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I am sorry to tell you, Obama supporters. Decade later may be The Obama's will be better, but right now I think Obama is lack of the manner as president. Michelle? I am not sure how smart she is, but I wouldn't watch her face on TV at all because she strikes me with terror. I don't blame her to campaign for husband, but if she wants to be a First Lady, she needs to cultivate herself and dignify her character as a First Lady.

To Michael James - let me get this straight: The liberal Democrats and Barack Obama think we "live in fear", yet the liberal Democrats are often heard blaming Bush administration for knowing 9-11 was going to happen NOT TELLING US. You can't have it both ways man!

What a wonderful example of a Proverbs 31 Woman. Barack is a blessed man.

America should recognize the sincerity of Michelle's words.

No single person has the "experience" to be President. That's why there is a Cabinet to help the President.

Go Barack! Win!

Michelle, Take a Lesson from Liz Edwards' Negative Publicity.
Go home, bake cookies and keep quiet. Stand by your man with mouth closed except to smile.

The World doesn't want your or Liz's opinions. You are both making your husbands' look weak and needy. If you need to back your husbands' then America doesn't need them as Presidents.

DEAR MR. Frank, MA.

DON'T MAKE ANY MORE COMMENT....PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THIS IS TO: xtina chicago IL.

BARACK OBAMA IS FROM CHICAGO, IL,AND A POLITICIAN IN THE SAME STATE, WHO IS RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT. YU RESIDE IN CHICAGO, IL AND YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS MAN. WELL, AS SOMEONE ALREADY HAS DONE, YOU CAN GET ALL YOU NEED RIGHT HERE: http://www.barackobama.com/index.php.
YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY HE HAS NO EXPERIENCE, THEN GO TO THE ABOVE URL, AND GET A BRAIN-FULL!!!!!!

My Dear Michelle,
Being frightened and fearful all the time is living in a childish world. And making your "fears" the reason to vote for a particuolar person is childish nonsense. It's time to grow up and become an adult. No politician is going to wipe those personal fears away and make you courageous. You have to do that yourself by addressing your inner issues, like the rest of us do. It's time to grow up.

Why not compare Mr Obama's voting record to Ron Paul's !! Then you can really tell where he stands on the issues. Ron Paul has never voted to increase taxes, and has been against the genocide in Iraq since day one. Take a moment and research any GOP or Democratic candidates voting records for some real eye openers !!

The list below represents "approved" presidential candidates. Recognize any of the names? What makes them "approved"? They are all members
of the Council of Foreign Relations. This organization is hell-bent on destroying the sovereignty of the United States. Democrat or Republican, it makes no difference. The GOP is still supporting the Bush administration that is currently moving full speed ahead with the SPP program in Canada today. The SPP will move to to create the North American Union (NAU . US citizens would loose their Constitutionally given rights.This is TREASONOUS. If you really love this country, you must learn more about Ron Paul. He is our only hope.

Democrat CFR Candidates:
Barack Obama
Hillary Clinton
John Edwards
Chris Dodd

Bill Richardson
Republican CFR Candidates:
Mitt Romney
Rudy Giuliani
John McCain
Fred Thompson
Newt Gingrich

This person who posted some stuff about the "white house being called the white house implying for whitemen" is simply a defeatist even in his or her own life. these were the same kinds of people who said slavery was what it was and coulnt be stopped. the same people said same things about racial inequality. same people shamefully uses even Gods book ,the bible to justify their attrocities in USA and South Africa etc .

But today they all have been and will be proven wrong.

mr man, get a life and stop being defeatist in your life. what actually do you do in life? defeated with ilfe as well?

Mrs. Obama was quoted as saying:

"She told a crowd of more than 200 people that family values and trust were important in the next presidential candidate.

“Our view is that if you can’t run your own house, you certainly can’t run the White House,” Mrs. Obama said."

A direct jab on Hillary's decision to stay with Bill?

Oh, why oh why, does anyone think that its there business to judge anyones personal life?

Shame on you Michelle.

I am so tired of a country full of divorcees voting for Presidents based on things like family values. Ugh...

She is so right on this issue of governing by fear. I am tired of it also. This is suppose to be a free thinking democracy. The Bush Administration and the cohorts that put them into office have to be stripped of their power to intimidate.

GO GET 'EM, MRS. OBAMA!!! Keep up the great work for your husband.

Seriously, no offense to anyone and I don't care if you do get offened because I didn't make the rules, BUT, there are reasons why the White House is called the White House. I assure you 1000000% that it is a waste of time and money for Obama. Sure, I agree it's a great cause, but you all have NO clue how our system really works. It won't change either. Again, no offense. I applaud you all for your dedication and great grammar.

Michael James from Illinois said it well. The Obamas are our country's hope. Hope they can survive the dirty, brutal Clinton machine.

You can find out more about Senator Obama's positions and accomplishments here:

http://www.barackobama.com/index.php

"Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result" William Jefferson Clinton

Obama 08!
(Coming soon to a town near you!)

Wouldn't it be interesting if Barack Obama got elected president and years later his wife ran for senate then president a-la Bill and Hillary Clinton, I mean she has a better educational background than Hillary and with 8 years as first lady she would be almost as experienced

This post is in response to C.N. – Lowell, IN : August 16, 2007 10:35 pm

The Obamas clearly love the United States of America and are true patriots. Barack could have decided to stay out of public life and remained a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago or he could have become a highly-paid attorney somewhere. When you graduate from Harvard Law, you already know that you can have a great life in the USA, despite the strife and growing pains.

With all of the options they had available, the Obamas could have easily stayed out of the fray and been very comfortable, but they understand that there is more at stake than just their own family. If you actually saw the speech by Ms. Obama, she was merely stating that, among the reasons that might have stopped Barack from running for President was fear and they decided to not give in to that. With all the racism still out there (e.g. just google "jena 6" or read "Sundown Towns") as well as the divisive political tactics used by Bush 43 to get elected and push his agenda, if you are being honest, you have to admit that they would have to think about these things. Valid concerns given that Secret Service protection had to be implemented for Barack so early.

There is no doubt that fear has often been a key motivator of public opinion as well as a person's individual actions. The spectre of a mushroom cloud over the US is one of the things that motivated people to support the Iraq invasion. A person who is afraid of getting beat up may not stand up to a bully who is hurting someone right in front of their eyes. The fallacy that Barack isn't experienced enough is a tactic designed to make people afraid to support him, so speaking out about not letting fear be your guide was a superb topic to discuss as Barack was introduced to the crowd.

Lastly, when you talk about "... willing to step up to the plate and use the greatet military in the world to protect us" are you aware of all the heat that Barack Obama recently took after his comments about the potential need to act against the terrorists hiding in Pakistan? He is clearly ready, willing and, if elected, able to use the military when necessary, but he is also ready to help improve the image of the USA among other countries and you don't do that with collateral damage from attacks on villages where terrorists are hiding.

Please do yourself a favor and give Obama a closer look. The Clinton News Network, Vinod Gupta and other media outlets have not done a good enough job being fair and balanced in their polling and coverage of the campaign thus far. Your comments indicate that you may be falling for this manipulation. The Obamas and their supporters do not think this is a rotten country. On the contrary, it can be a great and wonderful country, that's why it is so important to elect Barack Obama as our next president.

First of all, It's just silly for anyone to criticize Ms. Obama for her comments and that speech is awesome! I think the whole thing is about 7 or 8 minutes, so definitely check it out if you can.

Second, having hope and not making decisions based on fear doesn't mean you never have any fear or never speak out and draw contrasts to your political opponents. That's why it's so disingenuous of the Clintonistas to criticize Obama when he corrects their facts after they try to attack him.

Lastly, regarding the ridiculous claim that Hillary has more experience, there is a great post at the URL below that should take care of that fallacy:

http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/sg_distro/comments/how_much_experience_does_hillary_really_have/

"...Obama, who is fourteen years her junior and has only been in the Senate since 2004, has a much more impressive record—as Senator he sponsored 152 bills and resolutions and co-sponsored 427. He has an even longer list of achievements from his previous days in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He can therefore easily smash Hillary’s latest illusion..."

If you take the time to actually compare, it's not even a close contest and Barack clearly has more experience and strength.

America has been crying out for change for a long time. Now here comes along someone who really is about change and very different from the familiar washington style of doing things and yet we dont want to embrace him. We would only have ourselves to blame when we elect another bush/chenney like government. We voted Bush and he led us to into a war that has no end. Now this guy says he would move the battle field to where it really should be fought and you criticise his foreign policy experience and judgement. He states the obvious when he say he would not use nuclear weapons, and we criticise him. I really dont think we are ready for the kind of change we trully need. which is why it saddens me that he might not win the Dem's vote. We are not ready for a change.

Let's face it... when Bill Clinton hits the campaign trail, all these wives are going to be playing second fiddle because NO ONE can out campaign Bill Clinton.

I strongly believe that the First Lady, or, as it will undoubtedly happen someday, the First Gentleman have an extremely important role to play in American society. They are largely cultural and social emissaries who can reassure the American people in times of crisis, can be a kind and loving face for the executive administration, and can ultimately be leaders in themselves.

That being said, Michelle Obama would be an excellent First Lady.

Ug. Michelle is so angry. I mean, look at her face. She gets up there and rails against our country, as if it hasn't given her a great life.

Why doesn't she calmly take the stage and explain her husband's voting record in Congress. You don't score points with voters by telling them they're fools.

Quit saying we live in fear Michelle, when you accused the President of "knowing about Islamic terror threats and not warning us".

Kudos to the Barack supporters! They make the most positive and polite postings.

I truly think that one day Obama could make a great President!

Rock oN!

When did we start hating each other so much? Why don't we start taking this passion we have against each other and start imputing it onto my generation (ages 18-26). We always have the lowest paticipation in voting and WE are going to be the ones paying for your medicare, rebuilding this country, and technically the "voice" of this country. Instead of bickering that republicans, democrats, independents are awful, why don't we commend ourselves for being educated enough to have an opinion and spend the rest of our energy educating my generation on the importance of voting and having a voice in our future.

The racial fear she speaks of will abate when: (1) people who "instinctively" but irrationally fear blacks die; and (2) the rational basis for a collective fear of blacks disappears, in many years.

Hmm...Obama is the only one to post his earmarks eh?

Well, after a little digging, it was quite easy to find this.

http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2007/pr062107.htm

Yeah, Dr. Paul posted his too...

Next Please..

Michelle Obama should be appointed to Barack's Senate seat when he becomes President. Then she can run herself in 2016. Why wait eight years like Hillary did?

If you want your girls to grow up without fear, try teaching them how to take care of themselves. Social entitlements are the new chains that hold down the poor, not Republicans. Stop looking for someone else to blame.

Sorry ma'am but if you want a non-fear based society you need to find a new man and a new political party.

Republicans use terrorism to fear-monger and Democrats use race, the economy (which is doing pretty damn good considering the mess the government has made of the mortgage market through loosening up lending laws), and poverty to fear-monger. There just birds of a different feather but when it all comes down to it they both have no issues using fear-mongering to try to get more votes then the other guy.

It is clear that some people would criticize a candidate or candidate's spouse for saying "Good Morning!” How can this meaningless report of a non-issue evoke any negative response? Ok, so it isn't what Michelle Obama said. This is just an excuse to be negative because you don't favor Obama as a candidate. So, just say that. Give me a quote from your candidate and let me criticize it for you. It's pretty easy to do. But it doesn't add much to the discourse.

Posted By Dan, Tx : August 17, 2007 10:15 am

Dan you said it brother. I totally agree. These political blogs and message boards are only designed for angry people who only care about their candidate of choice winning! These comments board do not debate or talk about what the candidates say or believe in a civil manner. When will the American people wake up and realize WE are the ones who are causing our own problems by how we conduct ourselves, don't work together, can't discuss issues with dignity and non bias. WE voted for the politicians in office and all they are doing is reacting to us by playing on our fears and biases. Let's not forget the AMERICAN PEOPLE voted Bush and the rest of the politicians on both sides of the isle in office and look at where we are as a result. We are just as much to blame for the problems in this country as the politicians! Not to say all is bad but it can be better this is all that Obama is saying! In the end none of the candidates have to answer to each other with their back stabbing remarks to one another or the headline crazed media. It is the AMERICAN people who decide the path we take. The question is, do we continue on our current coarse or choose a different path? Time will tell...

BTW: My bias for CHANGE tells me I support Obama!
May God bless America.

"I am tired of living in a country where every decision that we’ve made over the last 10 years wasn’t for something but it was because people told us we have to fear something.”

Clueless in Seattle..

What kind of experience does Mitt Romney have (besides being a governor) or Guiliani (besides being a mayor who happened to just put on a hard hat & make himself LOOK busy after 911, ask NYers if he’s qualified)—no one ever questions their experience. Fred Thompson??-He an old low level actor-but he's qualified–whoever votes for this man is an idiot. Obama was in the IL state legislature before becoming a US senator, I will say he has just as much experience as everyone else who is running. I guess you all require him to have “more” experience than the rest of the gang. BTW what experience did Hillary Clinton have besides being a first lady before she became a senator of NY?

BaROCK the VOTE!

I am sooo tired of Americans being Stuck on Stupid. We need Barack Obama RIGHT NOW...PERIOD! Not 4, 6, 8 years from now. We need someone who has the judgement to see the country thru the NIGHTMARE OF THE CLINTON/BUSH DYNASTY. America..Free your mind...your **s will follow!

Oh my goodness. Now that's what I call a speech. What a contrast from Mrs Elizabeth Edwards? She was compassionate, real and this was also from the bottom of her heart.It si time we took a chance and stopped fearing. Lets keep the fearmongers at bay. It is time for us to trust judgement as opposed to hollow experience. It is time for us to ask a few questions. Those people who question Barack's experience, can they look back at Clinton's "experience"?. With all her experience, she did not read the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) to know that the war was going to be a facade. She had ACCESS to it but did not read it. Is that what experience is all about? Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfield have more experience that Billary. Look at where our country is because of this. Look at a clip of Cheney in 1994 saying that going into Baghdad would be a mistake. What has happened when his experience was supposed to be getting even better? 8 years after..what happened to experience? Can somebody please press Hillary to have her white house records unsealed so we can see what she is hiding? I have a hunch that this nomination process will be different. I do not believe the polls at all. All I know is those being polled are probably those who have landlines and have voted before. How about those who rely on cellphones and have not voted before (hence not on the voters database from where the pollsters get the numbers to call) and are planning to vote for the first time en masse? I think this is the bunch that will carry Barack to the nomination. Please ignore the polls and let us go to work for change and Barack the vote.

Kyu Reisch and Tom Dedham are just examples of people devoid of intellect. Please start thinking and America will be a better place

BaROCK the VOTE!

I am sooo tired of Americans being Stuck on Stupid. We need Barack Obama RIGHT NOW...PERIOD! Not 4, 6, 8 years from now. We need someone who has the judgement to see the country thru the NIGHTMARE OF THE CLINTON/BUSH DYNASTY. America..Free your mind...youe **s will follow!

Look at all you Obama numbskulls eating this crap up. Ohhh, "hope," "inspiration," "audacity." Wow, you have reassured me that Obama my faith in Obama with those empty words! I must say, though, it is hilarious when you ask an Obama supporter WHY they support him: "Because he is inspirational and fresh!" LOL

You know it is one thing to read her words, but you must really hear her and see her on the video – this is not only
a women who exudes possibility but she does it with passion. The only palpable fear out there is in the HC camp and for sure the republicans fear a national run against this excitment!

BaROCK the vote!!!

It is clear that some people would criticize a candidate or candidate's spouse for saying "Good Morning!". How can this meaningless report of a non-issue evoke any negative response. Ok, so it isn't what what Michelle Obama said. This is just an excuse to be negative because you don't favor Obama as a candidate. So, just say that. Give me a quote from your candidate and let me criticize it for you. It's pretty easy to do. But it doesn't add much to the discourse.

O.K.....I might be being cynical here, but I can't help wonder... Is it only a coincidence that Obama's African American wife jumps into the spotlight right after Obama got hit with a barage of questions on whether he was "black enough."

"Things that make you go hmmmmmm."

“I am so tired of fear and I don’t want my girls to live in a country, in a world based on fear,” she added.

The more they open their mouths the easier this is going get for Billary.

I'm just upset that Jeb Bush isn't running...We really need a man like him with the world the way it is right now...Jeb Bush '08!

Bravo Michelle, you speak with conviction and i trust your sense of Judgment than Mrs EDward , U made a good decision to marry him, you are a dynamic family.The media should give this guy a fair shot he sincerely has a great vision and leadership.why not try something new. I'm so supprise to see how the clinton campaign spend their entire campaign to counteract what he is saying than proposing something different. Clinton's edge in early polls is simply because of name recognition and not substance or the fear of Racism determining the Elections at the end. What is wrong in talking to your enemies without giving in. Isolationism cost this great nation financially and tremendous lost of lives, when we had to comeback after the nazist, facist and general Tojo of Japan had taken control of the world Between 1920-1941. what is preferable Diplomacy or change of policy after millions have lost their lives and created more enemies, than engaging in late dialogue (Bush Condoleeza likes foreign policy fiasco).This administration spent their entire term threathening countries which disagree with their doctrines.
Please can someone explain to me how by not talking to Iran deterred them from Progressively moving towards a nuclear power, Northkorea testing it's Misiles, Syria influencing in Lebanon and sponsoring Hezbollah. International conflict is mostly resolve by diplomacy or engaging in war as a last resort with the support of your allies.
Please guys let's Wake up and reflect than simply listerning to this Bias media.

First of all, this woman is on top of her game. Her husband is atempting something different. It is hard to do that in American politics. Everything keeps moving back to the"tried an true" and now is not the time for that approach. She is as smart and sharp as he is and together would make an incredible force for good in American politics- something that at this moment we need desperately.

Michelle Obama is just as remarkable as her husband. If we can get these two to the White House, wonderful things will happen in our country and the world. There's just a whole lot of positive in the Obamas. And the positive direction is the direction that this country needs.

Xtina, you brought a excellent questions to Obama, I don't think you will get his answers, WHY? he didn't accomplish anything yet. He was State Organizer, how could handle billion billion dollars budget for our Country? He not only hasn't helped military also he is going to send them to the another war when he is elected, he is hopeless. He can't make the decision, people who he hired will make the decision because he is naive and inexperienced. But he knew how to make absurd remark and attack frontrunner, he doesn't care what people are thinking, just care his groundless dream.

Maddy,
It is sad that you seem so cynical that you don't know real when you see it. Sad, even if you don't like the politics. Have you lost the ability to feel ? Nothing in her intro rings true to you ? I pray for you....

xtina you need to stop making yourself look like a fool. You have asked the same question in every article you've commented in. Yet you fail to ask what qualifies the Republican candidates to be President. Check your zipper, your bias is showing.

Both Hillary and Michelle Obama shriek about not wanting to live in such a rotten country... it's like the only way they can make themselves look good is to tell us how terrible our country is.

Well, Hillary and Michelle, let me tell you that I love the United States, with all its strife and growing pains, it's still the greatest country in the world !! Don't you tell me you don't want your daughters growing up in a country where they're "afraid" unless your husband willing to step up to the plate and use the greatet military in the world to protect us .

God Bless America

yea, xtina, you can go on Obama's webpage and find out that he's the ONLY one to show all of his earmarks. Until you look at that, please shut your mouth.

Now there is the woman who would exemplify the ideal first lady of the United States. She is real, genuine, intelligent, witty...

Another reason to be voting for Obama!

The same folks who want to convince you that you are on the verge of losing your Constitutional Rights, don't want some one else to scare you on some possibly more imminent threat.
Barrack Obama has the makings of becoming a great man, but he is not quite ready for prime time.

SORRY MADDY, BUT I AGREE WITH MICHELLE I'M SICK OF TIRED OF BEING AFRAID, WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL BRING HOPE AND INSPIRATION, NOT FEAR AND DOOM, THATS EXACTLY WHY I GOT INVOLVED.

The wives' involvement in this campaign is really getting old. I don't beleive for a second that Michelle Obama supported her husband's decision to run for the White House because she was "tired of being afraid"….Oh Please!
Posted By Maddy, Hartford, Ct. : August 16, 2007 7:45 pm

her support has not been this enthusiastic, period, for any of his prior runs, for US senate or illinois senate. and i don't know about you, but i'm also tired of this whole fear society 9/11 has turned us into.

Xtina,
If you're not lazy, you can look up Sen. Obama's legislative record for yourself. It's on his official U.S. Senate page hosted by the government. He's worked with Republican Richard Lugar on a number of legislative initiatives relative to homeland security, education, among others.

The problem with media reporting is that you don't get a full rundown of what a candidate discussed when there's a report from a campaign stop. You basically have to be there to hear the whole thing yourself.

Or be willing to look the information up yourself. It's all a matter of public record.

To the above two posters.

I DO believe Mrs. Obama's reasons. It's obvious when you drive around this country that we are stuck in a perpetual motion of fear. Our nation is starting to resemble the faded, tattered American flags that hang eternally from homes, businesses, lightpoles and as bumperstickers on our windows. We are tattered and torn, weary of the constant beat of fear and war mongering fed to us by our governement. When patriotism becomes blind and eternal, without thought, given only out of fear of what MAY happen, rather than out of passion for a future that CAN happen, it is the greatest tradgedy.

I don't want my daughter to grow up in a country that is eternally in a war with itself, in a war with shadowy terrorists without borders or reason.

It takes real courage to say that we refuse to be manipulated any longer. We should recognize that the world is a dangerous place, but we should also recognize that it won't be fixed by a soundbite.

We need a President with the vision to realize this. Barrack Obama has proven again and again he's the candidate for this.

The above poster asked what his real experience is? His experience, to me, is being in touch with the people and emotions of this country. He has a common sense that is wonderous to see in the political arena.

Michelle and Barrack Obama, along with their entire family, took a tremendous and couragous risk by running for President. They have it harder than any other candidate as they will be under more intense scrutiny than other candidates.

He is running for the right reasons. It is the difference between YESTERDAY and TOMORROW. A huge difference in cultural thinking and a world mentality versus an isolationist mentality.
You cannot simply treat terrorists like we’re at war, because the danger of being perpetually at war is the elimination of our rights, for good… not to mention the stress caused heart attacks of thinking that THE ENEMY is going to jump up from any rock.
Clinton would be either intentionally or niavely drawn into the use terror to control the population and her agenda, Obama would use common sense to change the stereotypes and get people thinking rationally and constitutionally again, that’s the main difference in my mind.

Michelle Obama is excellent! There are no political hooks tugging at her. This is obvious when you hear her speak as her passion and integrity comes forth. These attributes are much needed in th White House given the corrupt folks we have in there now.

The wives' involvement in this campaign is really getting old. I don't beleive for a second that Michelle Obama supported her husband's decision to run for the White House because she was "tired of being afraid"....Oh Please!

Why can't these candidates give us a rundown of what they've ACCOMPLISHED that qualify them to be President?

I want to hear how Obama has:

-taken measures to keep our nation secure

-financial successes that lead me to believe he can handle a billion dollar budget

-ways he's helped our military

-ways he's taken tax money and used it efficiently

-problems he has solved when making executive decisions that lead us to believe he made good decisions

I'm not hearing ANYTHING about accomplishments from Barack Obama

YOU GO GIRL!

She is great thats all i can say! A very positive role model for American woman period. People will look to nit pick on anything when it comes to this family because they trully dont know who they are! I support her 100% go Obama

You go girl !!!!!

A truely classy lady

Michelle Obama is sensational! She has effectively expressed my own concerns and frustrations. I actually got chills watching that clip that is written here. The Obamas exert so much passion and I believe, in my heart of hearts, they can effectively heal this nation after 16 years of hatred from the Bushs and Clintons. We need to turn the page, and not be afraid to vote for someone we believe in. I think Democrats need to stop calculating "electability likelihoods" and simply vote where their heart is. That is what real change is all about.