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Jamie, Salt Lake, Utah — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:56:52 GMT

Bill's criticizing Obama and Edwards not Clinton avoids accentuating Clinton's bitchiness and that'll help Clinton. In the end, Obama's consistent opposition to Iraq versus Clinton's flip-flopping on Iraq as well as Clinton's bitchiness can only help Obama and Edwards. Clinton definitely has a long row to hoe.

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grace — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:58:05 GMT

New CNN/Wmur poll just out Obama 39 Hillary 29 tell Mark Penn here comes the surge

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Mrs Dubar — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:07:27 GMT

I think it is time for these polititions to ask,why are we taxed twice on social security, We are taxed for ss on pay checks, then they take it again for medicare? Why? I cannot get an answer.NO one thinks it is a good question.

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Kaye — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:09:50 GMT

Wow these ppl really have trouble with the truth. How about some integrity from ppl who are so desperate for our votes?

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Senior Moment — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:10:51 GMT

I believe Bill is having a senior moment....Well what can ya say....

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Daniel, NY — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:12:12 GMT

Wow this has GOT to hurt. The new CNN /WMUR poll was just released and it has Obama just surging ahead, up 10% whereas they were tied yesterday: http://www.campaigndiaries.com/2008/01/surveying-new-hampshire-polls-5-new.html

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gb — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:12:28 GMT

John Edwards spent most of his first 2 years in the senate to represent and defend Bill

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Mike — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:12:52 GMT

That's disappointing to see from Bill. Why do they have to resort to such misleading attacks? Hillary used to be my 2nd choice, but now it's John Edwards.

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kim nguyen — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:13:06 GMT

Take away the Obama's hype and what is left? There is no substance there. Anyone can give a speech about change and unity. Remember, George Bush was elected on likability, a promise to change and unite the country...enough said!

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Mark Mc — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:14:24 GMT

Both Bill and Hilary are old, tired news. They are as dysfunctional now as they were in the 90s. And as equally in denial.

Barack's time is now. Like Lincoln, Roosevelt,
Kennedy and Reagan before him, he is answering a call to something greater then himself. He is the future of America.

The Bush/Clinton dynasty ends now. And not a moment too soon.

Alleluia!

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Mark Mc, (ind), VA — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:15:44 GMT

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Kaye — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:30:07 GMT

The Clintons really have no concept of the type of change that Americans are craving. We dont want candidates and campaigns that change election tactic day to day depending on which way the political wind is blowing. They, as the political couple they are, are really blowing it. I did not think I would see such supposedly smart ppl do such dramatically dumb things. Go Barack - he has consistency, integrity and REAL CHANGE and the big MO going for him

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manuela, fresno ca — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:40:01 GMT

I am amazed to see the level of ignorance in this country. you people will vote for someone because Oprah told you to do so???
then again you voted for Bush, that should explain the level of intelligence of this country.
Hillary is a very good candidate and Obama in a sneaky guy who stole her speeches and ideas. typical man!

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Fasteddie, Houma — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:40:26 GMT

kim nguyen, Bill Clinton was elected with his opposition crying he had no experience, Particularly Foreign Relations. Senator Obama has more experience now, than Bill Clinton had when he was elected. Take away the Clinton husband and what is left. The fact that over half the Democrats will not vote for her under any circumstanes, is starting to take it's toll!
CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN!

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nadeem, Canada — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:41:28 GMT

Bill has become a small person, resorting to small p politics. Everyone knows the truth behind that statement, like everyone knows the truth behind the single payer health system statement.

For the Clintons to use them shows that they are small, petty, weak people. How the mighty have fallen. I once thought Bill was the best thing to ever happen to America. Very sad to watch

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Irma C. Orlando, Fl — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:41:43 GMT

The Clinton's live in a Bubble World where they are above reproach. The bubble is about to break. Letr the sun shine in!

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Sierra, SF — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:42:59 GMT

If Hillary loses New Hampshire by 9% like she did in Iowa..... SHE'S DEAD

Yes she still has resources and staff, but SHE'S DEAD

If it's 9% or more, I think we'll see endorsements coming from Biden and Dodd and maybe Richardson and even Kennedy......

I don;t think too many people will be disappointed to be done with the Clintons.....

Just say no to femaile impersonators !

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joelle — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:43:04 GMT

The clinton campaign are undermining their argument. You can't say that someone is more talk than action and then point out "inconsistencies" on its record.
If Senator Obama was much more talk than action, then there is no record at all. The fact is from ethics reform, healthcare reform, death penalty reform in the Illinois Senate To transparency, ethics reform, nuclear proliferation, AIDS in Africa, Earmarks, civil war in Congo in the national senate and not to forget fighting for jobless people, housing for people, education in the south side of chicago as a community organizer. Fighting for civil rights, he drove one of the biggest campaign of vote registration in chicago in 1992 to help bill clinton get elected.
He has been in elected office much longer than Senator Clinton.
Senator Obama has 20 years of experience in public service. When Senator Clinton talks of 35 years, if one takes out what was done by her husband that now she claims as her own doing. She hasn't done much nor less than Senator Obama.

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S.K.M. Mass — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:45:36 GMT

My Open Letter to William Jefferson Clinton,
Mr. President, you were our rockstar for so many years. We stuck by you when your private life was dragged into the blinding spotlight. We looked back upon you and your time with nostalgia and remembered a time when we were not so miserable. Since then, you have done what is expected of any good husband; you have helped your wife, a remarkable woman. A remarkable woman who will not become President of the United States.
You face a critical moment, sir. The Republican party is completely divided, and we as Democrats can finally make some real results in the very near future. How will we proceed into that future? Torn apart, or united? Hillary can only go on this road for so long until she has not only lost, but forever blackened the name "Clinton." As a husband, it is your duty to tell your wife what she needs to hear before both her's and your political futures are squandered by trying too hard to have what shall not be had by Hillary Rodham Clinton. It is time for us all to realize the American Dream in the movement led by Barack Obama, who himself embodies the American Dream.

Sincerely,
A Life Long American Democrat

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Sierra, SF — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:45:44 GMT

Bill Clinton had his chance in the White House

And he chose to squander it by fooling around with Monica.....

GAME OVER, BILL
Go back to bottom feeding on star struck females

Thanks for NAFTA, de-regulation and the media monopolies.......

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Bernard, Scotch Plains, New Jersey — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:46:23 GMT

As a Democrat, I feel the more Bill talks the more I don't like Hillary, and the more he is becoming irrelevant. But I guess desperate times call for desperate measures.

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M. Davis, New Hampshire — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:47:39 GMT

Edwards has ZERO credibility with most New Hampshire voters. Nobody I know is voting for edwards. They are either voting for Clinton or Obama or Mccain, and most are voting for Clinton. Edwards is on record as saying that the race for the nomination is only between he and Obama. I think Edwards is mistaken.

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Kaye — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:53:36 GMT

I was already in Obamas camp since when he announced in Springfield last year. I have his Tshirt and have had an Obama bumper sticker on my Prius since last April. I didnt need Oprah to tell me who to support. I am a smart chick, and like long term Obama supporters have recognized integrity and greatness from the outset.

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Vi San Francisco — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:54:06 GMT

Action versus rhetoric... It will not wash.. Folks here in California are taken in by the pro-Obama media. Hilary for 08.

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Eric Strauss, Brooklyn, N.Y. — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:54:13 GMT

Whoever become President, I am so relieved to see intelligent, curious and questioning candidates compared to the lack of thought, direction and impulsive behavior we have seen the last seven years.

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Vi San Francisco — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:54:39 GMT

Action versus rhetoric... It will not wash.. Folks here in California are taken in by the pro-Obama media. Hilary for 08.

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GEORGE W., MINNEAPOLIS MN — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:54:44 GMT

WELL, I THINK IF OBAMA GETS THE NOD FOR THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET, WE WIL HAVE A REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT. THIS NOT A BOBBY KNIGHT INCIDENT WHERE WE GET A BLACK MAN TO BAIL US OUT OF THIS BASKETBALL SITUATION, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RUNNING A COUNTRY. IF AMERICA WANTS A JR. LIL BOY SENATOR TO BE THE NEXT PREZ. THEN THAT SHOULD SHOW YOU HOW SHALLOW, WE AS AMERCANS, HAS BECOME

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Tae Kwon — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:57:44 GMT

New Hampshire is poised to give Hillary the reality check she keeps harping on the other candidates about. Let the whining commence.

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nadeem, Canada — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:00:59 GMT

Bill, here are the results of your small petty actions....

Obama up by 13 points, McCain up by 4 in USAT/Gallup Poll in N.H.

Sen. Barack Obama has opened up a 13 percentage point lead over Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton in the battle for votes in Tuesday's New Hampshire primary, according to a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll conducted in the state from Friday through this afternoon. The results were just released.

On the Republican side, Sen. John McCain is 4 percentage points ahead of Mitt Romney.

The surveys of 776 New Hampshire residents who are "likely" to vote in the Republican primary and 778 New Hampshire residents who are "likely" to vote in the Democratic primary were all completed after the news from Thursday's Iowa caucuses had been reported.

The rundowns:

Democrats.

• Obama: 41%; up from 32% in the last USA TODAY/Gallup New Hampshire poll, taken in mid-December.
• Clinton: 28%; down from 32%.
• John Edwards: 19%; up from 18%.
• Gov. Bill Richardson: 6%; down from 8%.
• No one else above 3%.

Republicans.

• McCain: 34%; up from 27% in mid-December.
• Romney: 30%; down from 34%.
• Mike Huckabee: 13%; up from 9%.
• Rep. Ron Paul: 8%; down from 9%.
• Rudy Giuliani: 8%; down from 11%.
• No one else above 3%.

Each figure has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points. So Obama's lead is "outside" that range, while McCain's is not.

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Kwaku Agyapong, Burtonsville. MD — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:03:57 GMT

Americans should know that we are electing a president not a schoool leader. What did Obama know to be president of America (the world)? Democratics do not let Republicans fool you to elect Obama. Electing Obama is like electing a republican candidate
Kwaku Agyapong

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Incapable of Making Decisions — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:05:06 GMT

am amazed to see the level of ignorance in this country. you people will vote for someone because Oprah told you to do so???
then again you voted for Bush, that should explain the level of intelligence of this country.
Hillary is a very good candidate and Obama in a sneaky guy who stole her speeches and ideas. typical man!
manuela, fresno ca (Sent Sunday, January 06, 2008 6:40 PM)

________________________

Oh really now who sounding ignorant.....The is nothing original about Hillary Clinton...... She steals everyone's concept and ideas... She is incapable of making a decision on............................

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Marbw — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:05:39 GMT

Goodbye to All That(4 pages)
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama

Ex-president supportive to a fault?

Bill Clinton comes under fire from some old allies for his harsh treatment of Obama, a chief rival of his wife.

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-bill21dec21,0,4216123.story?coll=la-home-center

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Peete Jordon — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:06:05 GMT

Like Hillary doesn't have enough problems. Now Foxhorn Leghorn, aka The Bill, is back out there inflicting more damgage on her.

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Nina Goodwin, Tacoma, Wash — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:15:36 GMT

Bill and Hillary Clinton are way past their prime and don't have a clue as to how Americans really feel. Hillary, his partner??? She didn't have a secret clearance!! If he was sharing classified information with her, he most certainly violated the tenets of security policies. They both talk about how much she did as the first lady...okay, Clintons, SHOW US HILLARY'S RECORDS records!!! Hillary and Bill are so interdependent and dysfunctional they think one is the other; neither is an independent entity...Hillary especially demonstrates this...she is unable to run her own campaign, Bill has to do it for her -- and what a shoddy, mud-slinging campaign they have run. We, Americans, DO NOT care for their tactics!!! Please, Clintons, just go away. You were in the limelight once and all you did was bring scandal after scandal, investigations, deception, and shame to the White House and our Nation, making us the laughing stock of the world.

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Tracie Swecker Denver Colorado — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:19:31 GMT

Maybe you should all do your research about the truth of the candidates. Obama and Edwards have the history of flip flopping and that is a fact. Hillary has done nothing but bring effective change to America. Go back to your history people! Do you find Obama or Edwards doing anything positive there- I don't think so. Clinton has 35 years of experience and the passion to change politics to benefit more people. It makes me giggle at the popularity of Obama- he is a tool! Clinton is the only person I feel comfortable in the white house on day one. I am not interested in letting my new president get his feet wet for a few years and then attempt to "change" America- What a joke!

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Rick, WS, NC — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:20:49 GMT

We are sick of the clintons and anyone named bush...I don't know if obama is the answer for the dems but hillary never was going to win the general...too many people don't like her...it will be interesting, especially if mccain is the other candidate...take your pick, more of the same or something called "change"

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Jake Pretz, Dayton, OH — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:23:28 GMT

There are two major problems with the Clinton's argument which is in essence "Hillary will be ready to 'act' on day one because her husband was president and she watched him do the job she now wants to do." First, it qualifies her to do little more than emulate what she observed, which is hardly suggestive of "change." Second, it ignores the extremely weak start of Bill Clinton's administration, which required desperate acts like bringing in the experienced Republican counselor David Gergen to help right the ship. Hillary is claiming that bringing about change requires "experience" not merely "talk," yet her so-called experience is primarily talk not official position, responsibility, accountability, and results. In reality she is a light-weight candidate in both of the areas of experience and rhetoric. I look forward to the near future when she is off the main political stage and a visionary candidate like Barack Obama (or even John Edwards)is firmly center stage.

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Bernie O'Connor — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:24:44 GMT

My bubble pipe broke...so what do I do now? Livin' in a dream world.

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PulSamsara — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:24:51 GMT

Bill your wife is about to lose... again.

Nepotism does NOT = Experience.

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ava — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:27:03 GMT

Obama has also opened up a 13-point lead in the new USA Today/Gallop Poll:

Obama 41%, Clinton 28%, Edwards 19%

This is the 4th new poll in 3 days to show Obama opening up a double-digit lead.

USA Today/Gallop Poll: Obama +13
CNN/WMUR: Obama +10
ARG: Obama + 12
Rasmussen: Obama +12

USA Today/Gallop Poll:
http://blogs.usatoday.com/onpolitics/2008/01/obama-up-by-13.html

All other Polls:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/nh/new_hampshire_democratic_primary-194.html

OMG. Obama’s going to wup Hillary’s butt in NH!

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Martin Edwin Andersen, Churchton, Maryland — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:31:48 GMT

Senator Clinton denigrated the importance of speech in a democracy in last night's debate in New Hampshire. But she should remember this ...

When Cicero finished speaking, the people said, “My, how well he spoke.” When Demosthenes finished speaking the people said, “Let us march!”

Candidates should strive to emulate Demosthenes. (It gets us fired up and ready to go.)

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rey tal, los angeles, california — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:33:59 GMT

Common people only vote for politicians who has demonstrated action for the common cause not like OBAMA who has only a couple of experience of being a senator not even handled an executive or let me say a donut shop manager experience. This is not popularity election. I rather vote for Clinton

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Kim Swedlund, Rockford, Illinois — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:43:47 GMT

I hope all you Obama fans realize that his lack of substance and experience will be our downfall. Very pretty words but no reality.OH WELL he can always call on Vice President Oprah.
GO HILLARY, the one true candidate. No one can deny the good shape this country was in when Bill (with the help of Hillary) left office.

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OMG — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:50:55 GMT

USA Today/Gallup (January 4-6)

Obama 41
Clinton 28
Edwards 19
Richardson 6

McCain 34
Romney 30
Huckabee 13
Paul 8
Giuliani 8
Thompson <3
Hunter <3

The surveys of 776 New Hampshire residents who are "likely" to vote in the Republican primary and 778 New Hampshire residents who are "likely" to vote in the Democratic primary were all completed after the news from Thursday's Iowa caucuses had been reported.

Each figure has a margin of error of +/- 4 percentage points. So Obama's lead is "outside" that range, while McCain's is not.

See the full results here.

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RealClearPolitics.com Average (January 6, 7:15pm ET)

Obama 35.1
Clinton 30.3
Edwards 18.3
Richardson 5.9

McCain 32.6
Romney 28
Huckabee 11.9
Giuliani 8.7
Paul 8.1
Thompson 2.4

See full results here.

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CNN/WMUR/UNH Poll (January 5-6 )

Obama 39
Clinton 29
Edwards 16
Richardson 7

McCain 32
Romney 26
Huckabee 14
Giuliani 11
Paul 10
Hunter 1
Thompson 1

The poll, conducted by the University of New Hampshire, surveyed 341 likely Democrats and 268 Republicans likely to vote in Tuesday's primary. It had a sampling error of 5 percentage points.

See the full results here.

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MSNBC/McClatchy/Mason-Dixon (January 6)

Obama 33
Clinton 31
Edwards 17
Richardson 7

McCain 32
Romney 24
Huckabee 12
Giuliani 10
Paul 8

See full results here.

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Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby (January 6)

Obama 31
Clinton 30
Edwards 20
Richardson 7

McCain 31
Romney 32
Huckabee 12
Giuliani 7
Paul 6

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DAVID ANDERS , PHARR, TX. — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:54:01 GMT

HOW COULD THE GUY THAT INVENTED THE DEMOCRATIC GAME CALLED HIDE THE CIGAR PUT DOWN ANYONE. HE SHOULD BE HIDING HIS PERVERTED FACE

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Debbie, Memphis, TN — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:58:22 GMT

I am in disbelief that people could ever consider voting for Obama. He would not be elected if he wins the nomination! The Clintons have done more to help this country than anyone! Obama is another George Bush waiting to happen! Are people too blind not to see the truth!!!

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Francis, Snellville Georgia — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:59:02 GMT

OK, can any single one of you guys please define exactly what you mean by "American wanting 'change' ".

Other than the vitriol directed to the current President and wanting him out of office, sight and mind.

What kind of "change" are these Democrat candidates supposed to bring about?

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Feduo — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:00:28 GMT

The only ways Hillary might just win is if she exposes that Obama had a grevious head wound or makes sure he gets one just to prove he is the anti-christ.

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Lillian Consolo, El Segundo, CA — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:06:35 GMT

Mrs. Dubar:
I have asked that question on Social Security taxes before, but have never got a response. Right now, this whole thing makes me sick about the way the press has engineered Obama's rise. He may think he is the new JFK - but he definitely is not! And people who will vote for him because Oprah told them he's the one...are even sicker!

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ynw, ME — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:06:44 GMT

manuela: enough with the oprah reference. you are the only one bringing up oprah here, sister. i don't think you are paying attention if you think the people of this country lack intelligence. you sound like you've been watching too much tv yourself, not reading newspapers with substance.
as to hillary being a better choice than obama, i would say, i strongly disagree.
the clintons don't let the truth get in the way of getting what they feel entitled to - and they do not represent the majority of this country, which is what democracy means.

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Marbw — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:07:35 GMT

NYT----"But during those two terms in the White House, Mrs. Clinton did not hold a security clearance. She did not attend National Security Council meetings. She was not given a copy of the president's daily intelligence briefing. She did not assert herself on the crises in Somalia, Haiti and Rwanda.

"And during one of President Bill Clinton's major tests on terrorism, whether to bomb Afghanistan and Sudan in 1998, Mrs. Clinton was barely speaking to her husband, let alone advising him, as the Lewinsky scandal sizzled."
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When Bill Clinton ran in 1992, he was a governor of a small state in the south running against a sitting president George Herbert Walker Bush. Before his presidency, George Bush Sr. happened to be a World War II veteran, who flew into combat. He was the Vice President of the United States in the administration of Ronald Reagan (1980 -1988). He has also served as the member of the United States House of Representatives for the 7th district of Texas (1967–1971), the United States Ambassador to the United Nations (1971–1973), Chairman of the Republican National Committee (1973–1974), Chief of the United States Liaison Office in the People’s Republic of China (1974–1976), and Director of Central Intelligence (1976–1977).
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---Bill Clinton legacy 1992-2000---
Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress for the first time in more than 40 years after the 1994 elections.
Democrats lost control of the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in 40 years, along with control of the Senate and 10 gubernatorial seats-
Keep in mind that there were also party switches from 1992 to 1996 election(1994 was bad for Dems):
Democratic # of senators went from 56 to 47 to 45. Republican # of senators went 44-53-55.
House of Rep. went 258-198-206 for Dems.
House of Rep went 176-236-228 for Repubs.
House of Rep had 1 Ind.
Governors were Dem 21/Repub 14 then changed in 1994 to Dem 11/Repub 24.(no real shift..+-one.. in gov party control in 1996).

She(HRC in '93) was put in charge of health care with a democratic president, democratic congress, and with polls showing 80%(??) support for universal health care. Yet she managed to fail.

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JD — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:14:24 GMT

I can't beleive how the people have changed since Oprah indorsed Obama. Americans can no longer think for them self. The media is controlling this election like the last one. All the attention is given on Obama when better qualified canidates have droped out. If Obama wins we will have another Bush execpt he is a Democrate. GO McCain!

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Abraham — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:29:07 GMT

Where is Van since HRC lost, I didn't see a posting from VAN.

Obama 08

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Randy, Los Angeles, CA — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:32:47 GMT

It seems the younger voters have finally decided to get involved, I guess they aren't afraid of registering to vote and then being drafted to Iraq anymore. Bottom line is Obama is a good guy, but he is VERY, and I mean VERY green and far too young and inexperienced to lead this nation in the crisis we are now in. Hillary is the steak dinner we have all waited for and Obama is a chicken frank. Come on people give me a break, the Clintons are awesome, they will turn this country around IMMEDIATELY. Obama is all talk and a HUGE risk we seriously do not need after the disaster that is 8 years of Bush. With Hillary you get someone VERY passionate about America with excellent experience to get to work on day one. With Obama it will take the guy the entire 4 years of a first term to just figure out what to do! are you kidding me? and then what? he gets nothing done and then he is voted out and we end up with another idiot like Bush! yeah JUST what America needs. You Obama people are not using your heads. Talk is CHEAP and so far that is ALL Obama has shown us, Hillary and Bill Clinton both have the creds to get the real work of change done. I am voting for Hillary all the way.

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ynw, ME — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:34:48 GMT

excuse me! stop with the oprah refrence already. honestly, people -- read the newspapers; get informed; take a course to understand politics and public policy.
barack obama's surge in the polls has been about his organization and their ability to turn out voters. i personally don't know anyone who watches oprah at harvard university where we i belong to a (large) group students who support obama because we want a better future and we don't care what oprah thinks.

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Marbw — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:41:48 GMT

Five years ago, Christianity Today, the evangelical journal founded by Billy Graham, approvingly described Oprah as “an icon of church-free spirituality” whose convictions “cannot simply be dismissed as superficial civil religion or so much New Age psychobabble.”
----Yes Oprah was right...HE IS THE ONE

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ynw, ME — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:44:40 GMT

Anyone from New England? Join us in Concord, NH. Sen. Barack Obama will be speaking at a rally Mon., Jan 7 at 10 PM.

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SWelter, Minneapolis, MN — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:51:17 GMT

If you look at the demographics of the Obama voter they do not line up with the Oprah watcher. And to assume that we are just falling in line like robots is rediculous! Many are young independent voters are looking at someone that wants change and listens to what is most importnant to them. I know I do! The future of this country is too importnant to leave things status quo.

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Kaye — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 01:53:05 GMT

Ha - nice try JD, feeble comment at best. If your line of reasoning is carried through to all the candidates, then ppl really changed since Magic Johnson endorsed (plz note spelling) Hillary. Hillary supporters no longer think for themselves (again note spelling). Obama is standing on his own two feet and ppl are voting for him and his message and his vision.

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jds — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:05:50 GMT

Well, let's talk about Hillary's Ethics reform bill....
What's that.....?

Oh...Hillary doesn't have one?
Oh...okay then.

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Kaye — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:15:29 GMT

And just what substance does HIllary have? Seriously. Here she is so critical of others experience and touting 35 years, but really where is the beef? She was not governor, nor was she president - those do not count as experience, otherwise Laura Bush might as well throw her hat into the race as well. OK she has been a senator, so has Edwards and Obama. OK she has a few more years on the senate floor, so that makes her more presidential? Hardly. Is there some magical quotient of senate votes that make you more experienced? How about votes that you got wrong - that Iraq vote of hers should actually go into the minus column. She was centurist and right leaning while on the senate floor, shouldnt that count against her now that she is touting herself as the change candidate? Her candidacy simply does not ring true, from her experience, to her husband, to her ads, to her changing personality, to her Rovian campaign strategies.

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chris, Nashua, NH — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:17:51 GMT

I just can't believe that the Clinton camp still don't get it! too polarizing, too caustic, unscrupulously ambitious -- not likable. Well, lets show them what we mean again on tuesday. Fired up...Ready to go. Obama 08.

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Daniel, Seattle, Wash — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:09:31 GMT

Hillary will not be nominated for one reason only:

Today, most of the American people feel as if they have just gone through a social obstacle course and are panting for breath. We look behind our shoulders at 15 years or so of dark times, littered with scandals, greed, investigations, and outlandish hypocrisy. In 2008, we can no longer tolerate the filth. It feels grimy and we desperately want to shower off.

Hillary may be a terrible candidate, or she may be an excellent one. Regardless, she does not possess the ability to divorce herself from the "filth" that contaminated the past 15 years. She was a prominent figure-head of an era that leaves most Americans with a bad taste in their mouths. This logical association: "Clinton" and "Grime"- is precisely why I think she will not be nominated.

It's no secret that American's want something new. And regardless of Obama or Edward's politics, they can speak to change far more convincingly than a candidate with the unfortunate surname Clinton.

Say what you want about Obama’s lack of experience, but he does possess a fresh face and a promise that seems iron clad. The Clintons and the Republicans can not attack him at any practical or meaningful level; instead they are forced to focus on his position—that is, his inexperience and age.

Hillary speaks of Change: for the reason above, the American people don’t trust her.

Hillary speaks of doing versus talking: Her record of public service although extensive is relatively not astounding.

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Kaye — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:10:27 GMT

Go Obama 08 - the polls are showing his surge!!!

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Joe Smoot — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:12:14 GMT

The American Public is proving too smart for the old Clinton smear tactic. It's is the person than any one single issue that matters. Integrity, character, conviction, and judgment matter most. We're not electing a mechanic who is expected to fix the same type of problems everyday, in which case experience may matter most. But when faced with new problems around the world, what the president needs is intellect to analyze the information and good judgment. On that score, the candidates have all been tested with the Iraq war and all failed with the exception of Obama.

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Mitchell Feldman, Vestal, NY — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 04:13:35 GMT

Andrew Sullivan's brilliant article in the Atlantic is worth reading for everyone. Supporters of Obama will be moved and non-supporters will understand why we are moved.
Goodbye to All That(4 pages)
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama

Thanks to Marbw for the link.

This Obama thing (for those of you who don't understand it) is so much more than just about Obama and he realizes it. Without sounding religious (and I am not - although I believe in a higher power) he is just the right vessel to carry this movement forth.

It's about entering the next phase of development of the American democracy and this phase may be the actual mechanism by which we can truly spread democracy to the rest of the world (by acting as the moral compass and not through the use of military might).

We find ourselves at a nexus, politically and economically and as a result there has been a mass action of events that calls for an 'urgency of now' that will propel us from this point in our development, a quantum leap. A true leader in a democratic society must have the political skills to inspire while at the same time not be tempted to step into the realm of demagoguery and this person must be strong enough to harness the powerful forces that are about to launch this ship of state.

He/she must be in touch with people in all walks of life and embrace them all, rich and poor, white and those of color, men and women etc. etc. etc., in order to bring about a movement that will result in the common good. This nexus, this 'urgency of now' has provided the mass effect of money, power and population that converts the potential energy to the kinetic, it is a catalyst that makes all of this both possible and necessary; it is logical for this to occur at this time.

Fasten your seatbelts everyone, it's going to be quite a ride!
Obama '08

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Lin, finland — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:32:11 GMT

Hope is a very powerful word. I am glad obama has this word as his central team. Change that would restore hope to Americans. This world is save, happy and more prosperous once the politics of fear ends in your country. The whole world admires obama.

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Dale little Omaha NB — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:44:16 GMT

History has already been made. Illinois Senator Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucuses. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson placed fourth. But did they really earn their finishing positions? The answer may be surprising. In the now past ABC New Hampshire debate before the January 8th first-in-the-nation primary, the rules were that only the candidates who finish in the top four slots in Iowa could participate, meaning that second-tier candidates who placed fourth could live on to continue their campaign another day. In the last hours before the Iowa caucuses Obama, who wanted to pad his victory and hedge his bets, approached Joe Biden with this proposal:
In precincts where Biden had a local official loyal to him, and if Biden wasn't viable, then Senator Biden would tell his organizers to move his supporters over to Obama en mass. Conversely, in precincts where Obama had more than enough supporters, he would lend people to Biden to ensure Biden a fourth place finish so that he could continue on.
Joe Biden actually considered the proposal. An anonymous source close to Biden told the Washington Post that the strategy could be "viability for victory."When the media found out, Obama's camp admitted that the conversation took place. Biden, who when asked about the proposal at a campaign event said that the deal could "probably" help both campaigns; however he later rejected the deal on "moral grounds," a source in Biden's Iowa organization told the Rev. Rob Times on condition of anonymity. History recorded that Joe Biden placed fifth in Iowa, and subsequently dropped out of the race.
On January 4, the day after the caucus, the New York Times reported strong rumors that Obama made the same deal to Bill Richardson that he previously offered to Biden, only this time the deal was accepted.The Times article describes not only the rumors, but gives an eye-witness account and confession of an Obama official telling Richardson supporters that a pact had indeed been made between the two candidates. "That's what the leadership has said," admitted Deb Copeland, an Obama volunteer as reported by the New York Times. "What we're concerned about is we heard of a few people going to Hillary. And we want to keep you together," she told the Richardson supporters at the 64th precinct. Volunteers for the Biden campaign told the Rev. Rob Times that Obama organizers used the same speech about a "pact" to lure supporters in at least two precincts where Biden was only a few supporters shy of viability.Representatives from both the Obama and Richardson campaigns deny that such a deal was ever struck, yet first hand testimonies clearly paint a far different picture. The Effect in the end, the effect of backdoor wheeling and dealing between campaigns is that Richardson's fourth place finish could be artificial, and Obama's victory margin is larger than it would have been in a democratic system. Our democracy is based, in part, on the concept of "one man, one vote," and a vote by a secret ballot, free from the judging eyes of neighbors and the media, free from bribery, and free from the influence of political activists. Had the Iowa contest been based on a ballot, and had caucus voters cast a single vote for the candidate of their choice as is the most fair method of picking a president, then Obama may have come in second and Richardson in fifth. If Obama's victory margin had been smaller, or if he placed second, then the dynamic of the race would have changed drastically. Edwards, Clinton, and even Biden may have all come out of Iowa in stronger positions than any of them have.In part, the system is to blame, but those who took advantage of it and exploited it for their own purposes, namely Barack Obama and Bill Richardson, are not without culpability and their misdeeds should be remembered in the minds of voters.

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Dale little Omaha NB — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:57:54 GMT

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Sherri NH — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:58:19 GMT

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Obama campaign violating state law by placing automated phone calls to numbers on the Do Not Call list. Former State Rep. Sandy Keans, a Clinton supporter from Rochester, said she received a call.“This afternoon, I received a pre-recorded phone message from the Obama campaign attacking Senator Clinton even though I am on the Do-Not-Call List," Keans said.

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Dale little Omaha NB — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:01:56 GMT

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Sue, Waynesville, Mo — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:35:18 GMT

Attention Obama Haters:
We have stood by for too long and allowed the Washington "so called" moguls to tell us when the sun rises and when it sets.
Hope is for all those who has lost hope in a failed system and tells us there is no "hope" is ludacris. Well the future of this country was founded upon "hope" that we are and would be a better nation.
In your posts, you have been all, but out and out racist in your comments. Why don't you say what you really mean, so we can move on.
A vote for Obama tells me, dreams are not limited and maybe, just maybe, your children and my children may have a real chance. Guess what...if you weren't brought up with money, evidently played reindeer games in Washington,, you can't compete!
The word "can't" is a prison of your mind that tells you what you can't do and sets the tone for all who you will become or NOT!
Not telling you vote for Obama, but don't let negatives delay your thoughts of what you can do and how you can set the groundwork for your children and grandchildren.

Many of you want us to cast our dreams into the sea of the lost, because you dare to dream and realize our country need a uniter, not a divider.

Falsehoods tell us, a vote for Obama, ensures a '08 Republican. Not true...it seems Obama started change and even the republicans are desperate to use the word change when it was many of them that stood by while countless lives have been lost. Asked by Romney, how his sons were helping America, he told us by working on his campaign. I listen to both sides carefully, but this is a insult. Pat Tillman is a hero, his sons are not...come on!

Not sure who I am voting for, but dare not tell us not to have hope and dreams, been there, done that, IT GETS YOU KNOW WHERE! DREAM THE IMPOSSIBLE!

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FED UP already, FL — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:49:54 GMT

Dale, that's bologne! You meant to tell me, intelligent politicians Biden and especially Richardon, both with tremendous ideals to make this country better would be involved in this.
Come on, vote for something new and stop this nonsense! If you don't like them, don't vote for them.

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Tony — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 14:59:56 GMT

You guys should be eating humble pie right now.
You have consistently been biased and partisan towards Clinton and consistently failed to understand this election. You do not deserve your positions as national pundits.

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FED UP already! FL — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:25:51 GMT

Tony...Clintons...turn the page. Anyone else, but them! On both aisles, not too many care for them and many republicans despise her. Maybe your candidate, but I respect the right to not go hither with the Clintons again!

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Jason Pope, SD, Cali — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:24:19 GMT

as a EUROPEAN, i need to keep informed as the USA has such a major impact on our lives here.
i am AMAZED that the America that i know is in a position to vote either:
* a woman constantly spewing applause grabbing soundbites, coming across as naggy, citycentric, and flashing her "in the club" credentials,
* a creationist (!!!!!!!) "i dont think that knowing whether we evolved would make me a better person" (wtf?? can someone like this run a country??)
* a coloured "muslimesque" man,

i have listened to all candidates (@google are very good btw) and i find Obama well spoken, thoughtful and the clear choice.
but this is a very very strange time for the USA.