There are too many enemies outside of the U.S. for us to make enemies of ourselves.

Obama is awesome!

There was no democratic election in Iraq or Afghanistan. Don't get it twisted. If you truly think that there was a fair and accurate election in Iraq, you are really naive. If you think that elections a fair and accurate in the US, then you don't do research. The reality is this: Maliki is our boy and the only reason he's in the position, is by the choice of GWB (Rove, Cheney, Wolfowitz etc).

Hey, by the way, news flash, we're not there for democracy, we're there for oil... and there's no Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, or Tooth Fairy.

Hey i have an idea: Lets take Hill's advice and boot Maliki and get someone else in there. Then we will see that she is just another power-hungry politician with a non-sense answer to gain political points in order to become president. What a bum. Obama recognized the overall problem, whereas Hillary doesn't quite seem to get it.

The entire population of the state of Mississippi is 2.9 million. The population of the entire state of Arkansas is 2.8 million. The population of the entire state of Louisiana is 4.2 million.

The population of just New York City alone is 8.1 million. It takes three complete southern states to trump the voting power of this one northern city.

The electoral college is a part of the U.S. Constitution. It is in place to ensure large populace areas do not dictate law to low population rural areas. If the election was based solely on population the candidates would spend their time in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Houston, and Phoenix. Those are the top 5 population areas. The Iowa straw poll would never take place because their population is too low.

States like Alaska and Montana with populations less than 1 million would never have a voice in choosing the President. This is why the electoral college is so important and why our forefathers wrote the system into the fabric of our Constitution.

Abraham Lincoln won the presidency with less than 40% of the popular vote.

The thing that struck me most by Obama's interview was his comment about replacing the leader of Iraq with any number of people. And here I thought the Iraqi government was a democracy where the Iraqi people choose their leader.

Say Obama gets elected as our President. How would we in the United States feel if the government of China decided they don't like Obama's views and had heated discussions about replacing him with someone who supports Chinese policy?

For a good description of the situation in Iraq, I recommend the following interview with Nir Rosen:

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1349252

Think 60 years ago (Palestinians) and think about the Iraqi refugee situation going on now. So much for Bush's (lame) reasoning that a Democratic Iraq will lead to stability in the middle east.

The only reason Obama looks good is cause the big whigs werent smart enough to be able to spin this one.

This man is the BEST candidate for president HANDS DOWN...Hillary will be just MORE OF THE SAME OL B.S.

08AMA for President

Obama doesn't seem to get the fact the Iraq has a democratically elected government now. Isn't that the job of "the people" in a democracy? Why is a do nothing Senator from the sorriest US Congress in history expecting more than he's given from a fledgling democratic government in Iraq? POLITICS??

Posted By spinstopper : August 24, 2007 10:18 am"

I think you are missing his point, amigo. He was responding to Mrs. Clinton's remarks that Maliki should be ousted... Obama was correct in saying that Maliki is not the problem, and the problem would still exist no matter who the leader. Your comment about Maliki being democratically elected has no relevance in the conversation, because the FACT that he was democratically elected was never disputed.

Now he's talking about parental involvement and funding schools. I guess he read Hillary's "It Takes a Village" and listened to some of her speeches as First Lady about funding education, improving schools, making pre-k manadatory and college education tax deductable.

Go Obama! I guess if you can't beat them, you just copy them.

You don't seem to get the fact that he is merely providing his analysis of the situation.

He's not advocating the removal of Maliki, as some other candidates are 'vocal' about doing, simply noting it wouldn't have any effect until other factors come into line.

Have a good day,

Chip

CNN needs to get its act together. Rude, racist or entirely irrelevant comments are left up for weeks, while well-crafted on-topic postings (from all ideologies) disappear without a trace. CNN provides no coherent posting policy and never an explanation from the unnamed moderators. There’s an established netiqutte for hosting a blog, and CNN needs to learn it.

I hope the other regular posters will join us in demanding Ticker reform.

In a peaceful, stable and less divided country, our congress here has been least effective in reaching agreements because of bipartisan politics.

How more difficult is this in Iraqi where Maliki is trying to hold together a fragile government with warlords in parliament pulling in different directions on one side and Americans issuing threats and ultimatums on the other side. And his life is always in danger.

Maybe some people think they can do better if given the chance to be Iraqi PM.

Good thing CNN viewed that as a threat and decided to remove it for no reason whatsoever.

Well, they did move the no-substance basketball shot above this story. If you can't twist it, burry it. Right CNN?

Obama doesn't seem to get the fact the Iraq has a democratically elected government now. Isn't that the job of "the people" in a democracy? Why is a do nothing Senator from the sorriest US Congress in history expecting more than he's given from a fledgling democratic government in Iraq? POLITICS??

Really. This guy just calls a spade a spade. He gets right to the heart of each matter with intelligence, wisdom, and TRUE, genuine judgment.

OBAMA 08!!

http://www.spartaninternet.com/2008/

The most notable gainers included John Edwards and Dennis Kucinich with increases of 0.43 percent and 0.37 percent, respectively.

It sounds like something Bush would do. Perhaps she is REALLY Bush/Cheney Lite. The next thing she will want is to support Bush in gitting rid of the leaders of Iran, North Korea and Syria.
Yes, the same hillary, who voted for the War, just like George W. Bush wanted her to do.

What is she thinking?

This proves she has NO experience, and NO judgement.

Obama has it right again.

If the problem in Iraq is mostly political, (and I agree that it is), then how is it not relevant to criticize the Iraqi political leadership? If Iraq has a future as a nation, someone has to step up and unify the factions. Miliki hasn’t done the job, and the Sunnis have walked out. It’s not up to us, of course, but considering the circumstances we’re entitled to have our say.

I think Senator Obama is wrong to call this a distraction. I think Senator Clinton is correct in calling for Maliki’s replacement. And I think Senator Biden has the best overall plan for Iraq.