I keep hearing experience, when Hillary Clinton is concerned. There is not so very much experience to find, only a lot of exaggerations.

http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/03/23/its-3-am-october-12-2000/

Anyway you cut it, the Democrats of the nation are leaning more and more towards Clinton, as these charts point out;

Hillary vs. Barack:
The Google Factor...

http://newsusa.myfeedportal.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=57

Part of the Obama snow job where he portrayed Rev. Wright's paranoid rants as coming from anger that is the baggage as the legacy of of old white racism, carried by old blacks. Well, there is current-day stuff that is alive and well, carried by the young blacks, that is a lot worse than the racism, sexism and homophobic intolerance of the older generation of blacks. It's called Hip Hop, Gangsta and Street culture. It's full of racism, paranoia, anger, violence, abuse of women, sexism and a whole lot of dysfunctional antisocial expression schemes. The social psychological disordered behavior that Rev. Wright's hate-speech-as-sermons represents is alive and well in the current-day generation in Black America. It's just in a newer carnation.

Richardson is Obama's Cheney.

Neither one has any credibility.

Bingo

Bingo

Bingo

Had Richardson endorsed Clinton, the Clintonistas would haved hailed him as a visionary, but since he endorsed Obama, the same cabal calls Rihardson "Judas", "Brutus", "Benedict Arnold" and other inglorious traitors. Perhaps Gov. Richardson sees the larger picture, such as the good and welfare of the Demcratic Party. The same Clintonistas do not make much of a stink of Hillary endorsing McCain like an operative over Obama (thereby committing political fratricide). This is the typical Clinton vorld view: unquestioned loyalty to them without so much as one speck of reciprocity (yes, the Clintons will throw their own under the bus; just as Lani Gunier and Webster Hubbell, for examples).

Rendell better work hard, because by election day Hillary is going to get a whoppin by Obama.

I am disappointed in Bill Richardson. He simply talks too much for his own good. Likes the sound of his own voice too much to stop talking. Didn't take him long to adopt the Obama rhetoric and sound bites.

The gutter politics that Richardson refers to is practiced by the Obama camp just as much if not more. The recent pilings-on by the Obama camp has been nothing short of childishness and pettiness.

The Clintons enjoy a huge amount of support amongst the Hispanics because of a long track record of helping that community. Like Asians, I bet the Hispanics aren't fickle in their loyalty. In contrast to Richardson's stated reason (i.e. he was so bowled over by Obama's speech), the real reason he waited until now is because the Florida and Michigan re-vote proposition is dead in the water, stone walled in Michigan by the Obama followers. Since Richardson couldn't win the nomination in his own right (has anyone listened to his debates? They are a snoozer), he is hoping to ride Obama's coattails.

If Obama doesn't win the general election (I have doubts he will), Richardson will be sorry he betted on the wrong horse.

Bingo!

Bingo!

Clinton and their cronies are an arrogant disgusting bunch of clowns. If they continue their little campaign of hate then this country is going to get lunatic John McCain and his 100 years of war.

Bill Richardson is disingenuous. He says he wants to unite the party, he wants the Democrats to win, but instead of trying to pull Clinton supporters and the Obama supporters together, he not only alienates Clinton supporters, he fosters bitterness between the two sides. Many believe that Clinton is far better for the country. Obama offers words, he has not done anything, he has not been seasoned on the national and international level. Obama needs to be seasoned. A true Democrat - not Richarson - would work to bring the two sides together.

Richardson is talking out of both sides of his mouth. I watched that interview. He was saying that super-delegates should vote like their voters and but then he should be voting for Clinton. He accused the Clintons of campaigning dirty, but Friday Obama's campaign called Clinton a liar and accused her of having bad character. I mean, the Obama campaign on Friday stooped to a level of gratuitously insulting personal negativity that no other candidates (Republican or Democrat) has sunk to this campaign season. But Richardson called Clinton's campaign "gutter".

Richardson's obviously not anywhere near being impartial and has not only turned against his old patrons who gave him a start in politics, but is very eagerly stabbing them in the back in ways that would be personally hurtful.

Davidmwe,

Those charts point out nothing. "More and more Democrats are leaning towards Clinton?" Just how do you derive that from something that is even less scientific than the Zogby polls (if that is possible)?

Rendell is RIGHT ON. Obama can't have it both ways.

Can't criticize Clinton for negative campaigning and then do it himself.(eg the 'Mccarthy' BS).

Can't cry foul on race and then use phrases like 'typical white person' or affiliate with racists.

Can't say superdelegates should vote with their constituents and then accept those who are NOT voting with their constituents.

This is not 'new' politics. What a sham.

I read the online headline and then the article. The Post's headline is totally misleading. Your paper's subtle anti-Hillary bias is becoming blatant. The Pennsylvania governor is correct. Media like the Post really do distort simple statements.

Well, Democratic party unity is not being well served so far. Even as a Republican, I hope this situation is on the mend well before the election. I have voted for Democrats before and may well again this time, if it looks like the best choice would be a Democrat. It would be nice to think a Democrat could win this time if need be. Can't have half the party po'd against the other half and expect a win.

John McCain must be getting a laugh out of all of this. The man endorsed by President Bush, and who lauded Bush's administration, may just win because the Dems can't get beyond the bickering and focus on something important: it's not about them, it's about the country.

If Hillary wants to keep talking about how great her health care plan is, she ought to disclose how much money she's taken from HMO Pac's while in the Senate. Besides, in addition to being in the pocket of the industry, she's already had her shot at reforming health care, and she failed miserably.

If Hillary wants to keep talking about how great her health care plan is, she ought to disclose how much money she's taken from HMO Pac's while in the Senate. Besides, in addition to being in the pocket of the industry, she's already had her shot at reforming health care, and she failed miserably.

Bill Richardson is Judas

Obama is a fraud. All those who believe his "words" are idealistic idiots

Obama should win the dem nomination and be thrashed by McCain in Nov

The Obama campaign has shown itself to be the most negative of the bunch. What a hypocrite.

Bill Richardson must be on peyote if he thinks Obama is a "uniter". He can't even unite his own party, let alone the other side.

Senator Clinton has been subjected to and continues to be subjected to some of the most mean spirited, demeaning, sexist attacks from the media and Clinton haters. Rather than allow herself to be swiftboated, she strikes back. President Clinton campaigns for his spouse just as all the other candidates spouses do and the media and Clinton haters decide that it is wrong and take out of context things he says. Somehow, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton are held to a different standard.

No, the people around Clinton are just like everyone else but they are being held to a different standard. Of course it has also been decided that Obama is off limits and can not be subjected to the vigors of a campaign as any other candidate is. If Obama's people think things are bad now, I would hate to see what they will do once Republicans gear up.

Bill Richardson, you can endorse anyone you want but don't try to fight your guilt by blaming the Clinton's for your decision.

When are the superdelegates going to realize that they need to coalesce around Barack Obama, and for the sake of the Democratic party it's better to do so sooner rather than later?

Barack Obama has won, and will continue to have won, more contests, more elected delegates, and more of the popular vote. By interceding now, the Democratic leadership can stop the Clintons from pushing voters away from Obama and toward McCain.

If the superdelegates wait until June, or worse, the convention, they'll still end up needing to support Obama. Otherwise, they will implode the Democratic party for going against the will of the people. The future of the party-- the millennials-- would be disenfranchised and turn away from the Democrats in droves.

If the superdelegates wait to support Obama, the Clintons will have inflicted significant damage against him with their destructive kitchen sink strategy, while McCain waits in the wings to benefit from the fruits of their labor.

The superdelegates would be wise to step in NOW and end this vanity exercise of the Clintons. The Clinton strategy is clear, to sabotage Obama sufficiently that they either steal the nomination for 2008, or damage his chances sufficiently that he will lose the general election and Hillary can run again in 2012.

Superdelegates should see that the future of the Democratic party, the 2008 election, and the country is on the line. What are they waiting for?

Obama continues to surround himself with losers. Ted Kennedy lost his bid for President, so did John Kerry and now both Dodd and Richardson. Obama's campaign appears to be run by a bunch of resentful losers who could not win an election. Now the Obama campaign has gone very negative against Hillary. I guess a bunch of losers would really be upset if Hillary was able to accomplish what they were not.

Obama continues to surround himself with losers. Ted Kennedy lost his bid for President, so did John Kerry and now both Dodd and Richardson. Obama's campaign appears to be run by a bunch of resentful losers who could not win an election. Now the Obama campaign has gone very negative against Hillary. I guess a bunch of losers would really be upset if Hillary was able to accomplish what they were not.

Richardson needs to shut his fat, hairy, doublechinned mouth. His fat a$$ couldn't even get more than 2% of the vote.

Obama continues to surround himself with losers. Ted Kennedy lost his bid for President, so did John Kerry and now both Dodd and Richardson. Obama's campaign appears to be run by a bunch of resentful losers who could not win an election. Now the Obama campaign has gone very negative against Hillary. I guess a bunch of losers would really be upset if Hillary was able to accomplish what they were not.

Hillary's arrogance and hubris are exceeded only by her desperation, at this point. And of course her staff is going to take the heat for their degenerate and sick remarks. That's Clintonian Politics 101.

Clinton is her own Cheney. She has no credibility.

HisRoc, hi- you are right... it does not say who will vote for whom, however does say that more are looking into Clinton and visiting her website than a month ago, for instance.

No one can say with 100% who they will vote for until they come out of the box on election day.

Richardson is a fat, ugly traitor

If you want more of what this country has gone through, then vote for a 100 year occupation for US troops in Irag, sponsored by Sen. McCain.

Elect Sen. Clinton and your get her husband, which is a liability in any language. If you are looking for real change, bipartisanship, and a new vision for this country then cast your ballot for Sen. Obama

Amen, Gov. Richardson. It is time the rest of the party elders urged Hillary to give it up already. She can't win without the nomination being handed to her and she is not more important than changing the direction of the country. The super delegates should put an end to this back biting and let her know now that they aren't going to hand the nomination to her.

Hillary and Bill have become huge jerks. They care a lot more about themselves and their careers that they do the political process.

During this election they have validated just about everything the Republican right has been saying about them all of these years. Its unbelievable. But then again we've seen it before.

In Bill's first month in office instead of creating an executive order to support gays in the military and take a stand against exclusion and persecution among the ranks based on sexual choice, he caved to the generals out of fear for his career.

And at a time when he could have made a significant impact on the state of the nation and the world, ultimately little Billy Clinton was more concerned with his D***. No surprise that Hillary, Carville and the others would be cut of the same amoral cloth.

Billy turned to race politics in South Carolina when his wife's career looked like it would (rightly) go up in smoke. So much for the first black president.

Bill Richardson should worry more about having the hair on his back waxed and less about Clinton's aides. He's crossed over and now he's got to ride Obama's bus over a cliff. Enjoy the ride!

Duck everyone, lest you get hit with the mud that's being slung. Your Democratic Party at work!

Bill Clinton has a past that predicts that when in political trouble, he does the same thing. He lies! Lies about Paula Jones (he settled for the entire amount), lies about having "sex" with Monica Lewinsky, and lies about his lies, such that his law license was removed from him.

So, Clinton lies again. What else is new. He is not unlike many politicians, but his analysis not trustworthy. He does have a dog in this fight, and apologies to all dogs everywhere.

I'm still waiting for Obama to apologize to me for his "typical white person" remark? I'm just a typical old racist white person Obama? Screw that, I'm voting McCain if you win.

Any reasonable person would find Bill Clinton's comments off-putting. It is exactly this kind of underhanded, suggestive, passive-aggressive politics that Clintons are masters of that turn voters off. Clinton's comments not only hurt his wife's compaign but also damage his own credibility as a senoir leader of the demoncratic party.

Why is it that whenever the Obama campaign goes after Clinton, it is just criticism.

However, any remark from the Clinton campaign is viewed as "gutter" politics.

They threw up a picture of Wright & Bill Clinton together; Obama calls Hillary Clinton a liar; Bill Clinton is referred to as a Joe McCarthy; Hillary Clinton's character is "questioned".

I am disgusted by the double standard and that the media has given Obama a pass!

How long was the Wash. Post aware of the racist pastor Wright? Since before Iowa and it sat on the story! Shame on the Post!

It appears every day Mrs. Clinton spends attacking Mr. Obama, she seems to be making it easier for John McCain to be the next president of the US. Is it not time for Mrs. Clinton to suspend her campaign for the sake of the unity of the Democratic party?

First I thought it was "all about the delegates." Then when Obama had more delegates "it is all because of black people." And then when Obama won states like Alaska and Utah, it became "all about the popular vote." Then when Obama went on to supercede Clinton by an unbridgeable nearly 1,000,000 votes, it became "all about winning the important states" (as if states like NY and CA wouldn't vote Democratic this fall), and so on.

It's getting tiresome. Let's follow the rules, and go with the candidate who has won a) the most delegates b) the most primaries c) the greatest margin of the popular vote and d) the largest number of private, grass-roots contributions from ordinary people and get behind Obama finally.

He's earned it.

us out here include your whole party bill.

Hillary's blind ambition and dirty dancing around the truth cannot blind us to the simple truth that she would be a disaster if given the power of the presidency. All republicans must yearn for her nomination so they can win in a landslide and regain the majority in Congress. Don't let her Nixonesque dirty tricks fool us into ignoring her truly dark character.

The Obama campaign has been practicing gutter politics as much, if not more than the Clinton campaign? Are you kidding me? What planet are you living on?

IceNine wrote:
I'm a registered Independent. After reading the sludge in so many posts today, I think the Democratic Party may have to rename itself as the Demographic Party. (At least I tried to inject some humor...)

Let me get serious: Forget the tactical garbage that the Clintons are throwing. Take a longer view. Here's my estimate of the Clinton's deep game: They know the math is against them and cannot be overcome in the primaries (due to the proportional delegate system). So their only hope lies with the superdelegates.

Most analysis says that the way to win over superdelegates is to persuade them. I believe, however, that the Cintons' deep strategy is to use the remaining primaries as a veiled threat to the party establishment: "Give Hillary the nomination or we'll slash-and-burn up to (and during) the convention. We'll inflict carnage for months and leave nothing but wreckage in out wake--unless you come on board."

It might work. Consider how timid and pliant Congress has been to Bush, folding like a cheap tent on vote after vote after vote. The national Democratic leadership can be browbeaten and intimidated. The Clintons know it. I expect their campaign will get even nastier because it makes their threat more credible.

What extraordinary egomania to display when the nation is at this crossroads.

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That is a scary concept but I think you might be on to something. The Clinton campaign knows that they are losing. They are now threatening to destroy the Democratic party unless the nomination is given to the losing candidate.

Bill Richardson did not serve as Ambassador to the UN or Secretary of Energy under Hillary Clinton he served during Bill Clinton's Presidency.. so I don't know where the Judas comments come from... They were after all rivals and Richardson was running for President too. Is it Hillary or Bill Clinton who is running for president?. James Carville needs to think before he speaks and stop the cry-baby politics. Mr. Carville, sir the year is 2008 not 1992.. Change with the times sir. Game, Set, -- advantage Obama.

If Richardson had endorsed Hillary. Her surogets would have called him John the Baptist. I think once all the comparissons are done in what Hillary really said during her White House years the American people will see that her truth telling is Bush lite. Tell people anything then sort it out later.

I'm betting that the person who posted a comment under the identity "Bill R. is a big fat idiot" is an angry Clinton campaign worker.

Did Bill get under your thin skin a little? Did his words hit a little too close to the mark for comfort?

Folks, this is how the Democrats are going to lose in November despite eight years of the Bush regime. Hillary and Obama should both be ashamed of themselves for putting their self-interests and petty infighting before doing what is best for this country.

If the public debate is discouraging, the tendentious biases and the close-mindedness of those making individual comments is deeply disheartening, with a likely outcome that intra-Democratic warfare will lead to the election of a Republican. For myself, I happen to distrust the Washington Post, but for those who say it has a pro-Obama bias, they should recall the FACT that the Post endorsed Hillary Clinton between the two!

Richardson is a obese slimy phony bum!

Richardson is a obese slimy phony bum!

"Clinton and their cronies are an arrogant disgusting bunch of clowns. If they continue their little campaign of hate then this country is going to get lunatic John McCain and his 100 years of war."

Mike, getting McCain into office in November IS Clinton's strategy! The only chance she still has, at age 60, of the White House is to damage Obama so much that McCain wins the White House this year. Then, after 4 years of struggling with a faltering economy and an agonizingly slow exit from Iraq, he will be weakened enough for her to run against in 2012. Most serious analysts are already seeing this, including Jim Vanderhei of the Post.

I fear that Clinton's fervid supporters don't understand what they are fighting for at this point. They are fighting for McCain in '08, Hillary in '12. I never thought I'd see this, but that's what's happening. Nominal democrats standing shoulder to shoulder with Rush Limbaugh working to get a Republican into the White House.

Bill Richardson is right to back Obama, as should right thinking people. Most people in America have no idea what the true history of this country is as it relates to the plight of African Americans. Some of the same people who are bashing Obama on Fox News, MSNBC, and the New York Times, are the same folk who would have been hanging Black people from trees, standing around as innocent Black men were being burned alive in the 1920's, and also preventing Black people from voting.

The world is different people, and we have to pick "new" leadership, even if it happens to be in another body, other than that of a white man.

Sore loosers, that's what the Clintons are. They did everything known to man to either get Richradson to endorse them or withhold his endorsement and they failed in both. True to their practice, they proceeded to belittle Richardson. The same happened with every loss that they have sustained in this race: the voters were too Black, too young, too rich or just about anything you can think of. On the other hand, the states that they won or those who voted for her were the only ones that really matter. The "give me a break this is the biggest fairy tale" uttered by Bill in NH or the "Jackson won here too" fit the pattern. Yogi Berra would say this is "du deja vu all over again". Blaming Obama for the non revote in Florida and Michigan is right from their playbook: since when Obama makes parti rules?
If the Clintons had their way, all the contests should have been like Michigan: one candidate on the ballot, that's what you call an entitlement mentality. By the way where did the Wright video come from? I guess that if Obama survives this episode, there won't be much that the Republicans can do... There's only so much that a kitchen sink can hold before it goes empty.
General de Gaulle used to say that he could deal with outside ennemies but how do you defend against those within your own parti?

Good example of a power seeking back stabber which unfortunately is hispanic. If I was the devil I would sure love to have him as a partner oh, umm, wait maybe not.

Oh Yeah, the Clinton inner circle is so full of "gutter" politics.

How about his own candidate's inner circle?

"OBAMA CHURCH PUBLISHED HAMAS TERROR MANIFESTO, Compares charter calling for murder of Jews to Declaration of Independence"
(http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59456)

Or how about this scanned image of a Trinity Church Rev. Wright Newsletter:

In this self-published op-ed piece where he is referring to Hamas and his own organization as "us", Rev. Wright explains "But what of the characterization by the West of our movement as beyond the pale of civilized discourse? Our "militant" stance cannot by itself be a qualifying factor, as many armed struggles have historically resulted in a place at the table of nations. Nor can any deny the reasonableness of our fight against the occupation and the right of Palestinians to have dignity, justice and self-rule."

It sure sounds to me as if Rev. Wright is referring to his church as "militant" that considers itself in an "armed struggle" united with Hamas, a terrorist organization.

(http://www.bizzyblog.com/wp-images/TUCChamasColumn072207.jpg)

Politics doesn't get more poisonous, hateful or "gutter" than what the people Obama chooses to embrace are into.

I wonder if it's painful for Richardson to be such a hypocrite. What does he mean by the use of the word "gutter"? That word is often used as a degrading way to refer to alien religions.

Judas Richardson is a traitorous scab. He's an opportunist who sold his soul. Hah! Ew. He disgusts me. Fat wannabe. Clinton is better off without the scab. Ew. I hope the people of NM show him their disgust, too. He's still trying to fit into the suit he wore at Clinton's 1996 inauguration. Judas. Brutus. Benedict Arnold. Ew.

Hillary often mentions her time in the white house as wife of Bill clinton; if she was so aware of what was going on in the white hourse during this time - then why did she not stop Bill from all the indicent acts he committed during this time which brought so much shame to the office and damaged respect for the USA in the world; she had a right as a wife, and an obligation as a patriate to do something. Yet she did not - choosing instead to cover up for him.

I dislike the practice of finding something sinister in things that are really harmless, but I really see no way to characterize the comment by Bill Clinton as harmless. He said (emphasis added), ""I think it WOULD be a great thing IF we had an election year where you had two people who loved this country..." IF means that we might not have such an election, which implies that 1 of the 2 people seeking the Democratic nomination does not love this country. There is simply no other way to interpret his comment than as an attack against Obama.

I am very loyal to the Clintons," said Richardson.

I am puzzled by the governor's statement of loyalty. If what he did with his endorsement is an expression of loyalty I wouldn't want to see what he would do, being disloyal.

Is that comment about "having the hair on his back waxed" some kind of inappropriate racial stereotype from 1957, or do you really believe that's part of a productive dialogue about the important political issues and national potential of our time?

If you want more of what this country has gone through, then vote for a 100 year occupation for US troops in Irag, sponsored by Sen. McCain.

Elect Sen. Clinton and your get her husband, which is a liability in any language. If you are looking for real change, bipartisanship, and a new vision for this country then cast your ballot for Sen. Obama

Posted by: Dale Moore | March 23, 2008 03:25 PM

Dale, that was my take until this Wright flap unfolded. My wife likes Hillary mainly because she was the force for universal healthcare in 1993 and was the force behind S-CHIPS after 1997. She as an immigrant also didn't like Ms Obama's comments about the USA. I liked Barack for his war stand and just his personality compared to Hillary. For me it's a tough call now after seeing Wright. That kind of a mentor speaks volumes about the character or lack of it in Barack. Hope you're right .... I think I would vote for Hillary though if I had the chance again. We do have a 4 year old with Diabetes who benefits from Hillary's S-CHIPS program so we have some connection there. As for Richardson .... considering what the Clinton's did for him, loyalty appears to not in either his vocabulary or character.

Both Clintons have given false praise to McSame and lost me at that point. Prior to that, I was open to both HRC and BO and was undecided. I'm ashamed of how both Clintons have acted in the past month. I thought they were above that. It appears to me that they are willing to destroy our party to win at any cost. Well, that might still happen in the end but that's just the nomination.

Anyone doubting how uniting a Clinton nomination will be to the Republican Party is drinking the same kool aide given out so liberally over the past 7 years. I will never vote for McSame, but sure hope I don't have to cringe as I vote Clinton.

Obama is our only hope for the future.

Bill richardson is a traitor and a loser. I would not be surprised if he is angling for the vice presidency and hitching himself to the apparent Obama star. He may just be surprised when it does not turn out as he is speculating. I know a lot of Hillary supporters who are not running their mouths about it, but will show themselves for Hillary in the voting booth and will vote for McCain if Obama gets the election. Democrats are shooting themselves in the foot again, remember Gore and Kerry?

Annette,

If you are going to post lies about Obama, at least you should try to cover it up by NOT using World Net Daily as a source. This is a big red flag that screams "right wing wacko".

Now get off the computer and back to listening to Rush.

Democrats do not support Clinton. Monarchists support Clinton.

Wow. I just read through these comments and the Republicans must be eating it up - so divisive, so angry. It's a shame too, because there are two very competent candidates running - each with their strengths and weaknesses. There is no perfect candidate, which is why politics is so fun.

As a woman, I'm proud of Senator Clinton. She's smart, articulate, and scrappy. Personally, however, I think a Hillary Clinton candidacy is perhaps the only thing that could really motivate the Republican base come November. Yes, Obama has some areas to overcome, but I don't think they remotely compare to Hillary's weaknesses, even if they are not all necessarily her fault. A candid Republican strategist will tell you they would MUCH rather run against Hillary. Shouldn't that be the basis for superdelegates' decisions?

I'm surprise at Richardson, for endorsing Obama. A so call latino like Richardson endorsing Obama. Was'nt Richardson, Bill Clinton favor LATINO.
Obama, say we need change in Washington, and they are all trying to get to Washington D.C. everybody want to cleanup Washington D.C. this will never happen.

Hillary refuses to reveal the last 8 years of hers and Bill's tax returns. "Just trust us?" Are you kidding me? No doubt the millions she received from the health insurance lobby, will be surpassed only by the millions Bill received from Middle Eastern governments, for access to his wife, should she become President. Clinton is the only candidate who took more money from registered lobbyists, than McCain did! Superdelegates: unite behind Obama now!

I'm surprise at Richardson, for endorsing Obama. A so call latino like Richardson endorsing Obama. Was'nt Richardson, Bill Clinton favor LATINO.
Obama, say we need change in Washington, and they are all trying to get to Washington D.C. everybody want to cleanup Washington D.C. this will never happen.

Hillary is scum. There. I've sunk to your level.

A "carnation" is a flower.

I think the theory that the Clintons are using a slash and burn strategy against the party is a sound one. They (and their supporters) keep getting uglier. Just look at the hate-filled comments posted here. The super-delegates need to start taking a stand now, to put an end to it one way or the other.

Hillary is pulling in every dirty trick and throwing in everything but the kitchen sink in her desperate and flawed bid for the Democratic nomination. She can do the math and do the right thing for the Democratic party. Right now, her desperation is only helping McCain.

Hillary is not scum.

Hillary is not scum.

to davidmwe: anyway you cut it, hummmm nope so the week that Hillary had a lead in polls the polls matter, but before that poll came out and now that the polls are again going in Obamas favor they dont matter, cause "they never listen to the polls" yea right, the clintons make me sick in every single possible way. If she wins I will feel like bush jrs twin would be the person elected, that is how much i despise her. ahhh makes me sick

Hillary is too scum!

Evan Bayh seems like a nice enough person... he should stop repeating all the Clinton lies and distortions though...

He's just another pathetic example of typical politicians willing to say anything and repeat any pack of lies in order to gain more power.

In this case, everyone knows Bayh is at or near the top of the Clinton VP list; apparently he's enough of a wimp to be willing to share the VP spot with BILL.

OBAMA/RICHARDSON

AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION 18%

HISPANIC AMERICAN POPULATION 33 %

the reality is that the Hispanic voter block will overwhelmingly vote for the chance to have the first Hispanic Vice President.

so what does that mean? It means that OBAMA/RICHARDSON ticket would only need 10% of the white vote to have a blowout in November, Richardson knows that.

Sen Graham says we have to stay in Iraq "until we win." Can he please define win? Is it until George and Dick say so? Or maybe McCain??? Scary

Hillary is not scum!

Great to know that politics and this newspaper are so carefully followed by such an assortment of rabid incoherent troglodytes. Gives me faith in the system.

Why isn't anyone talking about issues? Reverend Wright, James Carville and all the rest of the brick throwing just serves to distract us from the differences between these two candidates.

Obama has steered a steady course, and while not focusing on solutions to complex problems he at least recognizes their complexity and the need for us to work together to solve them. In a polarized political landscape fractured by personal and special interests this is a breath of fresh air, especially considering the multitude of seemingly insurmountable problems that have been piling up since Reagan.

Hillary, on the other hand, is desperately seeking nonmination by transparently shifting positions in a last ditch attempt to find something, anything, that will resonate with voters. And as that fails the mud-slinging increases to the detriment of us all. Guilt by association, reverse racism, how far will it go, and how far will Americans buy into it?

Hillary's health care plan will deliver more profits to insurance companies instead of health care to citizens. This should be no surprise, since the health care (read insurance) lobby is one of her largest contributors, and has been since she chaired the President's Task Force on Health Care Reform, which is also the only single issue that she can truthfully present as political experience. Her time as a New York State Senator doesn't count, because all she has done is waffle on issues and follow the lead set by others after the fact (John Murtha, etc.).

Kudos to Richardson for understanding that the Clintons are there when they need you, and that the presidency is about more than personal power and glory.

Senator Clinton lost 12 primaries in a row. Or was it 13? No other candidate could stand to lose half that many. It is time for the Clintons to - uncharacteristically - bow out gracefully and endorse Obama. And, Rendell, you are full of it when you suggest Bill's remark about "two candidates who love their country" meant nothing. The Clintons know precisely what they say when they say it. You know, like bullets in Bosnia.

The only call that Hillary ever took at 3am in the White House was from Bill telling her he wasn't coming home again.

Richardson is Judas-what a perfect analogy and true. Obama is a do-nothing Senator that attracts supporters by words, not by action. He has done absolutely nothing in the Senate. If I'm wrong, provide proof of legislation that has passed Congress.

Rendell represents the worst of nepotism. If Bill Clinton hadn't given Midge Rendell her judgeship, he would be in the winner's camp instead of Clinton's. In addition, I'll bet Mayor Nutter is kicking himself right now for going along with Rendell. So much for the federal funds Philadelphia will need to clean up it's act. He can call Obama any time of night on any color phone and it will keep on ringing!

Of course the Clintonistas would call Richardson a Judas. They know all about that. The staffers are invalidators, very Marxist. They also go to prison, are prosecuted and all sorts of things while the Clintons sit around and say "oh I didn't know about that" after instigating it with their pons.

Thanks for the endorsement of Obama, Bill. This former Democrat just made a donation to John McCain. I encourage other Americans that are sick of political bickering to do the same at: http://www.johnmccain.com/

Hillary definitely is scum.

The Clintons are punishing Richardson in the hope of staving off further disaffections. Those who tell Hillary they will endorse Obama report having an unpleasant phone call. So not only do they have to put up with her crap, now they can expect to be called Judas or who knows what.

Hillary/Cheney in 2008!

It is true, the Democrats have it over McCain and thus the Republicans;

Obama vs Clinton vs McCain -
a Web Comparison:

http://newsusa.myfeedportal.com/viewarticle.php?articleid=76

Obama will be hurt by his association with Judas Richardson. And if he does manage to get nominated, he will just lose the general election. Senator Clinton is the best candidate, by far. If Obama is so concerned about the two tearing at each other, he can always drop out himself. If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

The Clintons and their Clintonistas think anything of good report is a lie. They are the great invalidators - very MARXIST.

The Clintons and their Clintonistas think anything of good report is a lie. They are the great invalidators - very MARXIST.

A Langston Hughes poem from 70 years ago is still valid:
Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek--
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one's own greed!

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean--
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.

Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That's made America the land it has become.
O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home--
For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore,
And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa's strand I came
To build a "homeland of the free."

The free?

Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we've dreamed
And all the songs we've sung
And all the hopes we've held
And all the flags we've hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay--
Except the dream that's almost dead today.

O, let America be America again--
The land that never has been yet--
And yet must be--the land where every man is free.
The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME--
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.

Sure, call me any ugly name you choose--
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!

O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath--
America will be!

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain--
All, all the stretch of these great green states--
And make America again!

Richardson said, "...he wanted something beyond 'Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton.' You know, what about the rest of us?'"

You mean the rest of us who hope to be named VP or Sec of State?

My name is Judas Richardson and I resent the association of my name with this dialog.

It's too bad this campaign now boils down to race. Richardson himself said his endorsement is due to it. We should be talking about the economy, the environment, health care, and other issues. Obama lost my support in 2005 when he voted for Cheney's energy bill. He has a mediocre environmental record. Hillary is rock-solid not only the environment, but the economy and health care as well. We should be choosing our candidate based on their command of the issues, not on the color of their skin. I don't see Richardson's endorsement as a good thing at all. If race becomes the dominant issue in November, then the Democrats lose.

I see no evidence either of Obama the uniter. When the going gets tough he resorts to "gutter politics" just as much as anyone else. Accusing Bill Clinton of being like McCarthy is inflammatory. Releasing a photo of Bill Clinton shaking hands with Rev. Wright in the '90s is inflammatory too. Remember, there are lots of people who admire and support the Clintons, and we are the ones you need to unite if we are going to win in December.

Opinions are like noses, everyone has one.

Hillary needs a hug.

Considering the vast racial inequity that has defined and in many ways built out country, some white people are so bent out of shape by that "typical white person" remark. For the entirety of US history, minorities have shouldered the pain of racism in some form or another to the extent that many privileged white americans are up in arms at a hint of bias towards them. Because a politician is courageous enough to address ensnaring issues, like race, some so-called Democrats are demanding apologies and vowing to vote across party lines when Obama wins the nomination. How ridiculous.... Have the silver spoons migrated from your mouths to between your ears?

-SWM

Typical clinton politics.gutter and immoral,same thing that would be if elected to whitehouse,gutter and immoral as usual,the us is damned if it continues with abortions,same sex marriges and all the other immoral politics that the clintons support,so the good rev was not cussing the usa but telling what the word says about it,but the liberals dont want to hear the truth,hipocrosy in action!

If you want to know and listen reality then listen original 9/11 sermon by Rev Wright...not the one which was prefabricated and was widely played last week by CNN, MSNBC and others.Listen carefully to hear the truth.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RvMbeVQj6Lw

Bill Richardson will only be a casualty in Obama's disaster of a campaign in a general election against McCain. He's no more Hispanic than Bill Clinton so don't look for him to bring Hispanics into the Obama camp.

Of course the Clintonistas would call Richardson a Judas. They know all about it, they are decendents. They also go to prison, are prosecuted and all sorts of things while the Clintons sit around and say "oh I didn't know about that" after instigating it with their Judas.

As we saw in the early debates Bill Richardson isn't the sharpest democrat to run for president. When he was still in the race Hillary was doing better with latino voters in most states than he was. In primaries after he dropped out, Hillary was preferred by Latinos twice as much as Obama. Obviously Richardson does not care about what other Latinos think. He is more interested in his own potential career. Obama can have him.

Barack is nicer.

This is just another one-sided piece by the WP. Whatever happened to objectivity in the main stream media? No wonder conservatives go to FOX for their. You are giving support to what Richardson has to say but not Rendell. This belongs on the editorial page. Oh I forgot you have Robinson passing himself off as an objective journalist when it is plain as day he is an Obama supporter. What gives with the media where we cannot get an objective article and let us form our own opinion?

DO YOU REALLY WANT SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT?3/21/08
George Bush was on the news the other day and said he can not do anything in the short term about the price of oil? When I heard him say this I thought;
"You mean to tell me he can not make the speed limit 55 again?"
Think about this, please, really. You can't tell me the price of oil would not go down immediately.
Dick Chaney is in Saudi Arabia today asking the king to increase production because the price of gasoline is bring down our economy. Why is he there?
Why can't George Bush lower the speed limit which would increase the inventories of oil on the world market creating a glut of oil? This is something he could have done all along but has not. Why? Why does he keep putting the responsibility on everyone else to fix this situation? He can fix it. What is waiting for? This would stimulate the economy. I did not like driving 55 either, but I need to be able to live and pay my bills so driving 55 does not seem so bad.
George Bush needs to called out on this immediately and I mean right now. He could do this with a signature. Leader of the free world? He should be impeached for this.
Ken Mitchell

The article says: "I'm not going to get in the gutter like that," Richardson responded on "Fox News Sunday." "And you know, that's typical of many of the people around Senator Clinton. They think they have a sense of entitlement to the presidency."
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I have always been puzzled about Richardson. During his campaign, he always pounced on any other candidate who said anything at all about another candidate.

Now, Richardson has endorsed Obama, saying that the Clinton's think they are "entitled" to the presidency.

Isn't that like the pot calling the kettle black, so to speak, when Obama's supporters act like Obama is entitled to the presidency. We already have threats from his people that there will be a riot if Obama doesn't get the nomination at the convention.

Too bad - I don't think Hillary is entitled, but she is a far more electable person than Obama.

And, with all the statistics floating around why Hillary should get out of the race, what about Hillary has more electoral college votes than Obama. Hillary beats McCain in every big state. Obama doesn't. gw.

Good God, the lower class punks here

(and a huge majority are written by the same five or six people, (svreader's "I am jew", I love israel, you are stupid) group

are getting uglier and uglier. NO use reading any posts at wapo anymore. Until some reasonable editor appears. Most good writers are already gone. Waste.

Reverend Wright for President.

Good God, the lower class punks here

(and a huge majority are written by the same five or six people, (svreader's "I am jew", I love israel, you are stupid) group

are getting uglier and uglier. NO use reading any posts at wapo anymore. Until some reasonable editor appears. Most good writers are already gone. Waste.

Richardson didn't endorse Obama because of his race speech. A month ago he was asking Hillary to step down for the good of the party, for unity. And now Richardson puts his big fat foot into the divide as it gets wider and wider. What a turncoat. Karma will take care of that rat. Yes. He will get his due.

.Richardson is right on target. From the beginning, the Clinton campaign them has been taken from "Simba's Song" in the Disney Lion King movie - "Ijust can't wait to be King...." (er..Queen?). let's get real - all of this is about Bill's cleverly masked effort to get an Un-Constitutional third term in the White House

May be Rendall forgot that in the big state of Texas, 100,000 republicans crossed over and voted for Hillary because they know McCain can beat Hillary and will lose against Obama.

And one more thing Rendall, some of my colleagues who voted for McCain are thinging about voting for Obama in the general election if Obama is the Dem's nominee. What do you think about that?

Just because Richardson was a member of Clinton cabinet, doesn't mean Richardson is a slave of Clinton for the rest of his life. Get it? Richardson is not a slave of Clinton family. Slavery ended long time ago. Richardson can support anyone he choose to support.

By the time the Dems convention rolls around the two candidates will have dstroyed each other. The time is ripe to throw both of them out and nominate Mickey Mouse.

It ain't over till the fat hairy Mexican guy sings!

Politics is a game that you quit only after a knockout. Bill Clinton is back and is destroying what he sowed in the 90's and I strongly see a knockout in the near future. If there are visionaries in the democratic party, Governor Richardson is one of them. There is no way the clintonian political politics of the 90s can work in 2008, that's history and Hillary is history.

Bill Richardson for Energy Secretary!

Wait up, fellas. What candidate with a rational mind would consider throwing in the towel after racking up the kind of numbers that Hillary has? And that's only the registered Democrats who voted in primaries. There are a couple od million people who haven't voted in an election yet. Only one person is going to win the nomination; we need to think about this country and agree that whoever gets the popular vote should be the nominee. Let's not let the Supreme Court make decisions for us and let's not think about dire consequences. Obama is just another man and that's all we've had in the country since it was founded. WE NEED A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SHOW US HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. Enough of Bush and his cronies who want to send this country down the tubes!

Wait up, fellas. What candidate with a rational mind would consider throwing in the towel after racking up the kind of numbers that Hillary has? And that's only the registered Democrats who voted in primaries. There are a couple od million people who haven't voted in an election yet. Only one person is going to win the nomination; we need to think about this country and agree that whoever gets the popular vote should be the nominee. Let's not let the Supreme Court make decisions for us and let's not think about dire consequences. Obama is just another man and that's all we've had in the country since it was founded. WE NEED A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SHOW US HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. Enough of Bush and his cronies who want to send this country down the tubes!

Wait up, fellas. What candidate with a rational mind would consider throwing in the towel after racking up the kind of numbers that Hillary has? And that's only the registered Democrats who voted in primaries. There are a couple od million people who haven't voted in an election yet. Only one person is going to win the nomination; we need to think about this country and agree that whoever gets the popular vote should be the nominee. Let's not let the Supreme Court make decisions for us and let's not think about dire consequences. Obama is just another man and that's all we've had in the country since it was founded. WE NEED A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SHOW US HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. Enough of Bush and his cronies who want to send this country down the tubes!

Obama is a sick joke...

Wait up, fellas. What candidate with a rational mind would consider throwing in the towel after racking up the kind of numbers that Hillary has? And that's only the registered Democrats who voted in primaries. There are a couple od million people who haven't voted in an election yet. Only one person is going to win the nomination; we need to think about this country and agree that whoever gets the popular vote should be the nominee. Let's not let the Supreme Court make decisions for us and let's not think about dire consequences. Obama is just another man and that's all we've had in the country since it was founded. WE NEED A WOMAN IN THE WHITE HOUSE TO SHOW US HOW THINGS SHOULD BE DONE. Enough of Bush and his cronies who want to send this country down the tubes!

Randall,

Actually, most of my posts are about Obama's Slums.

Why do Obama's supporters keep trying to drive other posters off these boards?

Obama should call out Bush on this. Spread the word.

3/21/08
George Bush was on the news the other day and said he can not do anything in the short term about the price of oil? When I heard him say this I thought;
"You mean to tell me he can not make the speed limit 55 again?"
Think about this, please, really. You can't tell me the price of oil would not go down immediately.
Dick Chaney is in Saudi Arabia today asking the king to increase production because the price of gasoline is bring down our economy. Why is he there?
Why can't George Bush lower the speed limit which would increase the inventories of oil on the world market creating a glut of oil? This is something he could have done all along but has not. Why? Why does he keep putting the responsibility on everyone else to fix this situation? He can fix it. What is waiting for? This would stimulate the economy. I did not like driving 55 either, but I need to be able to live and pay my bills so driving 55 does not seem so bad.
George Bush needs to called out on this immediately and I mean right now. He could do this with a signature. Leader of the free world? He should be impeached for this.
Ken Mitchell

If Hillary is not on the ticket with him, I am voting for McCain. As simple as that...

If there's only crapola around you, then it must be coming from the top...that's what Richardson was trying to say without really saying it. Then there's the candidate with the #1 ultra liberal rating and joined to the hip of his hate mongering, anti American racist "spiritual adviser".
Both with no experience and incompetent.

OBAMA/RICHARDSON

AFRICAN AMERICAN POPULATION 18%

HISPANIC AMERICAN POPULATION 33 %

the reality is that the Hispanic voter block will overwhelmingly vote for the chance to have the first Hispanic Vice President.

so what does that mean? It means that OBAMA/RICHARDSON ticket would only need 10% of the white vote to have a blowout in November, Richardson knows that.

Not everyone has a beautiful interior and exterior like you, How Do You Like Me Now.

I thought GUTTER POLITICS was Obamas campaign theme.

It certainly wasn't the unity he used to talk about monday thru friday....while he sneaked off on the weekends to attend a church that promoted division, hatred and racism against white americans, america, jews and the victims of 911.

GUTTER POLITICS = Obama

After all haven't we seen Obama get on stage and have two of his endorsers trash the Clintons and this nation...This was done on his behalf and probably his request. Obama knew exactly what these people were going to say before they got on stage.

But then again for the last 20 years he has been listening to hatred and racism and anti-american garbage...so he must feel comfortable with his Gutter Politics.

Americans are not going to give the Presidency to this guy....we LOVE AMERICA too much to trash it.

I wish I could be an American and in America just now. I then will let the lady go to her home and practice jogging with her husband in the rest of their life so as to care their health since both husband and wife are just running out of time. It is time to care his and herself not others, Americans. I think that "a leader in life time", a black guy took the posi and t is over now, Hillary-Bill.

"They [the Clintons] think they have a sense of entitlement to the presidency."

My sentiments EXACTLY!

http://OsiSpeaks.com

Phyllis, you hit the button once, ok?

There are a lot of Hillary people here today showing an incredible amount of bitterness over an endorsement which they claim to be wortheless. Usual contradiction from the Clinton camp? Exactly.

Hey folks, just an idea for you.

It doesn't matter which party you belong to, it doesn't matter who the anointed candidate is.

Vote for the person you believe to be the best candidate for President (as a write-in if you must). Tell the parties that you want change by doing that and you will definitely create change. Btw, the same strategy should be used for all voting. When has "either Party" really done a dang thing for you?

Make the days where someone else defines your voting choices a thing of the past. We will all be better for it.

i think that Mrs. Clinton's co-sponsorship of that anti-flag-burning piece was quite remarkable; she is indeed a splendid senatrix.

I just read where Clinton asked McCain if he wants to be her vice president.........

Correction:
Not posi but position.
thanks

Bill Clinton came into office as a new comer to national politics. A wonderful fresh breath of hope for a new age of how our national government would be run. But but the magnetic pull of power could not keep him and Hilary from becoming just like the status quo we hoped they would replace. They did not have the internal fortitude to stand up to the big boys and risk losing their power- and Washington power is a money tree. There is now very little to distinguish the Clinton's from the Republicans and their power base. That is a shame because they could have made a big difference. Power blinds and Clinton is blind to the fact that she has for all practical purposes lost. She should step aside; use her clout to unite the Democratic party; and give us hopeless romantics a chance to help elect another person we feel can change our messed up national government.

If you look at the timing, Richardson waited until it looked like MI, FL wouldn't be able to revote. He's going with what looks like the inevitable winner. It's all politically ambitious calculation on his part. That's why his statements are so inconsistent and internally conflicting.

This is actually a funny story. When it looked like Clinton was the inevitable winner, he almost came out for Clinton. Then he hesitated and waited, planning to come out for Obama on the day after TX and OH primaries. But when Clinton won TX and OH, he pulled back. Then he came out for Obama the day after the MI, FL revote efforts fell apart and that politico.com article declared that there was no way to win.

He's ambitious and angling for himself to line up with the winner. There's little conscience or rationale in his thought process.

The funny part is that there is a very real possibility that Clinton might win. Obama's been dropping in the polls like a rock since that Rev. Wright info went mainstream.

http://www.pollster.com/

Sen. Barack Obama, is the most stronger candidate than sen. Hillary, The democrats should nominate him if they want to win in November 2008, because people are tired of Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton-there is NO change in that matter, the change she speaks( sen. Hillary) is too theoretical she won't implement it, will still be Bill clinton's style of which we are tired, we want something new, fresh and exciting that's Sen. Barack Obama qualification.

Re: Kool Aid - Remember that was the drink that Jim Jones had his devoted followers drink laced with cyanide. How did Obama pick that drink to become associated with?
As for the Clintons, anything they do is considered divisive by the Obama camp and simple campaigning is considered divisive. What the Obama camp really wants is for the Clintons to heel and obey their god, Obama. Nothing less would satsfy them.

The sexism in anti-Hillary posts is disgusting.

Sexism, racism, and AGEISM, are all morally indefensible.

Obama supporters threw Bill Clinton "under the bus"

Mainstream Democrats will neither forgive or forget that.

If Obama's the candidate, the Democratic Party will lose its mainstream supporters.

Thanks, Bill Richardson. SOMEBODY had the guts to call the Clinton campaign for what it is.............. good ole trailer park trash.

Yo-MA MA

You are WRONG...Latinos will not simply vote for Obama because of Richardson.

Unlike the black community we don't vote based on race.

Latinos vote based on what is best for America.....and Obama is not it.

Ann, you wrote:

"Rendell is RIGHT ON. Obama can't have it both ways.

Can't criticize Clinton for negative campaigning and then do it himself.(eg the 'Mccarthy' BS).

Can't cry foul on race and then use phrases like 'typical white person' or affiliate with racists.

Can't say superdelegates should vote with their constituents and then accept those who are NOT voting with their constituents.

This is not 'new' politics. What a sham.

You are right, its not new politics, its old. Older than the Clintons. And its not a game; its called winning politics. When attacked, attack back..
When your experience is ridiculed, put her experience (and judgment) on trial.
When your character is questioned, rebut the charge with facts (Rezko -- when is the last time we saw his name mentioned?) and then point out the opponent's own character issues (lying about NAFTA support and the Bosnia trip).
When your patriotism is subtly questioned, call them on it, make their charge plain, and make them defend the suggestion. [Note that the Clintons haven't yet said they don't doubt Obama's patriotism, not even "as far as they know."]
When the race card is played by one of your opponent's supporters, assert how noxious the charge is.
When you are on the ropes because of your ties to a controversial, even toxic person, denounce what you can/must and elevate the discussion.
When you are ahead in delegates, pop vote and states won, and the other side offers you the VP slot. make them ridulous for their arrogance.
When your opponent suggests you are unelectable, point out that 45% of the country says they non't trust and will never vote for her, reminding the DNC of how weak the Clinton coattails have been historically.
When she wants to point to your pastor, remind the nation that her husband's embarrassing indiscretions required him to call on your pastor as part of his public redemption tour.
When your opponent can only win if you collapse, and is hoping the latest scandal is a knockout blow, deliver a great speech that reminds the nation why they like you, and follow that up by gaining the public endorsement support of an influential superdelegate who twice worked in your husband's administration.
Again, that may not be "new" politics, but it seems to be winning. All without tarnishing his image as a uniter.
The bottom line: Hillaru cannot hide from her past. Its good politics for Barack's campaign to remind us what that past contains, warts and all. Part of the "vetting" process she always talks about.

Hillary is not scum!

Think Richardson - Energy Dept. - Leaks,Scandals - Quietly drummed out of Clinton Admin.

Is it just me, or does HRC without her botox make anyone else want to puke?

I learned something today from my Google Alerts from RezkoWatch.

I am working on a time-line for Obama, and here are some snippets of what I learned today:

March 16, 2004. Barack Obama won the Illinois Democratic primary for the U. S. Senate.

April 3, 2004 - Antoin Rezko held a dinner reception at Chicago's Four Seasons hotel for Iraqi - British billionaire, businessman, Nadhim Auchi. Also on the guest list was Illinois Governor Rod Alagojevich, Emil Jones, the President of the State Senate * and reportedly Barack Obama.

(Emil Jones is nicknamed "the kingmaker" and he yanked high profile bills from other lawmakers to put Obama's name on them to enhance Obama's political resume.) Obama wasn't even around when some votes were taken - he was vacationing in Hawaii.

April 8, 2004 - Then presidential candidate, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass) flew into hicago's O'Hare Airport, where he was met by Chicago area veterans.

There was a fundraiser at Chicago's Hyatt Regency.

April 12, 2004 - FEC reports for John Kerry for President, Inc., include a $2,000 campaign contribution reported from one Antoin Rezko of Wilmette, Illinois.

2004 - Rezko served on Obama's campaign finance committee.

2004 - At the DNC in Boston, Kerry invited Obama to deliver his convention speech.

Jan. 2008 - Kerry, in South Carolina, endorsed Obama in his run for the presidency.

Obama attended Punahou High School in Hawaii. Obama attended the private college in L.A., Occidental College.

Obama graduated from Columbia University, a private university in NYC.

Obama received a law degree from Harvard University, a private university -

Columbia and Harvard are considered Ivy League Schools.

Obama grew up with an elitist background. One comment on the blog I read said, "Why does Obama say he was 'oppressed and repressed?'"

In 2007, Obama went to Kenya to give support to his cousin Odinga (sp?), who was running for office. I saw a video of Odinga saying the same things Obama says here - "Change" "Unite" Etc.

But, Odinga signed a pact with some organization that burned down Christian Churches and macheted people in the streets.

I am not sure the "Change" Odinga and Obama want for our countries is the change we seek.

Obama has a dual citizenship in Kenya and the U.S. gw.

I'm glad Obama is fighting back. He said he was going to after HRC turned this election into a circus, now that HRC is getting hit the same way she was hitting Obama all her supporters wanna cry foul. Boo Hoo, Go get her Obama!

Way to go Mr Richardson!

i thank you for endorsing barak obama for 2 reasons;

1) barak obama will certainly benefit from your endorsement

and

2) it p*ssed off hillary and billary!

LOL

there is nothing i like more in the world than to see hillary p*ssed off... she is probably kicking her dog right about now... so nobody should be surprised if we see her on the campaign trail on monday with a cast on her foot...

reporter; ms clinton.. what happened to your foot? where you kicking the dog because gov richardson was a judas? LOL

hillary; screw you mister reporter! i happen to be taking a ballet class because i am so graceful and petite.. i slipped and fell practicing my swan lake..

reporter; sure hillary, billary and doc! pull the middle one! it squirts!

slick willy; my good man. you will not get far with talk like that. only hillary and i can talk like that. we invented gutter language and sleazy politics. it is our way of life. if we want something, and somebody gets in our way, we will destroy them politically. why do you think we brought race into this debate? why do you think we released the photos from kenya? why do you think we were trying to get passport information? we are lawyers. everyone hates us. so, we hate them. and once we are in the white house, forget every promise we made, because we won't be there for you. we will be there for ourselves. we like power. no, i take that back. we CRAVE power. and when we have air force 1, we will fly back and forth across your city throwing our macdonalds trash out the window and all over your lawn. you see... we don't care about the little people. we really don't. now if you will excuse us, we have to go plan more fictitious and sleazy accusations against our competition. good day.

"Richardson needs to shut his fat, hairy, doublechinned mouth."
"Richardson is a fat, ugly traitor"
"Richardson is a obese slimy phony bum!"

Once again I am impressed by the highly intellectual level of debate that the "average" American is able to engage in. Further proof of our failed education system in that people cannot gather a few simple facts and do a bit of independent thinking. Simply follow the garbage that someone else throws out there and then take it a level lower. Instead we take the fool's path and blindly spew insults and hate at the other side.

Mr. Richardson is a brilliant man who has done a great deal for this country (far more than most of you out there combined). He is due some respect. Many bemoan the fact that campaigns always go negative. Unfortunately, as you can see by the majority of responses to this article it works. We are too willing to jump in and insult the other side versus engaging in well thought out arguments. And the real loser in all of this is us, the American people.

No matter which side you support, I would encourage you to think before you speak. There is truth to Lincoln's statement, "A house divided against itself cannot stand." We are a nation divided by self interests, it's time we started working on correcting that.

I'm a Hillary supporter, but Carville has no right to call Bill Richardson a "traitor" for endorsing Obama.

The Clintons do not own Richardson or anybody else. Richardson is a Governor and a superdelegate who has successfully negotiated the release of American hostages from places like Iraq. He has been nominated for the Nobel Peace prize five times. Like all of the other superdelegates, Richardson has the right to endorse anybody he wants.

Who is Carville to call a great American like Richardson a traitor? Nobody, that's who.

Also think Richardson. Isn't he the guy that stole some papers out of the Law Library or some other organization that was illegal? He almost got in criminal trouble for it - I don't remember how he talked his way out of that one. He said he accidently took them out in his briefcase or something. gw.

I think it was an act of tremendous courage by Gov. Richardson. It's that sense of entitlement that has brought us to Clinton, Bush over and over again. We've had enough. I only hope the rest of those on the fence take a stance one way or the other and move forward to the nomination. We're being seen as laughing stock by the Republicans. Hillary is willing to burn the village at any cost, which is sad and painful to watch.

Hillary does well what Monica does..she sucks

Think about your vote before you commit yourself for the next several months to a pretty serious alternative. McCain is Bush #3 - haven't we had enough of government that is not "of the people, for the people and by the people" but only for themselves and their friends? Eight long years of idiocy, incompentacy, illegalities as far as you can see, etc., etc. Bush was voted in by the Court, let's not let that happen again.

I think it was an act of tremendous courage by Gov. Richardson. It's that sense of entitlement that has brought us to Clinton, Bush over and over again. We've had enough. I only hope the rest of those on the fence take a stance one way or the other and move forward to the nomination. We're being seen as laughing stock by the Republicans. Hillary is willing to burn the village at any cost, which is sad and painful to watch.

I don't think Rendell really wants to push the argument he's advancing.

Kerry and Kennedy go ahead back Clinton. Ickes and every other super-delegate pol who lives in an state, county/precinct, or region that broke for Obama -- support Obama.

If we do that the nomination process is effectively over. Obama stands to gain a lot more support from that formulation than Clinton.

Remind me again -- who is being hypocritical here?

Rendell can't say on the one hand that superdelegates must vote the way that their constituents have, and on the other hand say that the contest should continue (and that he has problems with Kerry/Kennedy support of Obama). Especially with the high number of superdelegates in Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia -- if we were to take Rendell's line of thinking and the actual outcome of the voting -- there would be no need to have any more contested primaries.

Rendell's candidate benefits from the fact that super-delegates like Kerry and Kennedy are free to vote based on their own reasoning.

So why exactly is Rendell complaining? At this stage the super-delegate rules are the only thing that give his candidate grounds for staying in the contest.

Maybe Rendell is right though -- his candidate should get the support of Kerry and Kennedy; while Ickes et al back Obama and we call this a done deal. Off to the convention we go with Obama as the party nominee having won the popular vote, the pledged delegate count AND the super-delegate support. Credit Rendell with coming up with a solution that breaks the current intraparty log-jam and Senator Clinton returns to her distinguished role as a Senator from New York. Great work Ed!

Its infantile for Obama supporters to claim that he's the only candidate that will bring "change"

Hillary will bring positive change that will benefit all Americans.

If Obama brings the same "change" he did to the slums in his district in Chicago, God help us all.

OBAMA/RICHARDSON que asco estos dos
the racist pastor and judas !!
Mcain or hillary 08!

Who cares who's president. We've already given the country to the Chinese.

Bush wasn't in office long enough(9 months) to have initiated the kind of policies that would generate the malice that it took to carry out 9/11.We all know who proceeded him for 8 years.

As much as Obama supporters wish that Senator Clinton would step down....

The rest of Americans want her to stay in there and fight for our country. We need her and will support her as long as it takes....all the way to the convention.

Because we all know Obama is not going to win the general election. He has done more to DIVIDE this country than anyone in recent history. He has shown extremely poor judgment and America would only suffer at his hands. I would vote Republican before I hand off this great country to a man who has shown to be the liar and manipulator who doesn't even respect his own grandmother....how could he defend Wright and keep trashing her?

i'm tired of this Clinton Vs Obama foolery ..this is just all a big distraction of the truth of what's going to happen to America in the future..it doesn't matter if a black man or a old white woman won the democratic nomination, there is a system to this American Establishment, it's not up to us to vote ..cause once we do vote there's something else between the lines saying we have to wait to hear from Delegates or Super Delegates or some other sort of source to award the proper candidate..
America is definitely going through a transition phase and the Clintons had their run, and to be Honest their True Colors have shown and will continue to show,Mccain will Win the Presidential Bid and we will be led into a police state
prepare for the new world order they are all apart of the grand scheme..some will come out worst than the others but the plan is in affect -

Forget clinton and Obama and read this!
Makes you think doesn't it!

3/21/08
George Bush was on the news the other day and said he can not do anything in the short term about the price of oil? When I heard him say this I thought;
"You mean to tell me he can not make the speed limit 55 again?"
Think about this, please, really. You can't tell me the price of oil would not go down immediately.
Dick Chaney is in Saudi Arabia today asking the king to increase production because the price of gasoline is bring down our economy. Why is he there?
Why can't George Bush lower the speed limit which would increase the inventories of oil on the world market creating a glut of oil? This is something he could have done all along but has not. Why? Why does he keep putting the responsibility on everyone else to fix this situation? He can fix it. What is waiting for? This would stimulate the economy. I did not like driving 55 either, but I need to be able to live and pay my bills so driving 55 does not seem so bad.
George Bush needs to called out on this immediately and I mean right now. He could do this with a signature. Leader of the free world? He should be impeached for this.
Ken Mitchell

Just reading these responses ought to worry any Democratic strategist -- everyone writing here knows who they support and they aren't supporting them -- they are critizing the other candidate....what does that say once a candidate is chosen? As for Richardson -- instead of saying he lo