We shouldn't measure how we vote for someone just because they kissed the cheek of a small child, or paid out thousands of dollars to help people in Katrina, because they were a powerful Senator for a few years, instead we should measure our votes out to people who have the same morals as us, who know what the guy down the street wants, we should vote for someone who can live up to the responsibilities of being President, who can just a normal person who happens to decide the fate of our nation, who can justify their actions and make all people believe in them. Hillary, in your book may be all of these, but she hasn't won my vote. I still see past the little smirk and the pants suit and see someone who has been weak in the past, and will carry that on for the future.
By the way, everyone should do their research before entering the polls, my question to you is how? When there are over 300 million people in our nation, 200 something that can vote, how can you reach every single one of them? A lot of people can't afford any type of technology. I think our candidates should focus more on education, not just in school, but LIFE education. They should focus on helping those families keep up with a fast pace world, either financially, or emotionally. Find a way to get rid of the national debt, and start having a positive cash flow and be able to have plentiful money to help those in need, and I'll vote for you. Until then, we have to rely on the media to tell us whose better than who, we have to rely on our friends who tell us what candidate did what, we have to rely on what information we have to decide who our next president is going to be.
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Lastly, why is this tunneled vision? I want to critize all candidates, but Hillary just sticks out like a sore thumb, sorry. Instead of saying that we should vote for someone just because a lot of people say a lot of bad things about them, and we should give them a pity vote, we should question why are we voting for this particular person and not that one? I challege you to ask yourself what makes Hillary better than any other candidate?
Next Stop: New Hampshire
Cromwell, CT: I wonder if other baby boomers like myself felt that the Obama campaign was sending us "out to pasture" ... that we were the past. We are not. Young in spirit and determination, we will support a Hillary win!
I don't think he wants you to shuffle off this mortal coil just yet.
Brooklyn, NY: Any opinions on how Edwards affects the race? Better for Hillary or Obama???
Good question, and very hard to guess. Has he helped in debates - landing punches when Obama doesn't? Or has he hurt by piling on?
Holtsville, NY: How do you explain the backstabbing that goes on at this stage within parties and then once the nominee is announced, they make nice and become a runningmate and teammates? How is that productive? Why don't they save all the money and present a unified front? or at least limit the pool within the party.
I dislike the idea of limiting anything in an election. But primaries are supposed to be a unifying process - building a party and then reuniting around a single candidate. That's healthy, isn't it? As long as it goes according to plan.
Edmond, OK: It seemed to me that Hillary Clinton rebounded due to the fact that she used the ultimate female weapon....the threat of tears. Also, the idea that she is being ganged-up on by the boys club is supposed to make women sensitive to her. First of all, once Hillary decided to get into this race, she knew that she would be the only woman. So why is it that she keeps falling back on the "Boys" are ganging up on her? Why is it that she is able to use the "female" card for sympathy without any backlash?
We'll see if there's any kind of backlash, as you put it. My guess is that the Clinton folks are feeling pretty good about winning. They are already talking about their momentum - even though they managed to blow up the entire momentum theory of politics last night.
Concordia, MO: I just love how early this campaign started up. My question is, which candidate do you think that this early start benefited/ benefits the most?
Having worked over Christmas and the New Year, I can tell you that it doesn't benefit reporters.
St. Louis, MO: Do you think the average voter recognized Hillary's attempt to tap into Obama's message by shifting to pronoun we from pronoun I and recruiting young people to stand with her on the stage? If so, to what effect?
Very subtle. I like your pronoun analysis. Let's just say the staging of her election night speech in New Hampshire was much better than her speech in Iowa.
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