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karlos — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:02:04 GMT

biden's position of being right in these debates is not in question even by the other candidates. their characterization of joe being wrong was his vote on funding war without withdrawal date. as a vet i support joe's position to fund ied safe vehicles rather than use the troops as a political pawn and defenseless.

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Nashville_fan — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:21:16 GMT

On the Hopefund PAC story, I am glad that the Obama campaign has looked into this situation and clarified how the money was distributed. I still don't see anything wrong with what was done, but whatever happened, I feel better knowing the truth.

The truth is ALWAYS the best policy. I feel the Senator Obama will continue to apply that principle in his Administration as well. Maybe thats what people mean with all the "holier than though" stuff that is posted all the time - he is not your typical politician.

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Jose Alemar — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:24:13 GMT

The impeachment of Bush or Cheney Should be done now; knowing the how this administration had broken of the rules and bypassing our constitution I have no doubt that is in the plan of Bush/Cheney to start a War with Iran right in the middle of the 2008 elections. The war on Iran will be part of the strategy for keeping the right wing republican in power. They will claim that changing administration while the nation is in war will be too dangerous; that in order to win against the possible attack from Iran with nuclear weapons we nee to maintain republican in power.
I don't trust Bush/ Cheney they both have a plan to bankrupt the nation because is the best way to introduce an elite run government.

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jerry/corpus christi, tx — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:28:01 GMT

I would pay real money to be Hillary's firewall!

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Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:29:18 GMT

Firewall? or a campaign that's burning to the ground??
http://unitedagainsthillary.wordpress.com

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Daniel, NY — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:32:16 GMT

In truly amazing news for the Obama camp, he now leads in new Iowa poll released this morning by ARG: http://www.campaigndiaries.com/2007/11/arg-releases-its-monthly-wave-of-early.html

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Class Warrior, D.C. — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:37:28 GMT

Good for you, Joe! Everyone says the comment will sink you as a Sec'y of State or something in a Dem administration, but, Why? Joe's the man who knows foreign policy! He should be listened to!

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Sierra, SF — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:41:59 GMT

'...Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden warned that if the Bush administration goes to war with Iran, Congress should impeach the president....'

JOE IS RIGHT !!!
Thank you Joe !!
NO EXCISE FOR WAR !!
Warn Bush AHEAD OF TIME !!

'...The Delaware senator said under current circumstances, the president lacks Constitutional authority to attack Iran...'

JOE IS RIGHT !!
Thank you Joe !!

'...He also criticized Republican and Democratic presidential candidates for their ‘fixation’ on what he called Iran's limited nuclear weapons capabilities.”...'

JOE IS RIGHT !!!
What do you say, Obama ?
What do you say, Edwards ?
What do you say, Clinton ?
What do you say, Dodd ?
What do you say, Richardson ?
What do you say, Kucinich ?

Answers, please !!
You're all running for President !!
Why is a nuclear Iran such a 'threat' ?
JOE IS RIGHT !!

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diane — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:47:29 GMT

It's funny to watch the NY media go nuts over bloomberg and Obama having breakfast. amazing.
I heard the Apollo was a good night.
Clinton is pulling out her bag of dirty tricks now that she is falling like a lead balloon in the polls.
It is fun to watch because she is taking on this air of desperation. Not the cool customer running until a month ago. since then she has beeing mostly reacting and lashing out and trying desperately to hang on

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diane — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:52:56 GMT

i forgot to ask you at First Read. Why in the world doesnt' the press just ignore clinton for awhile if she is being difficult. Stop following her, covering her for a few days or talking about her.
I think then the press and Hillary will discover that she needs the press alot more than the press needs her.

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Sierra, SF — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:55:54 GMT

'...The Boston Globe: "With Hillary Clinton faltering in polls leading up to the Iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary is looming as a possible make-or-break moment for her -- in a place where she has most of the party's key endorsements and a sizable lead in the polls, but where a defeat could be devastating....'

Now you know why the Clinton Cult is so desperate !!
Now you know why Hillary is so desperate !!
She can't handle this campaign by herself, so she's calling in Bill to protect her from 'the big boys' who are 'picking on her' ;-0

Hillay Bo Peep has lost her sheep
and doesn't knw wher to find them

THROW THE BUMS OUT !!
DON'T BRING THE BUMS BACK !!

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Sierragrows,SF — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:10:15 GMT

obama and company whining and whining again!

Geez, he's almost ready to learn to stand up and pee

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Amazed, Atlanta — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:12:36 GMT

I wonder what all you democrats who are Hillary Haters will do should she win? I know many of us who are undecided, and many Hillary supporters, would definately support any democrat. Because let's face it, any of them would be better than any of those blowhards on the other side.

So, are you perpetual Hillary haters on this site going to support some neo-con nut like Romney, Thompson or Guilliani should Hill squeak this one out? You guys know, that's a good possibility, right?

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jerry/corpus christi texas — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:37:16 GMT

I would pay real money to be Hillary's firewall!

jerry/corpus christi, tx (Sent Friday, November 30, 2007 10:28 AM)

Here is a penny.....

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mary Davenport Iowa — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:40:59 GMT

Good for you, Joe! Everyone says the comment will sink you as a Sec'y of State or something in a Dem administration, but, Why? Joe's the man who knows foreign policy! He should be listened to!

Class Warrior, D.C.

Joe Biden, if he is not the nominee, will not be in any ones cabinet. If you don't believe him, when he says he won't, then you don't know Joe. What ever someone may think about Joe Biden, few if any people don't believe he is a man of his word. Joe has said he would have been Kerry's secretary of state, because of their relationship. He knew what that position would entail, he will not be secretary of state for any of the candidates running. Nor will he be anyones VP.

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Ron, TX — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:43:13 GMT

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Joan , South Bend, IN — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:45:21 GMT

"I wonder what all you democrats who are Hillary Haters will do should she win? I know many of us who are undecided, and many Hillary supporters, would definately support any democrat. * * *

Amazed, Atlanta "

I know very few Democrats who won't support who ever is the nominee. However, I do know a few who will either vote for the Green party or some other candidate for President. But the over whelming number of Democrats will vote for the Democrat, that's a given. The concern is how many independents will vote for Clinton if she's the nominee, because the Democrats and GOP don't decide the election that is decided by the independents and that is why Clinton's negatives are so important!

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Elizabeth Sullivan, San Diego, CA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:58:45 GMT

Amazed, Atlanta:

If Hillary gets the nomination I will support the most qualified candidate. If the Republican nominee is McCain - I will support him.

Qualifications and Experience are what I base my decisions on.

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jerry/corpus christi texas — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:00:45 GMT

I've seen Hillary's firewall.....

CNN showed it 5-6 times during one debate........

down south......

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Scott, PA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:05:28 GMT

You at First Read have to realize that is sounds much more prescient having Joe Biden threaten the 'I' word than any other candidate, right? Anything this guy says is taken with much more solidity than any other candidate. With that said, his stances on foreign policy and chances of winning should be taken as much more solid.

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Lura, Philadelphia, PA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:12:51 GMT

You gave a very incomplete report, and wrong impression, of The Des Moines Register article on John Edwards by only suggesting that he appears different in 2008 than in 2004, whereas the article clearly explains Edwards’ evolution:

"Eric Johnson, an undecided Democrat from Iowa City, said the changes he sees in Edwards seem to have mirrored the growing discontent of Democrats, and voters in general, since the 2004 election.

For example, Americans were evenly divided about four years ago about President Bush's handling of the Iraq war, which was then less than a year under way. Today, polls show nearly two-thirds of Americans disapprove of it.

The narrow majority of Americans who believed it was the federal government's responsibility to make sure people have health insurance has grown in the past four years to roughly two-thirds.

‘The political climate is more open to solutions that might have been deemed politically unpalatable," said Johnson, a University of Iowa graduate student who is considering supporting Edwards in the caucuses. "I'm glad to see him taking advantage of that climate. I'm glad to see what I see as an evolution in his thinking.’

Edwards readily says he was a more careful candidate in 2004. And while he dismisses the idea that he has lurched to the left out of political expedience, he contends that the issues that dominated the 2004 campaign now warrant bolder solutions.”

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Lura, Philadelphia, PA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:19:45 GMT

Saying that Krugman "doesn't like Barack" is an unfair summary of Krugman's article on Obama's Health Care plan, which correctly critiques the plan as being inadequate. It is not a personal attack. Krugman asserts that by not covering everyone, we will not have an affordable universal healthcare plan:

"And it’s not just a matter of principle. As a practical matter, letting people opt out if they don’t feel like buying insurance would make insurance substantially more expensive for everyone else.

Here’s why: under the Obama plan, as it now stands, healthy people could choose not to buy insurance — then sign up for it if they developed health problems later. Insurance companies couldn’t turn them away, because Mr. Obama’s plan, like those of his rivals, requires that insurers offer the same policy to everyone.

As a result, people who did the right thing and bought insurance when they were healthy would end up subsidizing those who didn’t sign up for insurance until or unless they needed medical care.

In other words, when Mr. Obama declares that “the reason people don’t have health insurance isn’t because they don’t want it, it’s because they can’t afford it,” he’s saying something that is mostly true now — but wouldn’t be true under his plan.. .

Third, and most troubling, Mr. Obama accuses his rivals of not explaining how they would enforce mandates, and suggests that the mandate would require some kind of nasty, punitive enforcement: “Their essential argument,” he says, “is the only way to get everybody covered is if the government forces you to buy health insurance. If you don’t buy it, then you’ll be penalized in some way.”

Well, John Edwards has just called Mr. Obama’s bluff, by proposing that individuals be required to show proof of insurance when filing income taxes or receiving health care. If they don’t have insurance, they won’t be penalized — they’ll be automatically enrolled in an insurance plan.

That’s actually a terrific idea — not only would it prevent people from gaming the system, it would have the side benefit of enrolling people who qualify for S-chip and other government programs, but don’t know it."

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Kristian O — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:23:56 GMT

Yo Amazed, Don't we have the right to vent about what we feel is an ultra perpetration of fraud by any candidate, knowing fully well that when the hour arrives we'll vote for said candidate over that of the opposition party even if we're holding our nose in doing so? It's called politics and the opinions of one concerning politians at a point in time.

Stop with the whining about people's opinions. It's un-American and you sound bad.

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Anita, Tifton, GA — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:42:57 GMT

Obama is NOT surging in Iowa! it's basically a 3-way tie - and Edwards leads considering he leads among independents and as 2nd choice.

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Nashville_fan — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:01:49 GMT

"Well, John Edwards has just called Mr. Obama’s bluff, by proposing that individuals be required to show proof of insurance when filing income taxes or receiving health care. If they don’t have insurance, they won’t be penalized — they’ll be automatically enrolled in an insurance plan. "

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How is that calling Obama's "bluff"? They will be automatically enrolled in an insurance plan and required to pay the premium, whether they can afford it or not! DUH! And when the bill comes and they don't pay, then what? How much money will be spent trying to make them pay? Probably more than the cost of the medical procedures they needed I'm betting.

No matter how much smoke is spread around this issue, the simple truth is the healthcare mandate is a BAD IDEA. We don't need more DEBTORS . . . we need more affordable healthcare. This disnigenuous semantics game is pretty pathetic.

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JLB Alabama — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:14:27 GMT

Is it true that Giulliani met his first wife at a family reunion?

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Molly, Iowa City — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:00:34 GMT

Anita, Tifton, GA

Anita, without realizing it you just hit on the problem with caucus polling. You say Edwards leads among independents. Do you have any idea how few independents ever attend an Iowa caucus? I know a few that are caucusing for Biden, as well as a few Republicans who are caucusing for Biden, but caucusing is a time consuming process that few Democrats, and even fewer Republicans ever engage in. Caucus attendance among registered Democrats has never reached 21%, and attendance on the GOP end has been even lower. Statistically very few people who are currently registered independent, or GOP will attend the Democratic caucus, they legally can attend, the only requirement is to be a US citizen, a resident of Iowa and 18 by 11/4/ 08. If you aren't already a registered Democrat you register as a Democrat at the caucus, and if you want after the caucus you can change your party affiliation back to GOP or Independent. There will be some registered Independent at the caucuses, but their total number, and as a percent of total Democratic caucus goers will be very small.

To include registered independents in a Democratic caucus poll is an indication the polling company has no clue, and is one more reason why that particular poll would be a joke.

That being said. I don't know if Obama is or isn't surging. I do know that Edwards has a strong base, stronger than either Obama or Clinton, and his base has more prior caucus attendee's the best indicator of caucus attendance, but Edwards base has not grown from 04, and actually a sizable number of 04 supporters are supporting other candidates, and a sizable number are still undecided. Some will end up with Edwards, if they don't find a viable alternative to Clinton. Any 04 Edwards supporter who will support Clinton at the caucus is already supporting her, they would be part of the chunk of 04 supporters that Edwards can't recapture. On the ground it is clear his campaign has been stagnant, and it's clear that Hillary has always had an "Iowa problem". This isn't new, but the media is just figuring it out, because they rely on polls, that they know, or should know are inaccurate.

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Talk about Yuck factor — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:11:02 GMT

Is it true that Giulliani met his first wife at a family reunion?

JLB Alabama

No he married his second cousin, Regina Peruggi, who according to the Priest who married them, (Alan Placa- who is on leave as a Priest due to allegations of sexual misconduct with children)Rudy and Regina spent summers at Rudy's grandmothers beach home. Regina was the daughter of Rudy's Dad's first cousin. They were married 14 years!

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david anders,Pharr,Tx — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:13:48 GMT

Hillary needs a firewall, this is a woman that was stealing the Whitehouse furniture, while Bill was pardoning Drug dealers for large sums of money to be used for Hillary s Senate run in new york and his library which holds Hillarys records as first lady which she wont release, makes me sick that some people want them in the Whitehouse. Is morality a lost word in America?

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david anders,Pharr,Tx — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:14:36 GMT

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Right to Carry — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 20:38:54 GMT

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lane filler, spartanburg, Sc — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 21:22:54 GMT

Anyone looking for some new Hillary video from an SC stop and an interesting commentary on how race is impacting that primary should try: http://goupstate.us/index.php/lanefiller/2007/11/27/hillary_and_the_black_men_of_god

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Nick, Austin, Texas — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:51:44 GMT

Hillary's been touting her healthcare plan as superior to Senator Barack Obama's, and even went so far as to call Obama's plan a "betrayal" of Democratic values. But let's get real-- Hillarycare can't cover any American if it doesn't pass Congress. When universal healthcare is signed into law, it will be the largest expansion of government power since social security passed in 1935. And let's be honest-- does anyone believe Hillary can build the build a bipartisan majority in Congress necessary to pass her insurance plan?

My firm belief, as a Democrat, is that Hillary Clinton cannot pass universal healthcare.

But let's get to this "mandate" nonsense. Senator Clinton is arguing that the only way to get every American covered is if you force every American to buy healthcare. Unfortunately, she hasn't told anybody how she would enforce this mandate. So until she clarifies what exactly she intends to do to enforce this mandate -- for example, whether she is going to fine people -- her attacks on Obama are more about scoring political points than making a real point.

The truth is, Barack Obama's universal health care plan makes coverage affordable for every single American, he just doesn't agree with Hillary's plan to start by forcing everyone to buy insurance they can't afford.

I think the real question is who can stand up to the special interests, bring Republicans and Democrats together, and actually make their plan a reality? Barack Obama is in the best position to do that because unlike Senator Clinton, he's been standing up to the special interests and bringing people together throughout his career.

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gravel kucinich paul nader — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:04:14 GMT

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Judy Hein, Santa Maria, CA — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:25:57 GMT

So now we have HC splashed all over the news for her 'cool' handling of the hostage situation in NH. I bet when someone really starts digging--they will find out it was a set-up by the HC campaign workers and of course she knew nothing about it!!!