How Tomorrow Became Yesterday

Hillary will not quit. She cannot bear the idea of losing to an African American. Had it been another 'white' delegate in Obama's position, she would have conceded already.

Kathy, is that all that is troubling you? GIVE ME A BREAK! what troubles me about Hillary is something that no one is addressing: They CLAIM to be for African Americans, yet history will show that the problems iof injustice against African Americans in education, poverty, in the courts have existed during the nineties. Nothing has changed. What bothers me is Hillary's cold, hard demeanour and her attempted ''put-downs' of Obama. She has met her match, because he is not afraid. He is looking better and better every day. .. Far Away

What does Obama's religion have to do with his ability to run the country? Bush is a christian and we see what kind of mess he's made! I could care less if Obama was a Muslim, an atheist or a Buddist. the real question is he smart (which Bush is not) is he fair (which Bush is not) does he care about the people of the country he serves (Bush left the Katrina victims stranded for month but has not hesitated to got spend billions on a war no one agrees we should be fighting) and is he honest. I don't care if he but his hand on his ass while saying the pledge...if he can save this country; he has my vote!

i think Obama comes across well but i am just learning things about him that are troubling to say the least. Is it true he will not put his hand over his heart to say the pledge of allegience? Is he a muslim? If either are true he should not expect my vote or any other person who cares who is in charge of our country... talk about getting us from within...Scary thought think about it ...Obviously the press is giving this guy a BIG pass wonder why???. Hillary is looking better and better ... kathy

You people are ridiculous. This is the kind of fact-absent fear-mongering that led our country into this disasterous war in Iraq. I had forgotten what it was like to be "PROUD to be an American" until I saw Obama speak. In person. Sans a teleprompter. He is an absolute inspiration. Please, please, please. Choose to be part of the solution, rather than part of the problem. When you capitalize on intolerance and fear, you build a country like the one we've become in the last eight years...an enemy and bully to a majority of the world. We are not labels; we are all just people...and Senator Obama is an outstanding one. He absolutely has my vote.

Are you people insane? This is exactly the sort of fact-absent fear-mongering that led our country into the disaster that is the Iraq War. I had forgotten what it meant to be "Proud to be an American" until I saw Senator Obama speak. He is an inspiration and a hope to lead us out of the intolerance and negativity that you are preaching. Every one of us makes a choice as to who we are...whether we are part of the problem or part of the solution. Please, please, don't be part of the problem.

Obama gave very impressive and inspirational speeches on election nights in Iowa and New Hampshire. Several cable TV pundits on MSNBC and CNN commented that these speeches were the best they had ever heard and they were quick to compare Obama's speeches to the other candidate's speeches each night. What the TV announcers and pundits did not point out clearly was that Obama used a teleprompter each time and no other candidate did. By the time Obama's victory speech in Iowa was about half completed I had reached the conclusion he must be using a teleprompter but the TV coverage kept a tight head shot of him and only backed off to allow me to look for the teleprompter stands for seconds at a time and I did not see them. In New Hampshire I finally caught a fleeting glimpse of the two teleprompters to confirm my suspicions.

I do not recall a single occasion over the last 30 years of when any candidate has used a teleprompter for a primary election night victory speech or concession speech. If I am right, then I believe it is imperative for print and especially the TV journalists to point this out each time so that the impressions and comparisons the public may draw from the eloquence they perceive in Obama's delivery can be tempered with the knowledge of the advantages of utilizing a teleprompter. I also would be interested to learn if Obama is the only candidate traveling with a teleprompter this year.

I would back HRC or John Edwards, not Obama. I am not confortable with someone who comes from a radical Muslim family. Have we forgotten about 9-11? If Obama gets the presidentail nomination, the Republicans will win. Please do not vote for Obama!!

Conciliatory speeches during a time of great anxiety, claims of change...it all feels good. It all felt good when G. W. Bush seemingly rallied the country after Sept. 11. When the inspiration wears off, as it undoubtedly will, the work of putting the pieces back together must still be accomplished and is best left to those that have been working for change their whole life. It is not an alleged attempt to maintain political power...that's pure rhetoric...it really is heartfelt when Hilary claims to want to lead this country. It's been her lifelong work. Bill Clinton, like his wife, had lifelong aspirations for the highest office, and they both spent their lives in pursuit of it. Bill had the experience of Attorney General and Governor before attempting a nomination. Obama just doesn't have the record. People should look within themselves for inspiration and not an inexperienced, albeit charismatic, Jr. Senator. Leave the hard work of policy making to the pros - Clintons.

Obama is the media darling isn't he? Too bad. I wish they would be more fair. Ok so there are some good ones. But a lot of them have been fawning over Obama for months. They've helped to build up his almost mythic image. Honestly, I've seen Obama in person. I was unimpressed. By his speech and by his appearance. I thought John Edwards was a better speaker. I haven't heard Hillary speak in person yet. Barack's supposed "magnetism" just wasn't there for me! But the news media never reports on people like me. All you ever hear about are the people who are ga-ga over him.

Hillary started the first "attack " in the 1st debate by calling Senator Obama naive'.

The first "attack" as you call it did not come from Hillary Clinton. It came from Obama, when he referred to Hillary Clinton's meetings with foreign leaders as "having teas." That was such a sexist comment, and yet the media said absolutely nothing. Or when his idiot of a national campaign manager (Axelrod) said if HRC had not voted for the Iraq War Bhutto would not have been. I think the backlash in NH was a harbinger of how women feel about men telling them how to vote, and they're sick of it.

You see Alter, like most of the media, still has egg on his face after predicting so badly on Tuesday. Talk about the media trying to jam Obama down everyone's throats. Women got angry after the media beat up on Hillary, and now they're even worse. Obama is not a change agent. You don't vote PRESENT in the Illinois Senate and stand for change. He's avoided change by not doing his job in the U.S. Senate and running for President. He's had plenty of time to shake things up in the U.S. Senate if he wanted to change the way things are done in Washington. He hasn't done it. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton has bridged the bipartisanship that has held things up and got bills passed that benefit Americans. Jonathan Alter is just another media gadfly who hates women and hides behind his writing the way Bill O'Reilly hides behind his microphone. They hate women and don't want one to ever be President. They would rather take an underqualified black mail, who is going to be demolished by the Republicans anyway than ever support a woman. Well women of all ages and races make up more than 51% of the population, and our time has come. It's embarassing that other Democracies and even other third-world countries have gotten there before us. It's time for women and it's Hillary's time. Alter should be admitting he screwed up by announcing that he speaks for Bill Clinton and what "Clinton knows in his heart," because he doesn't speak for either Clinton and he certain doesn't speak for women voters.

How many of us remember when Kennedy was running our parents heard all about how the Pope would be running this country if Kennedy was elected. Hello, people this is not selecting a King, we still have Senators and Congress up there and in the two terms Bush hasn't gotten to do everything wants either. Clinton sure tried but he was not above their grasp either. This is why I am registered INDEPENDENT, from a family of Yellow Dog Democrats.

Stop spreading the fear that has handicapped the US since the Bush regime took charge. Obama is NOT a member of any organization or religion that is sworn to destroy the US. Educate yourself on Obama's religion, schooling, and upbringing here: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/obamas-religion-and-schooling/ Stop spreading rumors that are unfounded and untrue. Obama offers hope in the face of fear. Change in the face of a failing status quo. Educate yourself on who this man is, what he stands for, and what he has in store for the future before you jump to conclusions....especially if those conclusions have no foundation.

Educate yourself and stop spreading the same plague of fear that has enveloped this country since the Bush regime took charge. Its that fear that is preventing any progressive change in the US. Obama is not a member of any organization or religion that has sworn to destroy the US. Are you kidding me? Read this article and educate yourself. http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/24/obamas-religion-and-schooling/ Stop spreading rumors and playing on people's fear. Obama is the hope America needs for a real change in politics and beyond.