American people that do not include higher taxes. As an individual that have a high paying job and small businesses, I find the government make way more from all my efforts than I do and that need to change. Finally, there is a need for an improved health care system but we cannot fix it by putting more burdens by way of more tax on those who work the hardest and are finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Where is the incentive to work hard and pursue the American dream? I find myself sounding like a Republican, Obama needs to show Americans like myself that he has our backs.

-Dave

wow nothing but Obama fans here. Sounds to me like you all are just a little worried that America still believes in the Constitution and not Marxist socialism. Wow I bet 75% of thee so called Obama supporters know little to nothing about the candidate they are supporting and what would happen to America during his rule.

pst.. I’ll give your a hint..What happened to the USSR

X democrate who will be voting for Mccain.

The curse is people who think like Elizabeth above with the comment about what his middle name is.

Obama makes clear, articulate, and well-reasoned arguments, which is why he’s having difficulty connecting with an increasingly moronic nation.

I certainly hope middle America, and Southern working class Dems wake up and realize that the man who is going to clean house in D.C. is Barack Hussein Obama. I am simply afraid that middle class white Americans are too suspect of him, or possibly even just unwilling to vote for someone different than them. If that is the case then it is just plain shame on all who cast their vote based on this. Our country needs fresh blood and drastic change. Not just a vast military plan to imperialize the entire world. SO EVERYONE SAY O.B.A.M.A!!!!!!!!!!

I agree with Jerimiah. Why is it so wrong that we have a president who is intellectual b/c I definitely want a President who is smart. I think the last eight years and this whole we want a president who we can have a beer with stuff is just the most ridiculous thing in the world.. We are electing the next leader of the free world. I don’t want someone who is trigger happy who is chomping at the bit to go to war with Russia. I want someone that the rest of the world respects too b/c then maybe together we can tackle the problems that affecting all of us like poverty, global warming and terrorism.

To be honest John, is more like the Dems curse!! I mean, look at this…

One minute, Congress is set on vacation, the next minute, the GOP think they’re “Spartans”. The next minute, the Olympics are coming up and unfortunately, that’s when my boy decided to go on vacation for a week. Why?? Because of the damn coverage the Olympics are gonna get!! And what happens before he gets there?? BOOM!!! Here comes Russia with a conspiracy with China and distract the Olympics! From there, it wasn’t a curse, it was a plan!! I know it was…

But you know what John?? The GOP are who I thought they were!! You wanna crown them, then crown their asses!! But they are who I thougth they were!! And we let em off the hook!! LOL!!!!

You gotta admit John!! That’s good! LOL!!!

Elizabeth -

Where have you been? The Repugnicans have been EMPHASIZING Barack’s middle name for the past 2 years trying to make some kind of parallel, and you just found out today?

A man that was named after his father 47 years ago, before anyone had heard of Sadam Hussein, before anyone had heard of Osama bin Laden, and now you are trying to make the same stupid connections?

Keep trying sister, I think most Americans are smart enough now to see through the fear-mongering.

Seriously, Elizabeth, you are going to make your Presidential vote choice based on what one of the candidates’ name rhymes with?

We can do better. How about looking at which party they belong to, which set of policies and interest groups they have been allied with?

That might give you a better idea which candidate would do more for the things that are important to you. And I assume that things like your family are more important than what rhymes with what.

Barack Obama is the right guy for the Job. We need real change in America. We need to get out of a fraudulent war and fumbled occupation. We need to reaffirm to the world that we don’t believe in torture. We need to reaffirm to the world that we recognize the human rights of all people, not just our own. We need to redirect power in Washington from special interest to the public interest. We need to pay as we go and not saddle the next generation with horrific debt. We need to redirect the resources in our current war effort to building better schools, roads and bridges here at home. We need to reform health care and immigration. We need to save the environment and not pander to big oil. We need to understand that we are all in this together and we have to work together to solve the issues to today and tomorrow. Obama is the right guy for the job. McCain voted against the Bush tax cuts in 2004, but now, pandering for conservative votes, thinks they should be made permanent. McCain say’s your only rich if your income is above 5 million dollars a year and he would stay in Iraq for 100 years. Sure, he was a POW, and we all respect his contribution to his country, but that does not make him fit to be President. If any one lacks judgment, it’s John McCain. Have we all forgot about his involvment in the Keeting Five Scandal? If so, I suggest you look it up. I wonder why the media wont remind the League of First Time Voters about that. Have we all forgot that this is the guy that said the South Carolina confederate flag was racist and then, the next week, said it wasn’t? Mr. Straight Talk doesn’t care if you lost your job, or can’t afford your medication, or can’t afford to see a doctor, or go to college. He doesn’t have to worry about those things. We need real change, change we can believe in. Vote Obama in 08′.

I believe that I just saw a poll indicating that 41% of those polled said they are not paying much attention to the candidates. Does that mean they’ll go one way or the other? Don’t know, but it does indicate that polls aren’t the final word.

In respond to JC., Los Angeles comments and….

Well said. I wish people would pay a little more attention to what is happening in this country, and less attention to the reality shows, and celebrity gossip., etc. This constant media coverage of Obama, but if you think what are they really covering, NOTHING. Nobody seems to be talking about the issues that affects us all. Mosty it’s a guessing game who will do what? It’s really stupid. We deserve so much more, but maybe not. We the people have to take a stand and demand more, and not watch all the garabige that they are dishing out for us. I know they do all this to distract our attention from how much of a mess this country is really in.

Dear Elizabeth, my condolences…..you must be just plain dumb not to know what Obamas middle name is…..worse yet, you admit it on a blog?Or are you a republican trying to bring up this tired subject, yet again?
Either way, just plain dumb.

We are ready for some inspiration after nearly 8 years of underhandedness, embarrassment and belief that we either don’t understand or care about our country. Senator Obama offers an educated, inspirational message and allows a sense of hope for the future with an invitation and opportunity for those from a variety of persuasions to participate.
I continue to stand dumbfounded by the fears about name, background and heritage. If my name was Lizzie would people assume I was an axe murderer? If my parents were from Germany would it be suggested that I was a Nazi sympathizer? Surely we are beyond this sort of logic.
Roslynn Carter said,”A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go but ought to be.” I believe Barack Hussein Obama is just such a leader. He has my vote.

Is this the kind of character of a president that we want? Certainly not I.

When the election is over, all of you Obama Bin Laden fans are going to have to eat crow. If you think that those of us here in America are stupid enough to vote for a man who does not know his ass from a hole in the ground, think again. Truth is that those of us with a brain in our heads will not vote for a man who does not know how to respond to the Soviet invasion of Georgia, chants the word change with an emptiness that could fill your gas tank full of BS. Just wait to see what happens in November, you will feel very foolish as John McCain will win this election with his experience, knowledge of foreign policy and his crossing of party lines.

You who choose to focus on Baracks name and are incapable of using sound reasoning to select a president are the reason this country is spending more than a billion dollars a month outside the country to make the richest 100 American families richer, while the rest of our country and citizen’s quality of living goes down the toilet along with that of innocent Iraqi’s lives.

Thanks for the last 7 years - No thanks for 4 more of your irrationality.

I am a Green party human cause I lost my cool with the DEMS,&REPUBZ! Back when Bush baby took over our freedom.

Its time for America to wake up and see how we are betraying our self to the world. I’m sick of being called unpatriotic and I’m sick of people judging me for what I believe. Obama has so much more to offer our country and to the world. I hope we can get our TROOPS back to where they belong!!!

To Elizabeth,
What has this Country, which was once the beacon light of hope, around the world, come to? Here we are, having made it all the way to the 21st century; yet we have not progressed past the lifestyle of trying to place our own doubts and fears upon others.
Before 9-11, this was the most powerful and less fearful Country on this planet, but look where we are today. We are afraid of words; afraid of names; afraid of looks: not of strangers, but of those who walk among us every day.
Its amazing that this young man’s name was never feared until he chose to run for President of the Country he love. Is this what we have allowed to replace the greatness of a Country left to us by our ancestors; that we now are terrorized by names?
How are we going to restore leadership, around the world, if a simple something, as one’s name, can make us retreat in fear? Come on now, we are not that small.

This is my favorite line thanks Los in LA- “Obama makes clear, articulate, and well-reasoned arguments, which is why he’s having difficulty connecting with an increasingly moronic nation.”

Hilarious and sadly true. Just because our nation is under-educated doesn’t mean we need a leader to reflect that. Just look at the last 8 years!

I can not believe after the past 8 years, the American people are still buying into the Repug Fear Machine. How bad does it have to get before we are ready to change directions??

Wesley Clark will take care of that curse just fine. He has a very broad range of experience, yet he would still be considered “change.” How about that? Someone who represent change, AND has experience?
From Obama’s recent words, it sounds like General Clark fits the bill nicely.

obama is my man all the way and from the beginning of his campaign.i have never doubt it and i have never changed my mind,you know why because obama has morals,has class,has intelligence and great personality.when obama walks in the whole room glows and that is who we want for commander in chief.he has tried to not get nasty with mccain but he is fed up and ready to attack and that is a man in power.obama is my man!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!love you obama

Being a president isn’t at all about experience, eloquent speeches, and popularity. It’s about having a clear, articulate vision, an agenda that pushes the interests of the mass common people, the necessary resources to ensure those agendas are met, and the intelligence to navigate and change course if, and when, those alterations are needed. Obama possesses such qualities and, what he lacks in experience, I’m confident his V.P., our V.P., will certainly make up for. The problem is getting elected president requires the potential candidate to possess the popularity and eloquent speeches as well. Oh, wait…Barak has that too. Whew! Thought I was a republican for a second. O.B.A.M.A.!!!

People, I’ve just made a shocking discovery about John McCain: his first name is the same as that of the man who assassinated President Lincoln! And did you know that surnames beginning with ‘Mc’ often indicate that someone is from Scotland? I don’t think I’m comfortable signing an ‘x’ beside dangerous-sounding, foreign name like that.

If Obama doesn’t win it’s because he comes across as an elitist snob. Why the Democratic Gods haven’t mentored him on his presentation is mystifying. I supported Hillary. I’m waiting to see who Obama picks for VP. If it’s not someone I have faith in to mentor him through the War, dealing with Russia, and our financial crisis, I’m voting Republican. (Did the earth just move off center?)

Peter, Peter, Peter..Thats the attitude that’s going to cost Barry the election. Talk down to the people why don’t we? Use small words so
the uneducated “Rural & Suburban” areas. This is why Barry will lose
and I belive it is a very good thing that he will probably follow your advice. Mcain all the way.

I can’t believe how stupid some of us Americans are. We need someone smart in Washington (for a change), we have had the dummest presidents for far to long now, and you think Obama is to smart to be president? oh man do we need help.
If some of you are not voting for a person because you don’t like the sound of his name, god help us. All I do all day long is shake my head in disgust when I read the reasons you give for not voting for Obama. Wake Up America.
Obama will win!

LOL, the mainstream media is at it again! Can’t let people think that things are more secure in Obama’s camp than in McCain’s, so make it a “horse race” to achieve good ratings. Listen, after the conventions, each candidate will get a bump. Then the debates will start, and McCain will begin to sound like the “one-trick pony” he is. Just like Guiliani–noun, verb, 911, but make it noun, verb, POW/Russia for McCain. Once again, the GOP tried to scare Americans into voting against their own best interest. Sad thing is, so many Americans are too ignorant to know their being gyped. My only criticism of Obama is, as stated above, he needs to create short sound bites for the public, because the average political knowledge in America is what Rush said last night. We look like fools to the rest of the world.

Maybe Obama is the August curse, he is one of the few Dems I have seen that is running for president who has so little experience and will have so many of his own party voting against him if he does not pick Hillary.

I would never vote for a Senator that voted to deny a day of rememberance for MLK jr.

Unfortunately there are a lot of “limited information” voters who become alarmed by an educated man who thinks before singing bomb-iran and who has wonderful crowd appeal. has anyone thought that McCain was desperately envious of Obama’s reception in Europe? Hasanyone figured out that the president who got us into all these messes would rather fight than talk, and when he did talk, didn’t tell the truth even as he knew it? So now we have another Republican candidate who loves to fight and hates diplomacy and doesn’t tell the truth. And how can we expect him to identify with the middle classes when he lives in ten or so houses bought by his rich second wife. Who won’t release her assets or income. Do you suppose she also has major oil interests, or stock in Haliburton? Come on folks, a middle name means nothing. Got over it!

John:
August curse? I don’t think so. There is such an overwhelming momentum going on right now to oust the Bush Administration. Obama will be a tidal wave.

I enjoyed the John McCain documentary, though.

Maybe anything other than a Obama supporter’s post is not “deemed appropriate for posting!” It is their privilege, though, to support whichever candidate they want, but let them be up front about it! These Demos are real doozies complaining about cleaning out Washington when we have had to witness this character from NC lying all over the place about his shenanigans against a wife with terminal breat cancer. They really take the cake. There are plenty more Demos we could name that people fall all over to this very day who are not worth the ground that John McCain walks on. Obama is an empty suit with a big mouth. And he is a very good actor. Did you see the picture of his brother - the one he treats like a stranger? The guy is trying to live off $1.00 per month while his brother is here trying to run for president. I think I like Obama’s brother better. At least he is honest.

so obama has to pretend to be dumb so voters can understand him. sad that dumb voters get to choose our leaders.

Truth is, CNN is contributing to this mess. With contributor’s Begala and Carville leading the charge. Instead of uniting behind the Democratic nominee, they’re still talking Clinton.

You guys fell for McCain’s argument that the media is “nice” to Obama and I invite you to step outside your ego’s and watch your own coverage of Obama the past few weeks. Fox News already provides the Republican’s with a media mouthpiece, and frankly, I am sad to see you guys follow in their footsteps.

Its beyond comprehension !

This country doesnt want an intelligent President ,

It needs Clowns like Bill O Reilly or Rush Limbaugh to like the President .. so we are left with choices very similiar to Bush : Vote for Mc Same…… Lets Rule this World… Invade Russia …Iran .. North Korea … WAR… we Love it!

I cannot believe the comment regarding Obama’s middle name by Elizabeth. Your comment is a sad statement on what matters in your country.

You have had the worst president in the history of the US for 8 years and your ignorant comment demonstrates why.

Obama will win but he needs to speak simple sentences for the simple minded folks who actiually vote in your country.He also needs Hillary as his VP to win.

For the sake of the free world and restoring the good name of the US in the world. Vote Obama.

Calgary, Canada

The problem is there is no meat to ad to the bone. Obama has been a senator for a mere 4 years, half of which he has spent campaigning for President. Now that’s the audacity of ambition. How many junior associates expect to be Senior partner two years later. It’s not that he seems arrogant, it is because he is arrogant. It’s absurd to tell Americans that experience doesn’t matter. The American dream tells us that if we work hard and put in the sweat in time we can acheive our goals.Obama is the ultimate permanent campaigner-but no matter how good he is at speaking or campaigning he can’t change the essential fact” he lacks the experience needed to be president.

He is not right for America, He is not the man.

He has lied, mislead and manipulated peoples minds.

He gives great speeches and a few ideas, some of them not even his own.

He has no background, has done nothing for America or the people all the years he was in office.

Much of what he said he wanted to do, would have been easier and able to be done as a senator. Yet, he fail to do any or work on them.

His work history is horrible, His voting history is worse.

Running around saying your all that, does not mean you are.

When he failed to visit our wounded heroes in Germany, chosing his image over them was truly shallow and something a true leader would not of done. That was unforgiven, no excuse or trying to blame others can take that away. The decision and responsibility was all Obama’s.

Maybe in 4 years or 8 years, but He is not the one and he is not the man. To many times he has acted like a little boy.

Did any one catch CNN’s McCain/Obama revealed last night? McCain finished almost last in his class at Anapolis, had to have Daddy’s influence to even attend. After the war, along with hundreds of other POW’s, again thinking only of himself, he cheated alot on his loyal wife and left her. Now he’s married to one of the richest women! Seems like he’s had to depend on someone all his life. I wonder who wipes his butt? and this is the man who just may be in charge of America? OMG.
He can’t make a statement without notes. How will he make decisions.

George W. Bush is such an idiot. That’s why he graduated from Yale, was a successful governor in TX and businessman before that, beat Gore and John Kerry, actually has a set of principles he still stands on to this day, and has managed with his administration and our military to keep us safe from terrorism since 9/11. That makes him such a buffoon. Oh and John, I am part of rural America. I have a BA, MEd, and PhD (plus post-doc work). No one, especially Obama needs to speak to me like I’m an imbecile. As it is now he’s an insult to my intelligence. Hell will freeze before he’s ever my man. Sorry. Some of us just aren’t that ignorant about reality in the world.

These polls are no big deal. Obama has been on vacation, resting up for the convention and general election. Meanwhile, McCain has been on the attack, while his buddy from Georgia tried to restart the cold war, just to help him a bit.

This slump don’t mean a thing….

Obama’s gonna win by an unprecedented landslide…

Then a new age will begin…just wish I was younger….

Obama is in a tough spot. There is a growing disconnect between what he says and what he does. This is becoming more apparent as the campaign goes on. His continued gaffes (i.e., the flip-flop on offshore drilling, the flip-flop on campaign financing, etc.) alienate more and more voters including Democrats, Republicans, and independents. This is not the kind of “change” people were expecting from Barack Obama. As a result he no longer seems forthright, believable, trustworthy, or a man of conviction. He only seems self-serving, and arrogant for believing Americans won’t notice.

Obama’s polls aren’t going down because Americans can’t understand long sentences and big words. It’s because people correctly see his long sentences and big words to be a means of avoiding real answers. McCain’s short sentences aren’t believable because they’re short, but rather because they indicate he is a man who knows where he stands, and is not afraid to say so.

In the end people will vote for who they feel they can trust, or not vote at all. This is why, in the end, Barack Obama will not win this election.

Elizabeth- You sound like an ignorant bigot and make me ashamed to think that you are a fellow American. Since when does a name sound like a threat?? How pathetically insecure a person must be use another individuals name as a reason for mistrust.

Shame on anyone of that mindset.

Should we pick another “aw shucks,dim-witted simple-minded, moron” like our current president? Or should we pick a pragmatic, intelligent, thinking man? If you think our country is better off after 8 years with Bush, vote for John McBush. If you think our country is worse off (do the math STUPID!) then please, please, Vote for Obama!!!!!

The polls changed when Hillary was allowed to place her name on the roll call. Lets face it, she really did not have 18 million dem voters. They were Rep making a joke of the primaries. Hopefully she will realize this at the convention.

Elizabeth wrote:
>Barack Hussein Obama
>I was really stunned that until today I didn’t know what the H. was >standing. It’s Hussein, and not to mention Obama also sounds like >some other person who attacked us. It’s a little too disturbing to me.

Please! Barack Obama was born and named in the early 60’s! He did not choose his name –his parents did, and the world was very different then. Don’t be put off by a name; consider the candidate’s policies and make an *intelligent* choice. If people in this country aren’t any brighter than this, there is no hope!

The fact that Obama’s lead has shrunk so much is mind boggling. Are people nuts? Do they want to be at war for the next 25, 50, 100 years? Do they want gas to reach $10 a gallon? The Republican fear campaign is in full swing and I can’t believe people are falling for it. These scoundrels have had control for 8 years and they are not going to give up their bank roll easily. And all the Hillary supporters who are voting for McCain, how could you vote against your own interests? She is a wonderful woman, she lost. Get behind the person that protects your interests. Under Obama she could be a Supreme Court Judge. Who do you think McCain will put on the bench?

I’m always amazed when reading these comments on how much hate there is directed at Obama. The man is not w/out his shortcomings, which he has admitted to. Here’s my perspective - when this country elected “W”, it chose a man w/little intellect and no intellectual curiousity. He was selected because people wanted to have a beer w/him at their backyard BBQ. As a result of his failed policies, people may want to invite him over for a beer but this time so they can poor it over his head. Now that the economy is in the tank and our international standing is crap, along comes John McCain. Does he have a grasp of the issues - that’s debatable. Forget his age, look how he pandered to the far right this last year. He’s a maverick? He is man who when pressed for an answer he doesn’t know or remember, has his staff pull out the POW card. So he thinks we want to elect a man who was tortured and lived in a prison camp for 5 years - doesn’t anybody think that all the mind games he suffered has effected his judgement? His staff (or former Bushies) have already shielded him from the media and roll him out under tightly controlled circumstances. Still he”ll make a mistake like forgetting he own’s 10 houses - then again his staff rolled out the POW card again in his defense. So you mother’s and father’s out there with children nearing or at draft age - will you accept John McCain’s excuse to nuke Iran or Russia because he was a former POW? Or if he screws up the economy even more, driving up energy prices because he flew off the handle with Russia — will you all rollover and say, oh he was a POW so he get’s a free pass. I’m sorry but I’m fighting for my country and I’m voting for the intellectual who will work to solve problems..not create more. Think about it and choose the right candidate for all our sakes. Obama for Prez.

It’s a sad commentary that when a candidate shows intelligence, class, and education, that he loses points in the polls; what happened to Senator MCain’s promise of “no negative attacks,” huh?

After the convention, Senator Obama needs to attack, and attack, and ATTACK!

He was tough enough to beat Hillary, and he will win in November.

Yes we can!

Obama 08′

The postings from the Obama detractors clearly illustrate what is seriously wrong with this country. If Americans chose their leaders based on a name or how they look rather than taking the intelligent approach of thoroughly studying and contrasting the candidates, there is little hope for us. I am a college educated mom in my 40’s and have spent countless hours researching and deciding for myself who these two men are and what they stand for. I have come to the conclusion that we need a thoughtful, insightful, intelligent person to lead us out of this mess we are in and Obama (the professor) is just the man for the job in my opinion.

Elizabeth,
Your post shows the most ignorance of any on this blog. And that is sadly astounding considering some of your competition!
1. What rock have you been hiding under that you didn’t know what the H was for?
2. Go back there.

If you’re voting for Osama - I mean Obama - you don’t know the facts.

And since you don’t know the facts, don’t vote.

What happened to the days when VP’s were named at the convention after some decent thought went into it BY THE PARTY?

In any event, if even 10% of what the bloggers are saying about Obama’s baggage has any merit he is doomed in October. Heck, the stories about his half-brother George will be enough to make people think long and hard about someone who apparently doesn’t even kick a fiver to his family once in a while.

As a true Polish American, I want you to know I have been working 12 hours a day for many years so that my family could live a nice middle income life with my children going to the best schools. The oldest going to the greatest school in Texas, University of Texas at Austin.

This thing about how many houses McCain has is something I am not concerned about because one house is enough for me. However, a wonderful vacation to Hawaii, (which I can’neither afford or take time due to the above) really bothers me. Especially during a close campaign. Now that’s a slap in the face.

Also, anyone who tells the Israeli’s to make peace with their potential exteminators or the Georgia people to let the Russians do what they want on their land should be a “big” worry to the American Public. So, we are now looking forward to the “President” telling the American Public that we need to accept the Terrorists’ attacks on American soil because we need to make “peace” with them and let them do what they want to us.

Okay, I get to say when this happens that I did not vote for this Messiah.

If the voters allow McBush to get in for four more years, I
suggest Americans learn the Chinese or Russian language.
Obama isn’t Dukakis. However, some American voters will
never learn. They will continue to vote out of fear and this time
around make the most deadly error in history if they vote for
McBush(McCain). I’m not a negative person. But, our country
is in critical condition regarding democracy, freedom and our
standing in the world arena. I can say with 100% confidence,
this country will become unrecognizable regarding it’s virtue and
the fundamental foundation in which the forefathers built
this country on. Wake up people!

I believe Borack Obama needs Hillary Clinton as VP if he has any chance of winning the presidency. I , as an Obama supporter, first thought Hillary was being a pain in the butt with all her demands; the truth of the matter is, her supporters would rather vote for McCain than for Obama not having her on the the ticket, Obama will not be able to win without the Clintons’ supporters. Obama better hurry up and pick.

Galy

I think it’s a little sad that people want an intelligent man to dumb it down for america. I feel like by doing this we are implying that americans are to stupid to understand complex points, but we live in a complex world, and I’m very happy to see that Obama answers questions in a fitting manner. I don’t want a candidate to treat me like i wont understand if he lays it all out for me, I want Obama the way he is, honest and true. He is complex in his responses because he believes (and rightfully so) that we live in an america smart enough to understand him. The real reason he is going down in the polls is because sadly the McCain campaign is praying on fear, and using dirty advertising to sully his name, just like the true washington politician he is.

Obama’s middle name is Hussein. He’s a Harvard-educated former professor, who made his name in the rough and tumble arena of Chicago politics. He’s the son of a black man from Kenya and a white woman from Kansas.

McCain can’t remember how many houses he has, that Czechoslovakia split up 13 years ago, and the difference between Sunni’s and Shiite’s. He’s famously short-tempered, and has shown he’ll change his tune to suit the moment. He might also be guilty of plagarism.

The political discourse in this country is sad when we focus on crap like this. Let’s talk about issues. How does McCain’s economic plan create jobs or lower the cost of energy? How does Obama’s plan make education more affordable, and help the less fortunate? Why not talk about stuff that matters, instead of garbage?

Here’s hoping for an Obama/Bayh ticket, so we can finally put McCain out to pasture, exactly where he belongs.

too bad. the more i know Obama, the less i trust him. i could not figure out how this had happened. he was the man i wanted to vote for last month … i changed my mind.

He needs to choose a VP that will make us want to all say “I can finally be proud to live in America”, just like his wife says.

He needs to choose a VP like his friend Bill Ayers, someone that is not afraid to do whatever it takes to get his point across.

He needs to choose a VP like his former mentor Reverend Wright, someone who is not afraid to stand up in front of a crowd and shout inflamatory remarks about people’s race and culture.

Obama keeps telling the American people that the country sucks, he won’t wear the lapel pin, he says he is the messiah, he says he is the citizen of the world and never mentions he is a citizen of America, he hangs around with deceitful people, and he keeps telling the American people they need to down grade their lives. Obama is the most depressed person running for the Presidency that this country has ever had.

Yes it’s possible McCain will win….it’s also very much possible the American hegimony is very much at its tail end…at the end of his first term, (that’s if he is fit enough to see it through), America will be contesting with India, behind China for relevance in the world’s socio-economic relations. America’s respect has gone down the drain over the last 7 years..it will just require a careles statement or move from “president McCain” for the US to lose whatever little respect it has amonst the international community…Other countries can tolorate Bush now that he is almost gone, but it will be share wishful thinking that the world will be willing to dance behind another threatening and war mongering US president… The US needs a complete change for good else, it will soon (sooner than 4 years) be counted alongside Hollands and Britain as a former Hegemony.

Elizabeth is a troll. Please stop feeding.

As for the rest of this merry discussion, these polls are terribly alarming. No matter how much America hates the last 8 years, we are too collectively spineless to break ourselves out of the rut. It’s like watching an abuse victim stick by their undeserving partner. Out of fear? Misplaced loyalty? Simple force of habit? Hell if I know.

And as for the Dems citing Obama’s failure to “close the deal” as proof that Hillary should have been the candidate, she’d be running into the exact same problem. I stand proudly as a Democrat who wouldn’t vote for another Clinton if you paid me to. She better not be his VP, or I’ll have a bumper sticker to rip off my fender.

Los from Los Angeles: “Obama makes clear, articulate, and well-reasoned arguments, which is why he’s having difficulty connecting with an increasingly moronic nation.”

Why is it that Obama supporters are quick to insult anyone not supporting him? It causes me to question whether some of you truly care about electing Obama or actually support him. I’m just saying.

The August curse is something very real. Let’s look at the current situation; the race is tied, something that should not be the case. I don’t think anyone, including McCain and Obama thought the race would be this way just a few months ago. Which is why Obama opted out of public financing for his campaign. He never thought the race would be this close, and assumed he would not need the money for the fall. Now, when adding together the funds raised by the parties, each candidate technically has the same amount of money (we’ll say that Obama has about 8-10 million more). The only difference is that by Sep.1 McCain will have spent ALL of his money from the past few months (he has to by law) and then receive a check for 81 million from the gov’t. Obama on the other hand has to take time out from his real work, to get people to write him fat checks. And this is all due to the first two weeks of August.

i’t just reminds me Obama:

Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing

Shakespeare

Obama should win, not just because he’s up against the worst candidate that the republican party ever presented for suicide by media; Obama has the backing of the largest self-interest lobby in the country ‘lawyers’.

King: Your article makes me feel deja vu!

All your points are what we centrist (Hillary) Democrats were saying all along during the primaries about Barack thoushallnotspeakhismiddlename Obama.

Told you so!

–p.

People get the leaders they deserve. The American people are so shallow and uneducated that they are turned off by someone they perceive to be “too professorial.” What an embarrassment we are to the rest of the world. I hope we don’t regret having elected McCain when we’re sending our soldiers to die in yet another phony war.

Err, Tammy, GWB may have graduated from Yale, but laughs about being a C student. His connections got him in, and his connections kept him out of Vietnam. The Texas Governor is a weak executive, and GWB had ZERO national experience. He can’t say “nuclear” and he seems to celebrate his own ignorance by disregarding perspectives that deviate from his own narrow anti-intellectual sense of what is right.

We need a different kind of leadership, perhaps one that can UNDO the awful decisions that have been made in an ignorant bubble.

Obama ‘08!

-Chuck
(refugee from Texas living in New England)

Wow, honnestly, Elizabeth scares me. People voting against someone because of his name…
I just don’t understand, and could someone please answer me, why the US is the only country in the world who seems afraid to elect someone intelligent as president. Smart doesn’t mean stuck-up.

Plus, even though the polls are showing a 1 point lead for Obama, many things have time to change, and I’m sure that many Hillary-lost-so-I’ll-vote-for-McCain-in-protest say they’ll vote for McCain, but in the end, when they’ll be in front of the ballot, will really think about what it means to do such action and vote for Obama or an independant (thus kind of cancel their vote).

From a french canadian, following like many people in the whole world the 2008’s US election, that hope the US will make the right decision so they can be loved again by the rest of the world, and that believe that the choice of a president or prime minister shouldn’t be from revenge, race, religious view, or name, but for what they have to offer.

Tammy………..you are part of the 27% that still approve of Bush. That doesn’t say much for his or your standing. Open your eyes and you will see that if somehow McCain wins in November this country is ripe for a revolt, a riot………..Don’t worry Ventura. We won’t start the revolution without you. This country will split right up the middle. All you buffoons can go to the right and fall into the hole. All the rest can go left and prosper………..I am bitter and I am not alone…………

Well, “Tammy from Berwick, “Bush wouldn’t have gotten into Yale if Papa Bush wouldn’t have pulled some strings. Bush has actually not kept us safe from terrorism as you assert, he has increased hatred towards the USA and led to a proliferation of terrorists in the middle east ready to attack. Since you are so educated, perhaps if you read a little more you would know that most experts agree that his irresponsible actions have made us less safe and more susceptible to future attack by Iran. And by the way, the percentage of Americans that voted for Bush went WAY DOWN from that group of Americans that have a Masters degree or beyond. Intelligent folks just didn’t fall for that trash from Texas…
-BA, DDS

The only way Obama will win is to graciously hand over the Presidential position to Hillary, and MAYBE he can be her VP.

HE IS NOT READY. Period.

Funny how “change” man need to play the “same old Washington” tricks to win, hmm??

His supporters will spin it somehow though.

~Proud PUMA in KY. Clinton/McCain 08.

CNN, and the Main Stream Media, has been doing this continually throuhout Hillary Clinton, and John McCain to sabotage Barack Obama. The McCain Slave Plantation, and the News Media, thrives on Lies, Bigamist, Thieves, Flip Flops, and Experience that has done nothing for the American People. I would rather Trust a man of Character, Intelligent, and in touch with Real Issues, and can run and Organize and Budget his campaign effectively. Good Judgement is not Approving an Illegal War in Iraq, and talking with the other side. This has been such a Bias, and Racism is Alive and well in This United States.
Free Speech Tv and C-SPAN, are Trustworthy.

Dorothy, OK

To those of you out here willing to vote for an imbecile like Obama Bin Laden without any credentials, experience or know-how, I certainly hope that you do some studying prior to voting. What has Obama done except to chant for change without saying how he will make change happen. For one lousy speech he made as keynote speaker 4 years ago, you people have anointed him our savior. There is only one savior and that is Jesus Christ. As for Barack Obabbles credentials, maybe in another 8-12 years he will be qualified. If he wins this election, those of you supporters who wind up paying more in taxes and watching our president make an ass out of himself in foreign policy, you deserve it.

Right now, Mccain is like a steam roller.

Yes!

Elizabeth writes: Barack Hussein Obama
I was really stunned that until today I didn’t know what the H. was standing. It’s Hussein, and not to mention Obama also sounds like some other person who attacked us. It’s a little too disturbing to me.
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What’s disturbing is the ignorance of voters like this who will oppose Obama on his name alone! Really - it’s beyond disturbing, it’s scary. Ignorance may be bliss to some but for the average American struggling to get by, for a world in need of peace and cooperation - ignorance is anything but bliss.

And sadly, no amount of factual information can affect the thinking of such ignorance….sadly, sadly.

NAAAAA……..I am from NH, people believed in the Curse of Babe ruth for how many years? and we won two titles in 3 years. Its a farce.

Erik…………your name calling and put downs in one statement and afterwards talk of Jesus are ridiculous. Listen to yourself. You are lost……………Please don’t vote in Nov. You just don’t understand what is going on here………….

When did socialism become so important to Americans? Why do people think it’s ok to take from someone who has worked hard to earn a living, and have the government dictate where it goes? The government can not do anything efficienty, and charity would be more effective and efficient if the government let people keep their own money and allowed people to seek out help (if they need it) from their church, their family, their friends, etc. For every dollar you send the government, they are wasting $0.50. It’s a waste, and Obama promises more of the same.

Wow, Tammy– I guess they’ll award degrees to anyone these days… Now go paint a saw.

What is he in the 3rd grade? “Wouldn’t you like to know”? he says. Is he running for President of the US or Elementary school?

There is a word in the English language that describes your worst nightmare. McBush.

If you are happy with the state of the economy, then vote for McCain. Unfortunately, my household is suffering because of high gasoline and energy costs. Obama is an intelligent person that has a vision to start solving some of our problems.
Vote Obama!

I think Obama should pick John Kerry!

Completely agree. Obama needs to get it down to “sound bytes”. A lot of people are saying that McCain “won” the Rick Warren session because of clear, simple & crisp answers. Some of those were nonsense (I will defeat evil), but the American people want simple & quick answers to the immediate problems that are bothering them RIGHT NOW.

I agree with ERIK.. I’m a 22 year old college student, I live in Arizona. I can tell you John McCain has done a great job for this state. What has Obama done for his state is it Illinios???

Yeah I thought he was the candidate for change but after seeing him running scared from Hillary.

My opinion of him is a show off coward. Time to open your eyes people. People will vote for his color not his ideas because he has none…..

Elizabeth PLEASE SHUT UP!!!!! You don’t know how ignorant you sound.

Elizabeth you are about as shallow as a teaspoon of water

There is the proud PUMA. A woman who is willing to hand over the presidency to a man who will do everything he can to overturn Roe v Wade. It is literally mind numbing. Reading some of the posts on this board is so scary. People using Barack’s name as a reason to not trust him. Craziness. Please wake up everyone before it is too late and we are at war with Iran, Russia, North Korea. Don’t you see where this is heading? They are War, Inc. and they don’t want to close up shop by losing the White House.

I have been married a few times and each time that I applied for a license I was required to fill out a form, under oath, that asked among other things, if I have been married before. If I answered yes I was required to state when, where and how the former marriage(s) were disolved. Did McCain, when seeking the marriage license to marry Cindy, answer that section, was it under oath and did he misstate under oath? Is that a moral as well as legal issue and worthy of investigative reporting?

The middle-name comment by Elizabeth strikes me as too absurd to be real. Perhaps it is a “fake” comment by a well-meaning but misguided Obama supporter designed to make the other side seem shallow and biased….? If not, then, wow…. I don’t support Obama, but I can’t think of a sillier reason to be against a candidate than because of his middle name.

Elizabeth is very scary!

The only curse here is that Clinton supporters are not behind Obama, and because of the sour grapes the republicans will take over and the USA will be back to what it has been for the past 8 years. Deep down I think that the Clintons WANT Obama to lose..Then there will be a whole heap of ” I told you so’s”…and she will try again in 4 years. She is not a party person but an egotistical one. I used to have great respect for her..No longer.

Steam roller? lol More like a roller coaster about to get stuck in the downside.
Obama is chugging with the train that can.
I like both men, but truthfully we do need a change in the boys club.

Is Obama making a mistake by speaking to Americans as though they are intelligent adults.
Thats what it sounds like the pundits are telling us.
I’m starting to get the feeling that if you are too honest, have too much integrity and are too intelligent, you have a tall hill to climb.
Please say it ain’t so.

To all the self-satisfying liberals that are criticizing Elizabeth, it’s that arrogant elitist tone that you’re smarter than rural America and they should wake up. Well you wake up. Not everyone lives in San Francisco or NY. They have different values and opinions than you which makes neither right or wrong because they’re opinions. The candidate that comes across the least snobby usual wins. McCain 08.

As a citizen of the Netherlands, I think Americans are the dummest people in the world. The last eight years they chose a dummy for president and it looks like they will do it again. Every foreigner is asking him self, how the people of the strongest nation in the world are getting dummer and dummer. It seems like Americans love leaders who lie, cheat and murder. Wake up people of the strongest nation in the world! Chose someone who can lead and smart. And someone who is educated. Or do you want someone in the white house who’s ready for the next war(s)?

What’s happen with America. I think that if you chose the wrong guy for the presedency (Mc Cain), America could lose his leadership of the world. America is the only western nation who choses a dummy as a leader. Keep doing it and let China rise as the new superpower?!

Darcy, and Gloria: I hate to inform you, but Obama losing points in the polls, has nothing to do with HRC. If he didn’t want her or Pres. Clinton, to speak at The DNC Convention, all he would have had to say was no way. It was his decision. Stop blaming his lack-luster showing, on everybody else but him. I don’t really care who he picks for V.P. because I’m not voting for him either way. If he offers the V.P. slot to Sen. Clinton, I hope she tells him, his supporters, and The DNC,to kiss her ass!!!! Stop talking trash about The Clintons, and start praying, because from the look of things, Obama, is in some serious trouble.

Conservative Democrat. Extinct. Thats what the Dems need to get back in the national race. The party is run by too many ULTRA liberal groups which just doesn’t fit main stream America.

Obama is too liberal too win.

Obama has slid off the aggressive map. He is not setting the agenda.
He is reacting to whatever comes across the airways. I am an Obama supporter. But, a passive ‘I want to be President’ posture will not do it. This is America and weakness or perceived softness is not a selling point for a President. R.R. and W.J.C. were not G.I.’s but nobody would ever suggest they were softies waiting for someone to bring the fight (agenda) to them. He must wake up by Convention time or he will be another Kerry expounding on esoteric themes while the country moves on to the next President without him.
Dr. O

The MSM and the DNC picked the wrong candidate. Now they want to blame Hillary for, “giving McCain the play book with which to defeat Obama.”

Horse stuff…the name of the game is “blame it on Hillary” or “the Clintons”. All these American-Idol-newbie-we-need-change voters are singing a one note song. All they are able to think about is, “Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton.” But what they, and the MSM seem to be unable to articulate….what have “The Clintons’” done that is so bad for America? Everything anyone says against them after reading this will be both personal and meaningless because both Hillary and Bill have left America better than they found it before they earned an office.

Does anyone really believe Hillary will have an intern scandal? Seriously?

The DNC and the Clinton haters in the party should have made BO wait his turn. Why did have to run this year with no real tangible experience? But, as usual, the Dems will screw it all up.

If CNN actually posts this, I will have an freaking coronary.

It’s not Obama who needs the mentoring, it’s McCain. He needs to back to school, where he was admittedly one of the worst students!
He needs some courses in geography and economics, for God’s sake. The Repugs talk about Obama as if he is a naive kid. He is older than JFK was, and, being a constitutional law professor is quite impressive. The Repugs are fond of saying Obama can’t speak without a teleprompter, but it is McCain who needs index cards everywhere he goes. He looks down at them and all you see is the top of his head! Come on - let’s wise up and go with the intelligence and mature attitude of Obama. Look at what Bush did. Do we want our country to go completely down the drain with another ignorant president?

John and Anderson,

Has anyone else checked out Mark Haleprin’s “The Page” in the past hour or so? Pictured prominently is a picture of Indiana Senator Richard Lugar, REPUBLICAN, with the tease “Hoosier Values” and subtitle “What is Obama looking for in a running mate.” There is a link to click onto “the future” with a picture of Obama and Lugar together. Can it be that he has chosen a conservative running mate as his VP? That truly WOULD BE a game changer. I certainly hope he is on your show tonight and he can add some insight. Maybe it is just a hoax, but it would make sense that Obama is holding this one close to the vest, preparing