Comeback Kid, Take Two?

Bill Clinton needs to change his role too. He needs to make Hillary look like the boss. By repeating over and over what Hillary says. By continually indoctrinating the crowds with Hillary's "great ideas". In Iowa he looked like the candidate and he kept giving his own opinion instead of backing hers. This will give the electorate confidence in her, it also keeps the focus on her.

Edwards just takes too many votes away from Hillary. Obama won by one per cent in Iowa among democrats. This is a very significant statistic because OBAMA has a new base which Hillary and Edwards are strangers too. Their experience actually works against them, especially their voting record. New Hampshire is the land of independents and will go OBAMA's way. Hillary needs to start preparing for New York and California. If she loses either one she has no chance. Even the stars of today are with the OBAMA movement. She has lost the women vote, so she needs to focus on the minority vote ie. immigration and a plan for the poor. Everyone knows she is strong on Health Care, so she should emphasize other NEW ISSUES. AN issue that would inspire the middle class.. A middle class plan that promises a bright future. BE SpECIFIC. No one wants to here what she has done they want to hear what she is going to do. Going negative has distracted her from her.. The war on Iraq really hurts Hillary. She needs to be specific on that issue. What will she do and why can she do it faster than any other candidate.These are the types of issues OBAma has already been talking about however there is a lot of room for expansion and specifics on these issues. Hillary needs to look presedential. She needs to hold fewer events with larger crowds. That's how waves start. A small wave can turn into a big wave in a hurry.

Re: Hillary: There simply is no there there. Her qualification for office was that her machine would inevitably secure her the nomination. Without that, she's literally got nothing. It's either going to be Obama or a late entry by someone not currently in the race, such as Al Gore.

Daniel, She lost 71% of the democratic vote? Hmm, why didn't you say that Obama lost 61% of that Edwards lost 70%?

Hill's campaign is desperately seeking surrogates to attack Barack
personally and do their dirty tricks for them and avoid getting the blame.
Their attempt to use Bob Novak to do it for them was prematurely exposed and
they got a backlash in Iowa. This has been the tactics of the Clintons when
they are in trouble. Unfortunately the media are no longer willing to do it for
them and so they are complaining that Barack have not been vetted, their code
word asking for help from the media. Hill is thus trying to contrast herself
from Barack that she is tough to face the GOPs attack. Barack is not into that
kind of politics and refusing to play with it requires another kind of
toughness that the Clintons can't transcend or even fathom ! Thus they are so
frustrated and foresee the derailing of her coronation. Even when Barack don't
have the experience to deal with the GOPs, the Clintons can always be expected
to volunteer their help, otherwise it will only expose them as suffering from
sour grapes. The intensity of their coming attack ads will reflect how
desperate they are for the NH firewall to save her. Unfortunately, even Bill
can't do anything that will prevent the breach to that firewall in the face of
the coming tsunami that the anti-Hill votes will generate. Until they learn to
admit the enormous baggage she has, no amount of counter measures they put will
work !

America is imploding internally and dying internationally. Its soul has been sold to benefit and protect corporate companies and profits for too many years, decades, neglecting the American citizens and seniors whose ancestors once made this country great. The burden, waste and war profits of the Iraq debacle are unconscionable. The desecration of this country's environment is likewise unconscionable and its blatant indifference to serious energy development and eco-protective measures, again, benefitting corporate America by the very leniency in the timetables of future requirements. Senator Obama addresses concerns of our seniors, of middle age USA, and our youth, the citizens who work for corporate America, but benefit least from it!!! Intelligent voting doesn't vote by sex, religious or party bloc, nor for "electability" claims or odds, nor how one's family has always voted. Neither being in the shadow of a president, wife or son of, qualifies one for holding executive leadership, as we are all too painfully aware. I personally support a candidate, Senator Barack Obama, who is a visionary with the intelligence, skill and charisma to unite, change, uplift and produce significant cooperation within the country itself, its legislative bodies, and the greater global community. Dialogue and diplomacy, initiatives, not war, not saber rattling, are needed to encourage cooperation by a world leader among world leaders. President Obama will speak to that kind of vision!!!

ceojuliej~~where on earth do you live? "We only got the right to own property 40 years ago"????????? You must be one who thinks I as a woman should vote for hillary just because she's a woman. Using that logic, you apparently can't count on any men voting for him, because they will all vote for men? Can Obama give a speech that urges the men, "Vote for me! Because I'm a man!" You represent a weirdness in the current silliness in women's thinking (or lack of) that is masquerading as some kind of sophisticated advance. Goofy. Just plain goofy. Anyway, sorry for wherever you live that you only got the right to own property 40 years ago.

this is a really weird conversation... so the women who showed up in droves at my caucus for Obama weren't women right? No I'd say Hillary lost because she's become way too arrogant and way too Bush like for most voters. But it sure was fun seeing a ton of whites root for a black candidate. The rights of women have been around alot longer than the right of blacks. Female or male.

DOES ANYONE BELIEVE HILLARY CAN NOT ONLY WIN THE NOMINATION, BUT ALSO WIN THE WHITE HOUSE. IF YOU DO , STOP DRINKING THE COOL AIDE !! IOWA SAYS NOT ONLY HERE , BUT HOPEFULLY THE REST OF THE COUNTRY WILL REJECT HER!!!!!

Well...WHO CARES. It is not a journalist's job to dutifully report to us "these are the campaign's talking points" or, worse, to once again carry water for the hopelessly corrupt by (incredibly) trotting out the same nasty slings and arrows the Clintons have been using against anyone who stood in their way for decades. It is to provide honest, balanced analysis and poke holes in the "story"--in this case a "story" with holes that would comfortably swallow [sorry for bringing up another part of the Clinton legacy] a Mack truck. This reporter and the legions of other Hill Shills out there in MediaLand are once again running aground on "We, the People," who are probably (and thankfully) going to elect as our next president either the most unifying, charismatic leader in either party who just happens to be black, the greatest war hero since Eisenhower to occupy the Oval Office or the most religious-yet-liberal Republican who has ever run for the office. Buckle up, kids, it's going to be an exhilirating ride and we'll respect ourselves when it's over.

We want change. We want change. We want change. No more Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton spin cycle. Obama has exercised superior, unique judgment among all the frontrunners in not supporting our frolic and detour in Iraq from the start. He alone can unify our country. United we stand. Divided we fall. No unity, no change.

More on why Obama is the only candidate who can unify America to achieve real change: http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/1/2/22840/86271/686/429523