Inside Obama’s Dream Machine

Media love for Obama is driven by reverse racism. If he were not black, the media would have little interest in him. What difference is there between a man who opposes a man because of his race and a man who supports a man because of his race? Both are racists. Obama should be judged on his policies and his character not his race. Black racism is just as repugnant as white racism.

All I know is - come Tuesday night...and I am SOOOO hoping for an Obama win. It will be clear if Hillary really has a chance to gain the "independent vote". I think it will be also equally clear if Barack's version of inclusive politics is seen as honest and real. My vote is that it is.. I have some of the most passionate debates with my friends who are Republican but at the end of the day - we all want to see America...hell - the world - do well and be more secure. If Barack wins New Hampshire - this could really be a historic moment...and not just because he's black...because Hillary being the first woman president would be equally historic in that way. I am referring to actually making a difference and cutting through the B.S. I know leadership when I see it - and Barack has it. He is inclusive and reaches out to others - he's brilliant and worldly. I have to remember that not everyone feels the way that I do but I just think - who couldn't see this?

One last note - I don't know why...but SOOOOO many people just will flat out not vote for Hillary for a number of different reasons. I'm only so down on her now because of her barrage of negative, underhanded tricks in December on Barack. I don't want to reward those who would try to manipulate us. I will not be deterred through fear. I know Barack is authentic....

OBAMA WON AMONG DEMOCRATS BY ONE pER CENT IN IOWA. DEFEATING BOTH EDWARDS AND HILLARY AMONG DEMOCRATS. THIS WAVE IS UNSTOppABLE AND WILL GET LARGER AFTER EACH STATE STRAIGHT TO THE pRESIDENCY.

NEW HAMpSHIRE HAS MANY YOUNG COLLEGE GRADUATES AND INDEpENDENTS. THIS IS OBAMA'S BASE, AND HE IS GOING TO WIN BY A LARGE MARGIN THERE, perhaps with forty one per cent of the vote, is not EVEN GOING TO BE CLOSE. HILLARY IS IN DANGER OF COMING IN THIRD. WHAT IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING IN NEW HAMpSHIRE, AND "A LOT CLOSER", IS THE BATTLE BETWEEN OBAMA AND McCAIN FOR THE INDEpENENT VOTE. THIS WILL BE A GOOD INDICATOR TO SEE HOW STRONG OBAMA IS NATIONWIDE. IF HE CAN TAKE THE INDEpENDENT VOTE AWAY FROM McCAIN, IN McCain's strong hold, then he will easily defeat ANY republican in a national election. It is a "Regan" like phenomenon. OBAMA IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR EVEN FOR SOME REPUBLICANS AND THIS IS WHY THE OBAMA WAVE CONTINUES TO GET LARGER. HIS BASE CONTINUES TO EXPAND TO INCLUDE EVERYONE. THE OLD SCHOOL pUNDITS WHO UNDERESTIMATED THE YOUNG VOTE LEARNED THEIR FIRST LESSON IN THE NEW pOLITICS OF CHANGE. BILL AND MEMBERS OF THE HILLARY CAMp ARE BLAMING EACHOTHER FOR HILLARY'S LOSS. WHAT THEY DO NOT REALIZE IS THAT OBAMA HAS TAppED INTO A NEW BASE, WHICH THEY ARE STRANGERS TO. THEY WERE NAIVE AND IGNORED THIS pART OF THE ELECTORATE. THEY DID NOT HAVE A SCRIpT READY FOR THE OBAMA WAVE. OBAMA HAS BEEN CATERING TO THIS BASE FOR YEARS NOW, TO CATCH Up TO HIM IN THREE WEEKS, IMpOSSIBLE, ESpECIALLY WHEN HE WINS ON TUESDAY BY DOUBLE DIGITS.

Seems like Hillary is more interested in power than helping the American people. I think Obama will be the best thing since FDR (weregonna need it after Bush)...likley better. One more thought, as an Iowan voter, I just want o say after what the Clintons tried here(Waterloo/ Cedar Falls area) they might want to be careful...they don't want to be remembered as the people that tried to destroy Obama.

I think he is going to be the best President sice FDR...maybe bigger. Hillary and her voters seem to think they deserve the power even though she is losing in the polls or election. If she is truly cares about this country she won't try the Republican swiftboating and help the people. Also, her and Bill might want to lower the attacks; they don't want to be remembered like this once out of the limelight. By then, more than half the country will dislike her.

Read the article with interest. Indeed, it was a pleasure to know that Obama is working things differently and making politics 'honest and real.' I am from Bangladesh and am very keen on seeing a wonderful world full of bright ideas, proper vision and an equity driven society. I wish the positive campaign of Obama to continue and percolate across the globe. I am also deeply interested in politics and want to be a change maker in my country; therefore, I take pride when I see good politics coming forward in the USA. Ziaur Rahman, IITM, Dhaka, luckytoaccess@yahoo.com

who said anything about my wanting HRC as the democratic nominee? not me. I only pointed out how naive you are. all of your cliches in the last post only goes to show you don't think for yourself, all the things you said is what the press has been telling us. but they haven't even talked about the additional property Obama acquired from the recently indicted politico at a vvveeerrry reasonable price. Which is just the beginning

All these conspiracy theories about Rove and the GOP pushing for Obama b/c they can't beat Hillary need some substantiation or they're just silly hocus pocus. I know any number of "anyone but Hillary" Republicans. They HATE her, irrationally and viscerally. Want to mobilize the dispirited GOP base? Put Hillary in front of them as the candidate. You don't need conspiracy theories to suggest that: look at the polling. What is your evidence that she can beat them? Because she won a Senate seat in New York???

You want to dispirit the Democratic base and depress turnout? It's the one sure way to throw us back into the 2004 calculus that cost us the election: offer Democrats and independents more of the same old thing: the politics of yesterday. Facts are facts: Hillary polls weak among independents, and mobilizes the opposition. All this vague and unsubstantiated theorizing about GOP master plots needs to be replaced by a disciplined analysis of the structure of the electorate, political history, and the performance of the candidates vis a vis key demographics.

What an Awesome light of hope and inspiration. This is the way I believe the world wants to be for the most part.
This is the leader I want for my country, the role models I want for my children and grandchildren to follow. This is what JFK, and Martin Luther King lived and died for. It all started with a vision, hope and a dream.
God bless the Obama Family and all those who came before that dared to dream the impossible, walk the walk and fight that never ending fight. "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country". .
Mmmm

What an Awesome light of hope and inspiration. This is the way I believe the world wants to be for the most part.
This is the leader I want for my country, the role models I want for my children and grandchildren to follow. This is what JFK, and Martin Luther King lived and died for. It all started with a vision, hope and a dream.
God bless the Obama Family and all those who came before that dared to dream the impossible, walk the walk and fight that never ending fight. "Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country". .
Mmmm

Herbie, no, I'm no high school campaign volunteer. I've worked Texas and Iowa politics since 91. And as far as measuring electability goes, I'll take professional polls over your unsubstantiated, amorphous impressions anyday.

The GOP cross-overs you talk about aren't the key demographic here. The independents are. And they are drawn to a message of positivity (morning in america, don't stop thinkin' about tomorrow, etc.). Even Neil Young voted for Reagan once. Obama has already shown that he draws independent voters, and increases the turnout.

And as far as dirt goes, lord knows that the Clintons have more than enough dirt to arm the GOP.

Second is the question of who mobilizes the bases. HRC mobilizes the conservative base like noone else, and turns off plenty of Dems besides, whether because of 15 years of GOP misogyny or legitimate reservations about her work for Wal-Mart, her support for credit card companies over children and mothers, or her vote for the war.

Herbiemax, I certainly hope people pay attention to what you said. Yes the Republicans are pushing for Obama because they know they can beat him. They are afraid of Hillary because she has certainly had the experience to battle them and that makes her very qualified to lead the country. She will not lay down against the Republican ambush as John Kerry did. He was too nice and look what happened. I firmly believe this is Karl Rove's plan to get Obama on the ticket. Obama will not know what hit him if this should happen. It definitely has the Karl Rove smell. Why else are they pushing Obama?

Suzy, are you kidding Obama might not know what a budget is? Get real, someone who excels at Harvard Law, who dedicates himself to community organizing, who serves in the Illinois legislature and the U.S. Senate doesn't know what a budget is? And as far as electability goes, in addition to the Gallup polls showing him faring better in the general, what do you do with the fact that the vaunted Clinton machine can't even carry its own party so far? Don't underestimate the power of the positivie appeal to the independent voter, especially after a divisive period like we've had. Reagan and Clinton I both demonstrated this.