Cheap Shots, But Valuable?

People need to stop threatning to leave the democratic party if Hillary becomes the nominee. I'd rather have any Democrat than a Repulican. If blacks choose to stay home because Hillary is the nominee, then that's a major fault of ours. Who will be hurting more? You'd rather have a republican?
Not once have i heard a republican say something like " we'll stay home if so and so is the nominee" Only a democrat will make such a stupid selfish statement. That's why republicans find a way to win; they come together when they need to win against the democrats.
If Obama can't defend himself in the primaries, then who's fault is that? The media brought race into this long ago. I'm so sick and tired of people always complaining about the Clinton campaign taking shots at Obama. what are they supposed to do? keep quite? i think Hillary has every right to question Obama's record and vice versa.
I am still yet to know the detailed plans Obama intends to implement if he becomes president. Besides bringing "change". He needs to define, in details, what those chances will be.
I am Black and Independent. I'm leaning towards Hillary because i see a strong candidate that can defend herself and make her points clearly. I can picture her debating against ANY republican candidate and winning.

We have had 8 years name calling and fear mongering. Isn't that enough? It is time for the Clintons to retire along with Bush so that we can usher in a new era.

Give Hillary a break. At least she didn't say that while she was laboring on behalf of children, he was doing drugs. Now THAT would have been a cheap shot!

Justnick - I can assure you that blacks will not be the only ones staying home in November if Hillary is the nominee. Voters staying home is not a fault of ours, it is a fault of the candidate. As a white female dem. I do not see the difference in Hillary and a republican. Sure you can argue with me, but she has agreed with the majority of Bush's bills, she has proven to be a manipulative liar, and she has proven that she really does not care obout the American people but rather herself. Sounds like a Republican to me. She is making her bed, if she fights her way into the nomination, she will be forced to sleep in her bed. Unfortunantly for the rest of the country.

Living in a relatively conservative area, I have taken note of the number of times lifelong Republicans and right of center Independents have told me that they see something in Barack Obama, something for which they might vote. None of them say the same about Hillary Clinton. Maybe the Clinton's attitude, if I read Eleanor correctly, is to do whatever it takes to win the nomination and worry about the general election later, but maybe the rest of us need to think about nominating a less polarizing figure who can win the presidency.

When did Eleanor "I'm Nuts" Clift become Barack Obama's "mommy". All this crying and whining about how Hillary whupped up on Obama during the debate, is proof that media outlets like Newsweek and many other, are in the tank for Obama. Thanfully, the rest of America knows not to trust the media, hence the results in NH and NV. God forbid Obama was president, are Clift and Maureen Dowd goig to protect him from Bin Laden and Al Qaida too. We need someone with courage, intelligence and strength running this country, and that is easily Hillary and not Obama. Articles by Clift and Dowd, just confirm this fact. Hillary will win the nomination, and Dowd and Clift will be back washing windshields

Ms Clift is right.. The party is yet o begin.
When it does and Obama is still there, GOP will anhilate him.
We know Bill is a master strategist and counter hitter.
Would a Brilliant Harvardian and Urbane Obama be there were he a few shades lighter ????
I am amazed American womanhood still wants a MAN to Lead !!!t Specially Afro-American Women.
I guess we resign ourselves to 8 more years of Romney... if Dems continue as they are.

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As a recovering Republican in my 12-step program back to decency, Barack is step 2 for me. His book, "The Audacity of Hope", is a prescription for a new politics and a new renewal for America, and is full of policy specifics that the media wonks have forgotten to mention. He has attracted many independents and others like me who want the mandate only an electoral landslide can bring. This mandate is required to end the divisiveness of the last 16 years, and to get things done. For many of us, a vote for Clinton is, at best, a waste of time, and considering recent behavior, a betrayal of conscience.

Barack's narrow NH and NV losses, and the demographics, (old, white and un-educated), of the Democrats voting against him are pretty disheartening. The Democratic party behaved pretty well in Iowa, but it has been downhill ever since the Clinton campaign pointed out, using that code-worded phrase, "tossing the dice", that Barack is black.

The last two weeks reminds me of that great scene in Mel Brooks "Blazing Saddles" where Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) rides into Rock Ridge in 1874 as the Sheriff for whom everyone has waited so long, to bring the town together and fend off the outlaws. The band plays and the crowd cheers until they notice that, he too is black - and then they want to lynch him. Many older Dem.s, realizing what the IA results could mean, have become the new citizens of Rock Ridge. Too bad.

As for me, I plan to vote for Barack on BOTH Feb. 5th AND Nov. 4th, whether he wins the Democratic party's nomination or NOT. Barack Obama is easy to spell, and it is my right to cast a write-in vote for him. I would urge his supporters to consider the same course of action. "

I'm definitely a Hillary supporter and am glad to see that she can fight back when the chips are down... It makes me really believe she can stand up to anything the Republicans throw at her in the General Election. Having said that, I think Obama is a great option too, and if he pulls it out in the primaries, I will easily get behind him as the Democratic nominee. What surprises me is the way everyone on here so adamantly supports one of these two candidates and seems to be so angry with the other. Yes.. they're both playing dirty with each other (objectively, we all know Hillary is not the only one throwing cheap shots).. it's part of campaigning, I'm afraid. But don't let that get between all of us in the Democratic party. They are both AMAZING options! As Democrats, let's get excited about that fact, and not turn on each other!!