CNN

ON OBAMA: I don't have — I don't maintain — a file of eight years of work in the state Senate because I didn't have the resources available to maintain those kinds of records," he said "Most of those guys do keep this stuff, especially the favorable stuff. They've all got egos," said Taylor Pensoneau, a historian who has written about Illinois legislators and governors and worked with them as a lobbyist for the coal industry. "It goes in scrapbooks or maybe boxes. I don't think it's normal practice to say it's all discarded."

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I love how CNN has already handed Hillary the win in their minds, as if polls are somehow infallible. Obama has inspired young people to a greater extent than any candidate in decades, so you'll pardon me if I consider the cell-phone-excluding polls to be useless data.

Re: the argument about records:
Look, Obama can't produce any documents related to what happened in meetings or other such unimportant details, because he didn't need to keep such records at the time. He never expected to be a Senator, let alone a candidate in this election. But the point is, everything he got accomplished in the state legislature, he was an integral part of. And he certainly did get a lot done. Whereas with Hillary, the argument is that she has behind-the-scenes experience, but can't prove it. Obama's experience is already proven; the records would only drive the point home. But Clinton could be withholding the information to hide something, perhaps that she didn't actually do much, or that she had to have constant oversight.

In other words, the situations are very, very different.

Posted By Hillarylover in SA : November 15, 2007 9:26 am

Barack Obama has an entirely open record of his activities as a State Senator. What did he do as a State Senator, what's his experience as an elected official in the Illinois and US Senate. Look at his record.

Hillary says she has "experience" as first lady. Where's the record??? The ONLY think I know she did as first lady was do a TERRIBLE job on health care. Did she do anything that can be considered giving her experience? If so, let's see the records, if not, don't tell us being first lady is experience.

Obama's record as State Senator is fully in the public light, just look. Let's see ANY evidence that Clinton gained any experience by being first lady.

VOTE REPUBLICAN!! Better for USA!

For those who state Obama, or any other candidate besides HIllary does not have a chance to win Nevada simply do not understand why Nevada is a "crap shoot". Nevada's caucuses have never played a serious role in the process. People simply do not caucus or know how. So you may have Hillary dominating polls, but it is really going to come down to each candidate's ground game. Who is willing to drive around the desert for hours picking up their supporters ad taking them to the caucus, and who has the manpower to do so. If Obama picks up Iowa, which I honestly believe is going to happen, Nevada will become key and if Obama has the staff this article asserts, I would not count him out. The nomination is not going to be won until February 5th and it could go beyond that.

Bill Richardson is clearly the best candidate. None of the frontrunners has his experience or record of success. He is a two-term governor of a state that is improving. He was UN Ambassador and still gets called on for foreign service like recovering the remains of the Pueblo from North Korea. He's been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times. None of the Dems or Repubs can match that.

By the way what about this: Barack Obama, who's been scolding Hillary Rodham Clinton for not hastening the release of records from her time as first lady, says he can't step up and produce his own records from his days in the Illinois state Senate. He says he hasn't got any. Now that I find very very interesting.

I know Clinton will do great on tonights debate. I understand what is going on w/Obama and Edwards. They are simply playing good cop bad cop against Clinton. Edwards looks like a fool. At least Obama shows some class. She's winning. Take it like real men stand up straight and take the beating. C-L-I-N-T-O-N 2008.

Can Ralston read poll numbers? How can he think Obama has a good chance? Clinton is and has been killing everyone in the Nevada polls since they started polling.

Sin city is the Ideal place for all liars to congregate and it is of little reassurance to the legal voting “we the people” that any thing good can come of this.
There is enough gambling going on in washing DC to choke this nation to death and so I suppose it is obvious we should pick and choose the candidates at this location for it bears great similarity to that of DC.
WE reap what we sow and what we chose to sow is very well displayed at this time in that location.
This Nation needs some candidates they can vote FOR rather than vote against and that requires third parties independently designed to run on funds unrelated to Big businesses and corporations and run on a platform of issues related to the concerns the legal working class Americans and fair elections and voting equipment unrelated to Corporate America or their control.
Cut the crap out and of what is going on in Nevada and the place would be a desert and the source of crap would be diminished greatly.

Please tell me why I should vote for another Democrat again. I voted 100% Democrat last year and have seen only failure, incompetence, finger pointing, fear of this president, and whining. If I want continued incompetence and arrogance, I'd vote Republican. Where is the light?