I agree with Gov. Strickland of Ohio. Iowa and NH determining who will run for President of the USA all the time is a JOKE!!

Jack Murphy

ALL ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL,THRU THE VILLAGES AND BY THE DEMS I HAVE HEARD THE ECHOS OF THE AL-MARKTY PENN, TOUTING HER MAJESTY'S WARES, BUT ALAS THE ALMARKTY HAS FALLEN FROM GRACE BY LOSING A RACE,THUS INCURRING HER MAJESTY'S ILL-WILL. NOW AFTER THE WEEPING AND GNASHING OF TEETH, AN EDICT IS ISSUED. IT IS "OUT WITH THE PENN, I'AM BRINGING IN THE CLOWNS,JAMIE AND PAULIE WILL DISH OUT THE YARNS." signed Zarc
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Now all of the sudden, it is not good enough for Hillary Rodham?

Democrats need to win the WH in 08, but not with you in there!!

I agree, the current primary/caucus scenario is idiotic. But unconstitutional? Uh ... no. Political parties can choose their nominees however they please. But, hey, feel free to point out what part of the Constitution you think prohibits the present system.

If it did help her, do you think she would be complaining about it. The Clinton motto is, "If you can't win with the rules that are in place, then change the rules."

All these people saying things on behalf of Clinton are her mouthpiece. They are part of her campaign. She should not be allowed to have them running around saying what they want and then she detaches herself from the comments.

Though Mr. Strickland is correct. The timing of his comments are suspect...and that's the problem for Mrs. Clinton. There are all these comments floating around where the timing is amazing and then she plays like she has no knowledge or anything to do with them. Yet she infamous for how much she controls everything.

So is she in control or out of control? Which one is it? Just another example of her conveniently staying out of the fray publically, but being all so closely related to it behind the scenes. Is she our modern day Wizard of Oz or what?

May God inspire the hearts of Iowans and those in NH to give her the BOOT!

Iowa tenaciously clings to this opening slot as it forces candidates to spend a disproportionately large amount of time and humongous amounts of money to reach caucus members. The sheer arrogance of Iowans who claim they need to personally see, talk to and question each candidate is unbelievable in this day and age of TV and internet. And that too for a measly 45 delegates! Guiliani was right in ignoring Iowa and its obnoxious caucus system. The effort to reward ratio is simply prohibitive.

Thank God, after 3rd January 2008, Iowa will be ignored by the rest of the country for a solid 8 years!! Meanwhile Iowa holds the nation to ransom by demanding time, money and attention that makes them pretend that the fate of America is in their hands!!

Vote Obama for change – God knows we need it!!!!

If we wanted to change things, it would take an act of Congress. Other than Federal Election Day, all other election days are left up to the states.

If you want change, petition Congress. They are the ones who can do it.

I honestly wouldn't mind if someone else went first for once. You can't turn on a radio or TV or answer the phone here without being bombarded by politicians. It's bizarro world right now. Be careful what you wish for if you want to go first, you might not find you like it all that much.

Anyway, Obama all the way in '08! Oh, and the latest Des Moines Register poll shows him leading Hillary by 7 points.

I'm an Iowan and it's cool to see Iowa being the first to have caucus, but even if we weren't first, I wouldn't complain.

Also, Go Ron Paul!

I'm Hillary Clinton and I approve this message.

Clinton is ahead of Barack Hussein Obama in Iowa.

The candidates would likely prefer where the public is kept at bay , where they control the setting, and don't have to answer questions directly from the mundane public. But they have no choice as the Iowans set the stage. It would be nice if every state in the nation had such a caucus primary but that is physically impossible and it would water down the existing process.

The politics and scrutiny by a Midwest state tends to work out best where the politics tend to be much more balanced than in the west, south or northeast and their large metro areas. The system makes sense to me and the Iowans have done a good job at it.

Personally, I think the current system stinks. I do not support the ethanol boondoggle it has lead too. I would like to use the following system,

First primary day 5 randomly selected states have first dibs, drawing occurs two months before day of first primary.

Wait one month

Second primary day 10 states randomly selected.

Continue primaries every two weeks with 10 to 15 states per date until all states have chosen.

This system would result in a fairer selection process and hopefully fewer subsidies.

However, if she runs for VP the Democratic Presidential candidate better hope he has great Secret Service protection and media people if he wins. Anyone in Hillary's way gets destroyed one way or another if she has anything to say about it. Just ask Mario Cuomo, Nita Lowey or Stan Lee. Hillary has destroyed more Democrats in the past 10 years than the GOP ever did.

In both races, the winner in Iowa will probably not be the president anyway.

JS

VOTE FOR AN HONEST STRAIGHT FORWARD LOGICAL HUMAN BEINGTHAT THE SYNDICATE WORLD DOESN'T ALREADY OWN!

VOTE OBAMA!

As for representing the country as a whole, what state in their place would represent the nation...None! Each has unique issues.

Quit whining about receiving no attention, enjoy the process and wait your turn.

read:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/celeste-whiting/dems-to-michigan-go-_b_67915.html
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/29/clinton.michigan.ap/

Last time I checked, you can't win an election with only the support of NH.

And be warned NH, as the Unions in MI are finding out now, you are important so long as you are not in her way, you are a means to an end! Imagine what she will (or won't) do for these states if she is ever elected!

This is what is wrong with politicians these days. They cannot give an answer to anything for fear it might be the wrong answer – what ever happened to a person speaking their mind and let the people decide?

If the politicians would just look at what the people think about Congress – lowest rating ever, twice as bad as President Bush – they would see Ried and Pelosi are taking them down a dead end hole.

I believe in the wisdom and goodness of the vast majority of America, right or left, and I trust the person that has the balls to say something without all the spin doctors will win out.

"Iowa doesn't count."