A Not-So-Sure Thing

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Never mind that the know-it-alls having been saying for days now that Tuesday's contests are impossible to call. With both sides predicting a tossup, the Clinton team is starting to map out the next month of the battle, when the Democratic race heads into what one adviser calls "latte liberal territory." They expect Obama to have a strong showing in Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, which vote on Feb. 12, as well as Maine (Feb. 10 caucus). On Feb. 19, Washington, Wisconsin and Hawaii—where Obama was born and spent much of his childhood—hold their primaries. The Clinton team doesn't expect Hillary to have an advantage again until the contests scheduled for early March. The Democratic Party process, which awards delegates proportionately instead of winner-take-all, was designed, they say, to prolong the battle between well-matched candidates, a scenario the party hasn't seen since the allocation rules were devised after 1988—when Jesse Jackson won impressive popular vote totals but failed to accumulate many delegates because of the winner-take-all rules then in effect. "Many of us will be making our reservations for Texas and Ohio, and perhaps Pennsylvania beyond that," Wolfson said, referring to primaries scheduled for March and April. Reporters and staffers listening to Wolfson on a speaker phone aboard a campaign bus hurtling toward Boston on Monday afternoon could only whimper at the thought.

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Posted By: falconer2 @ 02/14/2008 11:20:32 AM

When asked in the book Saddam???s Revenge ??? ???How can we have peace in the world????

Grandfather responded??? ???Leave behind you the baggage of yesterday and the fears for tomorrow. Strive for peace within you today and it will come to you, and as everyone joins you ??? to the world.???
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Posted By: falconer2 @ 02/14/2008 7:22:34 AM

How is it that no one seems to be addressing the fact that Obama as president is a liability to this country.
It's not a point of "loving him", "Believeing in his vision of hope", "being the first Black president"... or "hating him" etc.
Rather he was a practicing Muslim as a child, and now claiming to be christian. This in itself, by Islamic law, condemns him to death. We in America, and most likely Muslims here and everywhere would not approve of this "law". It is in fact archaic. However we all know that radical Islamic Fundamentalists will grab hold of anything they can to attack the US.
How can Obama expect to be able to negotiate with Islamic Leaders who must return to their countries and face these radicals. Consider that they "by law" are not even allowed to speak to him. Rather they should be attacking him and condemning him as well.
So if you like him or hate him isn't the point... He IS a liability He IS condemned by Islamic Law. The only solution is that he return to islam, or is it that he admit to being Muslim. This brings up another question... is he a liability or is he lying and intends to come out of the Islamic closet... AFTER the election.
Either way do you want him as president under these conditions...
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Posted By: Johnny1967 @ 02/13/2008 5:58:19 PM

A Obama/Hillary ticket makes much more sense than Hillary/Obama ticket. Hillary has obligations to too many lobbyist, corporations and countries. If Obama is VP, he would have to support the Clinton machine and Clintons rich backers. On the other hand, if Hillary is VP she would be relieved from supporting her rich supporters. Philosophically the two are champions to the lower to middle income people. Therefore, they can get more done if Hillary is the VP rather than vice versa.