Cheap Shots, But Valuable?

I find extraordinary to read comments about the media being behind Obama or Obama whinning about being bullied. We are just coming back from 8 years of "you're with me or your against me" politics leading to reckless foreign politics and even more reckless economic policies (Tom Delay selling the legislature to the highest bidder ??? worse than renting the Lincoln bedroom). Does the democratic party faithful feel that we need to endorse Hillary and do the same all over again? To achieve what? More partisan politics? Do these people seeking confrontation for the sake of an ego trip remember what happened under Bill Clinton (congress turned Republican because the Clintons could not work with the other side ... remember when the government was shut down?). Hillary will never be able to work across the other side ...her "track record" as a Senator was not to take wishy-washy positions knowing she would run for office (note to real Democrats ... the Clinton topedoed Gore's ticket and then Kerry's campaign to help launch her (hence the tension between the DNC and the Clinton clan). I am nauseated by people who think that Barrack Obama's attitude demonstrate he is weak and inexperienced. He is not the bar-brawling type and understands that Arkansas-like politics (also known as "doing whatever it takes to get elected") would derail a centrist agenda which will finally achieve meaningful legislative reforms. One example ... Clinton cannot achieve the lofty promise of a single payer social security system. She tried once and failed when she was the first lady. The better option is to propose a new system which would emerge from the existing one... basically the Barrack Obama plan)

This post does not have the ambition to turn partisan, testosterone laden, passive aggressive supporters into reasonable people. I just feel sad we are all under the same roof.

Hillary vs. McCain? Mark my word ??? McCain will be our next president ??? and it will not necessary be that bad.

Politics should be held accountable for misleading and lying. They should go to court and pay fines. The media should point out more buntly these "Cheap Shots" ,and start a movement to change this view that you have to get dirty and play dirty, cheating your way into power. What can you expect from the leadership when the elected leader cheated his/her way into power? The easy answer is: exactly what we have today with our actual president.
I hope a new polished and new democracy may emerge, a democracy where such low acts by the politicians just to get elected are not seen as part of the game but as offensive to the future of our country. I just hope some day in the future we will look back and see how much we changed and try to understand how people could tolerate such low level and dirty political process. I hope Obama is elected to help start this change as soon as possible.

Maybe voters want to be part of something good and noble again. Maybe when a voter sees a leader making a cheap shots like this they think, "I would scold my child for behaving this way. "

Far from an asset, Romney and Clinton will find that America is sick of it. That's why people are turning to Huckabee, McCain and Obama.

Maybe voters want to be part of something good and noble again. Maybe when a voter sees a leader making a cheap shots like this they think, "I would scold my child for behaving this way. "

Far from an asset, Romney and Clinton will find that America is sick of it. That's why people are turning to Huckabee, McCain and Obama.

It doesn't matter how many good ideas they have if they can't get Congress to work together. I just cannot imagine a Hillary Clinton presidency bringing anything but more fighting and constant drama. She is just too polarizing. She even brags in her speeches about how much experience she has at fighting the Republicans and how she is ready to take them on. I'm tired of the fighting. I want a president who can rise above the fray and get things done.

I can assure you of one thing- the "cheap shots" will pay off for the REPUBLICANS in November! Obama 08!

As an independent voter I usually lean towards the candidate that makes more sense and for disclosure sake, I did not voted for Bill Clinton or Georgy Bush, so given the present situation of the candidates in their respective parties, I will not vote for any of the republicans, but I sure the hell will not vote for Billary Clinton, I think the she is a lier and in general I distrust the woman, I can vote for Obama or Edwards, but not for Billary.

What is this spin machine or attack machine? This country is in dire needs to have a civilized honest person as president. Do not divide this country by race or gender. We already have lot of other divisions. There is no white America, black America, red America, blue America, or Asian America???there is only United States of America. Hey, people, please come to your senses, and cast your ballot for the best person. Please do not look at color, creed, gender, or race. Less experience with good judgments is far far better than experience without morality

I am awfully tired of these reporters all jumping on the Clintons. It is especially galling hearing it from the seasoned reporters I have long admired, like Eleanor Clift and Chris Matthews. What the hell? Is this politics or let's-play-smiling-dunces? Don't we want someone who can take it to unfair businesses, governments, and industries that have been raking our citizens for years? I really admire Hillary's determination, her articulateness, and especially her intelligence. She's a hard worker and bright as they come. Both Clintons could live the life of extravagance, giving just a few speeches a year---they could travel the world at will, enjoying the very good life. I think we are fortunate to have people of this caliber looking out for us, not someone hand-picked at a series of fancy steak-house meetings, not someone expected to give good return on their investment. Hillary, hats off to you and yours. Onward! ReneD, Bel Air, MD

Like many people, I decided to support Senator Obama because I believe that he has a unique ability to bring Democrats and Republicans together to solve our major domestic and international challenges and will best restore our image abroad. I also believe that 1) Hillary is the only presidential candidate in either party with the power to unite the Republican party; 2) that she fails to attract the independent and new voters who have decided the past two elections; and 3) that Obama's endorsements from swing state governors and senators reflect their belief in his ability to win their states and their fear that she would lose AND compromise other Democrat's chances with her divisiveness. BUT, if Democrats disagreed with me, and like the Republicans running Bob Dole against Bill Clinton, decided to bet on an establishment, losing horse, I planned to work on her campaign to try my best and defeat them. However, over the past week, I've become so demoralized that not only will I not work on her campaign, but I will have to force myself to vote for her. Shame on you for destroying my hopes for our party!!!

Go, Hillary!
Hemersam
Garland, Texas

Obama didn't start the fight. The Clintons did. If they're taking heat, then they deserved it. All of it. Frankly, after watching all the Clinton cheap shots all week, Hillary will never get my vote. Even in the general election.

Why do most of you in the media not give the Clintons balanced coverage? Why is Obama and his compaign alloweed to have it both ways? Obama started the attack. What was Hilary supposed to do? She did the right thing. If Obama can't stand the heart, he should get out of the kitchen. Hilary linton is Democratic party's hope of getting back the whitehouse.

OK enough with the press codling Obama. We do not need a whiner in chief. Hillary was right to call out Obama on his remarks about Reagan and the republican ideas comment. The press has decided to decipher exactly what Obama meant by his remarks and even go further by letting Obama tell them what he really said. Where is the critical analysis by the press? Where is the examination of the record? Ridiculous. The truth is that Obama made those remarks to curry favor with the Conservative editorial board at the Reno Gazette (and it worked as he got the endorsement). If Clinton had made those exact remarks there would be no such "context" to consider as the press puts it. The headline would be that Clinton will say anything to get elected including kissing the backside of a conservative editorial board. The press can tell me all they want to what it is that Obama really said in "the context of things" but I'm not buying it. Why? Because I listened to the tape and it certainly sounded to me like Obama was puffing up the Republicans and decrying the Clinton years. Since when does the press act as a surrogate for a presidential candidate anyway? I always knew that FOX would shill for their like minded conservatives, but never could I have imagined that the so called main stream media would decide to circle their wagons (and spin) around one democratic candidate while pointing their arrows at another. My goodness, Obama is a big boy and is running for president. Please let him tell us what he means and let him be the one to counter punch. If Obama needs this much help from the press to become president then who needs him.