The Democratic Divide

Americans need to move away from the BUSHes and the CLINTONS. It appears Bubba Clinton does not believe in equality any longer when it comes it wife.

Obama is real. Lets give change the chance for vision to be realised.

Thanks Eleanor! Your article's right on the mark. Plus, the lawsuit in Nevada and the Clinton opposition to rules that she agreed to months before the Union endorsed someone else (coincidentally Barack Obama) isn't going to win friends within the labor movement which is another key block within the Democratic party. I am surprised at how the Clintons seem to be polarizing various constituencies of the Democratic party. Interestingly, more people now say publicly, another Clinton in the White House would mean three decades of Bush - Clinton - Bush - Clinton (then perhaps Jeb Bush after that, etc). I thought the American revolution was about opposition to monarchies?

Thanks Eleanor! Your article's right on the mark. Plus, the lawsuit in Nevada and the Clinton opposition to rules that she agreed to months before the Union endorsed someone else (coincidentally Barack Obama) isn't going to win friends within the labor movement which is another key block within the Democratic party. I am surprised at how the Clintons seem to be polarizing various constituencies of the Democratic party. Interestingly, more people now say publicly, another Clinton in the White House would mean three decades of Bush - Clinton - Bush - Clinton (then perhaps Jeb Bush after that, etc). I thought the American revolution was about opposition to monarchies?

I am saddened that some people will still hold on the the dirty old politics of race and fear. Reading down the postings here. It appears to me this is a chain denounciation of the Obama candidacy. I just saw the movie "Mad Money," last night and it mentioned the line "crime is contagious." The feelings and sentiment conveyed by the previous commentators are really contagious. However, I will deffer from their positions. Obama is a candidate many have called the most authentic politician. His honesty, charm, confidence and inspirational tone is a rarity in modern politics where everything is tailored in a cosmetic fashion. I truly believe Obama's victory in Iowa was and is not a fluke. I believe also the his second place in New Hampshire was and is not a lost. These are testament to his fundamental qualities. IListen to his response to a question about his weakness at the most recent democratic debate. It tells you what the man is made of, genuniely humble and respectful of others intelligence. In spite his simple and self disparaging honesty, his starategy and his organization has rivaled the great Clinton political machine which was built and nourished for years. If we can jettison our pessimism, if we can overcome our fears, if we can dare to hope for change without tremors each time the name Obama is mentioned, if we can listen to Obama's message of change without undermining the messenger, then we will find our change agent. Like Iowa and New Hampshire, if we can listen to Obama's message, we will concede that Obama not only inspires us to hope but earns our trust and confidence by his simplicity of purpose which is "change we can believe."

I have watched both parties attempt to find a worthy leader, but I see them and the press stumbling. While Hillary and Oback both have great qualities, they cannot unite the people. John Edwards, who gets very little publicity, has enough of the right qualities to provide what both sides want. It seems like Hillary and Oback are battling with each other while he just sits back and waits. It will be interesting to see exactly where our country will be regarding those huge divides of race and gender. Hopefully, we will not suffer from a popularity contest winner rather than a capable leader accepted and respected by the rest of the world.

Goldwater8 is absolutely correct. I thought she/he might be reading my mind. We elected a president 8 yrs ago that was by far the worst choice the country has ever had and everyone suffered for it. Here is a man in Barak Obama that is truly a person that is in the right place at the right time. If there were things that could be dug up about him the Clintons would have found it by now. Let us allow this man heal our country like no other could at this time. We have all seen what distructive things could happen when we vote party lines all the time. Change is sometimes scary and hard to believe, but the truth of the matter is we need a change from the same old politics. Look what happened over the last week. If you think that wasn't by design than you are not paying attention. If Obama wins the primary and with stands the Republican machine we will all be better for it!

Clinton and her backers represent the same old, tired partisan politics that has been ripping our country apart for many years. Among the Democats, she is the absolutely worst candidate in the race. Sadly, the best candidates; Biden and Dodd have dropped out. Of what's left, I believe Obama is the best despite the under-the-belt criticisms from the Clinton camp.

Of all the candidates in this year's field Clinton is the best? Hardly, Biden is by far the best candidate we had. Unfortunately many of us in Iowa (not me) let money and not substance win the day.

God help you war449 for your lowdown racist likening to Hitlor in a so-called veiled reference about the inspiring speaking style of Baracl Obama. I wish I knew you.

It's NOT about experience you jerk!, it's about the integrityof the candidate. If you think Hillary Clinton's resume is good, your head is as empty as your comments!

The more I learn about Barrack Obama and the more he's attcked by the other Democrats, the more I like the guy. I liked Dodd and Biden, but they are no longer in the race. Obama seems to be head and shoulders above Clinton and Edwards and, in my opinion, is the best candidate the Democrats have had in a long, long time.

Obama is a "divider", NOT a uniter. The personal questions that surround him (voting record as a state senator, drug use, sweetheart deal on purchase of house from guy going to trial, lack of guts to denounce negativity and special voting arrangement in Nevada, etc.) have accumulated to convince this lifelong democrat that I will look elsewhere should he be the nominee. Most basic, he lacks the experience necessary to solve this country's serious problems. I suggest he spend 12 more years in the Senate to develop a record that the American people can buy into. Thus far, Prince Charming is all rhetoric and no substance. In my opinion, Hillary will face down the tough issues we face and move this country again in the direction of peace, prosperity, and purpose.

I am married to a doctor who has been in practice for about twenty years now. I guess that gives me two decades of spousal medical experience. Being married to a President/Governor does not qualify one to claim Presidential/executive experience.

Judged by what she has really done, Hillary failed on delivering healthcare reform, won the Senate race based on sympathy from the Lewinsky fiasco and every vote she's cast in the Senate, especially on Iraq and Iran, has been driven by her Presidential ambition rather than on principle or personal convictions. Like John Kerry before her, her war vote and Bush-lite posturing (added to the bewildering dislike she provokes in segments of the electorate) will ultimately result in another Democratic loss in November. America's Presidentail gene pool should be broadened beyond the dynastic ambitions of the Clintons and Bushes at this stage in our history.
Obama is too nice to raise these valid issues and so may ultimately lose to the divisiveness that the desperate Clinton machine has come up with since New Hampshire. Denied of what they assumed would be the coronation of the next Clinton for office, by an upstatrt who would not wait his turn, they have settled for playig the game of numbers - most African-Americans may be put off by their tactics but they are still in the minority afterall

I am married to a doctor who has been in practice for about twenty years now. I guess that gives me two decades of spousal medical experience. Being married to a President/Governor does not qualify one to claim Presidential/executive experience.

Judged by what she has really done, Hillary failed on delivering healthcare reform, won the Senate race based on sympathy from the Lewinsky fiasco and every vote she's cast in the Senate, especially on Iraq and Iran, has been driven by her Presidential ambition rather than on principle or personal convictions. Like John Kerry before her, her war vote and Bush-lite posturing (added to the bewildering dislike she provokes in segments of the electorate) will ultimately result in another Democratic loss in November. America's Presidentail gene pool should be broadened beyond the dynastic ambitions of the Clintons and Bushes at this stage in our history.
Obama is too nice to raise these valid issues and so may ultimately lose to the divisiveness that the desperate Clinton machine has come up with since New Hampshire. Denied of what they assumed would be the coronation of the next Clinton for office, by an upstatrt who would not wait his turn, they have settled for playig the game of numbers - most African-Americans may be put off by their tactics but they are still in the minority afterall.

I would have been more inclined to support John Edwards, but his naked and blatant double-teaming, with Obama, of Hillary Clinton told me more about their thinking than anything else they have said or done. It said that they both lack the confidence that their own individual campaigns are strong enough, or deserving enough, to win the support that they desperately need. Obama's "disinvitation" of his church pastor, with whom he has been associated for years, from his "I am running for President" function supports this notion, as it was clearly an effort to pander to the conservatives out there. It also showed that he doesn't have the guts to stand up for his beliefs. If you can't publicly be associated with, or support your church pastor, then who can you support? If you are willing to throw your pastor under the bus to gain a few votes, then who / what will you not sacrifice for naked, personal, blind ambition?

Edwards repudiation of Obama's comments praising Ronald Reagan as a "change agent" has done a amall bit to rehabilitate him, but he has a LONG way to go. I really don't understand how a true "change agent" could try to associate himself with Reagan ("the anti-changer), anyway. It smacks of ignorance, inexperience, and arrogance. It is a slap in the face of all those young people, middle class people, and working class people who were treated with disdain and whose financial fortunes were decimated by Reagan. Reagan was an agent of change allright - he led the country into a deep recession which brought 18% interest rates, and lasted for years.

No, to me it seems that this time around the real change would be to set the emotional appeal aside, and vote for a woman. Because history tells us that this woman would be more likely to balance the budget, and implement programs to pay off the national debt. That she would be more likely to be a champion of the middle class. That she would be more likely to challenge the established "fat-cats" in Washington. That she would be articulate and passionate in her quest to repair the damage done by the current administration.