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I want Mrs. Clinton and McCain in a runoff.

Senator Edwards, I would NOT vote for you because you are making your case only on of the expense of Hilary Clinton.

Gentleman?! What is it? On the debate you ware like a Hyena over her, before her suit... Is that a simple jealousy lire most of American women (surprise for me, even Pakistanis are more advance in this meter and Bhutto was killed from her enemies).

Second, do you deny that "Clinton's machine" work peaty well for americans for 8 years ?

It is partly your fault. Why didn't you win the Election in 2000? Now you are blaming Hilary that America is really in a big ...

You still play your ego agenda, Sur! Obama will be chewed and spit from Republicans, because he has not very much to offer then word "Change" (He sounds to me like those communist leaders who had been feeding the people only with nice word and hopes of future almost heavenly life; UTOPIA, eh , worked for some period).

Americans , please, just do not compare him with JFK.

If you really are talking from your heard, it is not late you to make some REAL CHANGE- make sure Democrat to be in the Oval office this time even that is not you.

As I rite on a CNN goes a Braking New about Iranians? I imagine Senator Obama in the Oval office with pence full of..

Wake up Americans, it is very serious , do not blow it again!

Even though I'm a Democrat, give the GOP a little (just a litlle) more credit, you're making them look like racist xenophobes...well maybe that's a little correct, but thats all the more reason to vote for Obama.

Its time for America to face racism head on, instead of closing its eyes and pretending that its not there...

OBAMA '08!

I am so sick amd tired of what Liz has to say about Michelle, or what Liz has to say about Hillary, John was doing alright as long as Liz was at home taking care of the children, does she have to come out to remind people that he has a wife with Cancer. If Liz would go back home and let the grown people handle these matters I think Edwards wwould be better off. No I'm not voting for him, I voting for the man that wanted CHANGE from the very beginning, and everybody jumped on the bandwagon, CNN, doesn't wand him and the world knows that. That is why he is going to win, some way, shape or form he going into the WH. Bush we know has made a mess of things, and couldn't care less. Obama cares, wake up people.

Obama is great. As a Jewish American who feels loyalty for America and NOT Israel (unlike many of my religious compatriots), I am disgusted with how Israel's special interests have corrupted America`s body politic.Look at how these politicians in the Democratic and Republican parties keep swearing allegiance to the American Israel Public Affairs Committte (AIPAC). Obama is not beholden to these Israeli special interests and will be great for the USA. The foreign policy experience that all these other politicians like Clinton, MCCain, Romney, Giuliani and others claim is worth squat given that with this so-called foreign policy experience, these stooges of Israel have turned the United States of America into the United States of Israel!!!!

Obama supporters are suppporting exactly what? Niceness? Newness? Let's all hold hands and get along smiley faces? Obama stands for nothing. His supporters are in a cult of personality. Obama has accomplished nothing and never had a job other than the time he was law professor for a year. The Republicans will slice and dice him in another culture war. Dr. Barrack Hussein Obama? Obama with the atheist mother and the Islamic father. The GOP will kill him and he does not have the nads to fight back. When has he shown any backbone? Obama is a fantasy of his supporters but he does not have the courage to stake out any real positions and he has done precisely nothing in his so-called political career. A vote for Obama is a vote for the GOP.

Oh my gosh! who does this woman think she is! who does her hair? and who puts her makeup on her face? that expression and dress just have to go! He husband look better than her!

I am a Barack supporter, and all you black folks running around saying how happy they are with the Clintons what have they done but implement more entitlement programs because they think we are to dumb to get a education and career a blind man can see that, Bush has appointed more miniorities to high positions than any other President, yea he may have screwed up on some policies, but his tax cuts, and ability to try and keep out too much government has been pretty good, but the comments i have read are hillarious, who needs writers for the late night talk shows, you guys just send in some of your comments, especially the one about Edwards can't win dog catcher in NC, we should have comment idol, or utube political comedy, or put elizabeth and michelle on that fake wrestling match.
But if Barack does not get the nomination and since Ron Paul has not recieved the backing he deserves, i will just stay home. But i will vote for Guiliani before Clinton on any day of the week.

I have 2 words for you;
RON PAUL!

Mrs. Edwards with all due respect if your husband can't run with the big Boys then he should stay on the porch .We need a president who can fight our causes and battles Not somone who runs home to his wife and has HER do it for him. I thought at one time your husband might be a good choice But everytime you speck out for him he sounds like a weak whinning little boy who needs his mama to do his fighting for him. Why don't you run for president you seem to know everything?

I'm not an American. So, these comments are just an observation from an outsider. I think that the U.S should take a serious look at people with real experience with foreign policy. Like Joe Biden. He seems to be the one who could run the country best and he looks the part.

///////////////////////Nancy, Dallas TX January 2, 2008 1:12 am ET////////////////////////////quoting Nancy: My reply

Suzie,

I beg to disagree. John Edwards does not have an iota of integrity as a candidate. His trying-to-get-elected message is totally incongruent with who he is. He is FOSTERING envy, resentment and divisiveness. I guarantee you with absolute assurrance that Edwards' concern for the working class is strictly limited to their votes. His message is an insult to voter intelligence, and anyone who believes it should put down the bong.

I don't know what you think you know about Edwards or what you've been misinformationed(ha-ha) on, but I've watched Edwards for years. Before he ran with Kerry. He is a decent guy and the only times I've seen him speak are at the debates, because CNN has certainly not given him a chance. All I hear from them is Hitlery and Obuma. Please do not spread false information to me and others. It certainly won't wash with me, because John Edwards is a decent and honorable man. No his parents didn't "buy" his grades for him, he earned them and he earned his degree, unlike your Connecticutt preppie who stole the presidency from Gore. I hate the whole state of Texas for fostering the dumb son on this nation.

Obama is getting campaign funding through people/supporters like you and me, from $24 +. so there is no point in arguing Obama has money..as this drills down who has more supporters and who is going to win. Clinton ..has money from lobbyists, Edwards..not much ..some borrowed money from fed.

I prefer anyone of these over the bush like's or nixon likes. If people do want to accept a democrat, then I pray that to be Obama as he understands the pulse of young who are going to be affected in future as a result of current, pathetic politicians. He is realistic with values and good ideals. He does not shy away from his mistakes, or talk about faith, beyond the borders, family values, constitution, human compassion, globalization, etc., as he experienced the both sides of it.. some of it even before he knew the significance of word ' politics' in his life.

Who ever feels edwards or clinton is better than obama.. so be it. however, they would definetly miss the oppurtunity to elect a person who is the pulse of this nation for today and tomorrrow.

Susan,
Not to add to the comment clutter, but I want to say to you, "Well said!" This supposed conflict between Michelle Obama and Elizabeth Edwards is just another example of the "manufactured minutiae" we have to endure from the media. More people need to question what the media portrays as newsworthy; it's an insult to the American people.

jay
January 1, 2008 12:23 pm ET

In other "Making of the President 2008″ news, Mike Huckabee's dog doesn't much care for John Edwards' dog, who has lately been snippy with John McCain's dog. And all three run away just as fast as they can whenever Mitt Romney approaches.

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LOL! now that's funny.

I want this guy to write all the CNN political ticker entries

uba,
here is a website that speaks about everything hillary has done here whole life. http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/firstladies/hc42.html

Guys, I have read alot of comments here today about the Edwards family.. Talking about how he should be at home with his kids and his sick wife. I somehow feel that he did not decide to run for President without first consulting his wife. Maybe he runs for President to help those families that have a family member with cancer that can't get the care his wife is able to afford. I often see that we as Americans try to push our values off on others, thinking that we should tell other Americans how they should live (hence , why George W. Bush was re-elected in the first place abortion rights and gay marriage rights) This message is not just for liberals and democrats.. For republicans as well. It is not our job to tell people how to live their lives, by forcing the issues through laws..... If what a person does is wrong, then it is certainly not humanities job to judge. that right is exclusive to god. I did not mean to go religious here, it was not my intent, only to point out that it does not matter what an individual thinks about others, focus on the candidates that best suit your needs and vote for that candidate.... I think when we get down to it, we all suffer from most of the same problems, high cost of living, high cost of insurance premiums (if you can afford it) trying to send your children to college when tuitions just keep skyrocketing, the outsourcing of jobs that are killing pets and children in this country (e.g. China petfood products and lead in childrens toys) the ugly war we should have never started, but are already knee deep in, and thus have to find some resolution to it because we can't ignore it. And last but certainly not least global warming, not everyone agrees that it exists, and hopefully enough people care about it to make changes long before it becomes realized by those non-believers in large scale devestation. (this would be when it is too late to reverse it)

I could care less what they're wives or children have to say. Of course they're gonna say their partner is the best. what a load of c**p! This isn't news. If anything, the more their partner speaks out, the less likely I am to vote for them!!

I want to know what they're firm positions and plans are, and no more ideological blah-blah catering to the mindless!! It's like hearing the beauty pageant queen saying she wants world peace over and over!

Geez IOWA . hope you are not going to the caucus. Edwards has fought against insurance companies not for them. If you had a lawsuit against a giant insurance company for doing you wrong, John Edwards would be YOUR lawyer. The insurance companies lawyers would be John Roberts or Harriet Meyers.

I am curious to know what experience Hilary Clinton has? What has she governed? can you educate me? People speak about about Hilary and experience but can not point to one thing or enerprise she has governed.

Dee, First of all I am grown up 38 years old as a matter of fact. I am only pointing out what the republicans will do to him in the general election. And no, sometimes Americans are not that smart when it comes to these attacks in Presidential elections.... Do you remember what happened to Kerry in 2004? They took a war hero and tried to make him look unpatriotic. This is what the republicans do. Trust me I know I am from Texas which is a highly republican voting state. What the constitution says about who can run has nothing to do with what I said. It's pretty simple, if Obama ends up being the nominee we will have another republican president in the end.

These "wives" aren't "first ladies" yet – they should sit down and shut up!! Their spouses don't need them talking for them. Who cares what they think.

jen, with the right republican, things could be fixed, unfortunately Ron Paul isn't at the top of the heep, we would have to settle for guilliani or romney, neither one of which I feel is any different from our current leader... As for Reagan, was not a big fan of his. He is the reason we have HMO's .... Why your doctor can't just run a test on you when he feels it's necessary, he has to get permission from insurance companies, which most of the time tell you that they don't feel it's necessary, and we all know THEY went to college to become a doctor. Also he is responsible for small business owners taking a plunge. I like McCain, but I do not feel he is going to fair very well in the nomination process.

I am a 40 year old African-American male. The idea of a black man as president in a country that previously supported segregation and opposed civil rights for all americans sounds wonderful. However, that choice would be based solely on race, which is not a valid reason for anyone to support Obama for President. Besides, does he really understand the issues and experiences of black men and women that have the common history being raised by parents and grandparents that have experienced first hand the evils of segregation and racial discrimination? He is acceptable to non-blacks in part because his ancestors were not former slaves,victims of discrimination, or subjected to segregaton. For example, if he were the son of Rev. Jesse Jackson and was running for President he would not have anywhere near the support he has today.
I say all of this to say that we should look as far beyond race and gender as possible in order to choose the person that is best qualified to lead on the first day of office and make the tough decisions that are required to improve the quality of life for all Americans. We simply cannot afford o have another unprepared, unqualified, clown in the oval office. We have had this for the last 7 years, and lookat the mess that we are in.
Whether we like it or not, the Des Moines Regist was correct to give their endorsements to Hillary Clinton and John McCain. These two are truly the most prepared and capable of doing the best job at home and abroad. they both have proven their ability to work with those they disagree with and still get results. They both have shown amazing character and strength when faced with setbacks and adversity. They both are more fighter than John Edwards will ever be and have exceedingly more knowledge regarding what it takes to effect lasting substantial change than Obama has demonstrated thus far.

They're trying to insinuate that in Michelle speaking to a 17-year old, as if she shouldn't be informing a 'child'. Well I'm sure that 17-yr old will be voting in the general election when she's 18, and therefore they need to be just as informed as the next adult!

GO MICHELLE!!

Personally, I think that the Edwards folks were trying to draw SYMPATHY votes by revealing Elizabeth's cancer issues. I feel for her, but as another stated above, Edwards should be taking this time to spend with his family, NOT running for President. It's all about PRIORITIES! Needless so say that I don't trust him either, I think he talks out both side of his mouth in regard to the special interests and 527s.

His idiot campaign manager Joe Trippi said yesterday that if Obama had the greater crowds, just stop talking about it and beat them already.... sounds like he's running scared to me!

OBAMA 2008 and 2012!!! FIRED UP!! READY TO GO!! BRING IT HOME IOWA!!

Edwards is an Israel-Firster who would be ready to sell out USA for Israel and take us into a needless war against Iran for the benefit of Israel. The way that Edwards grovelled before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), was disgusting. Edwards is an Israel-Firster (and not an America-Firster), just like all the other candidates in both the Republican and Democratic Parties with the exception of Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, and Ron Paul. It's time that Americans send a clear message to both political parties to turf out Israel-Firsters like Edwards, Clinton, Romney, Giuliani, McCain, and the others. These folks all seem to have brown tongues seeing as to how their tongues are buried where the sun don`t shine deep up the backside of Israeli special interest groups.

As a Democrat I can honestly say that I am tired of the special intrests and lobbyist continuing to have their voices by buying our candidates off every election year. If I were in Iowa I would be just as confused and undecided as the next person when it comes to which Democratic Candidate to support. I like Obama but feel as though I don't enough about his positions especially his health care plan. Hillary Clinton to me does have the necessary credentials and experience to be president but , I feel as though she would be a lightning rod for the GOP. And when it comes to Edwards he did make a mistake by accepting federally matching funds because the GOP will do another "Swift Boat" routine on him and then he will be left there with no money to do anything about it and once again us Dems will look weak. On the other hand Michelle Obama should not have told someone not to support a candidate just because there candidate doesn't have the dough. I remember when we as Americans used to believe in a government for the people and by the people, but now all we have is a government by the dollar and for the dollar. May the best Democrat win in 08 because of their ideas for moving America forward and not because they had the most cash stockpiled.

And the harpies descend.....

she never knows when to close it!

John Edwards is still telling people why they should not vote for Obama. He claims that Obama is "too nice". What the hell does that mean, and how do you measure it!

Mrs Obama was talking about a measurable reason why it might not be wise to vote for John Edwards. Without enough campaign money support, the Republicans would eat him alive.

Which is it Elizabeth? Your Husband is telling people to not vote for Obama, so where do you come off complaining when Mrs. Obama tells a voter not to vote for your little John Boy. Your husband is the one who set the tone. How come you are not very disappointed in him. Could it be that you are just playing political games, and will say anything to try and get your man the nomination!

I think the press has given Michelle Obama a break with some of her comments she has made several negative comments and if the press is going to screen all the other spouses she deserves the same treatment .Even Obama made a comment that she has a short fuse !!! Its doesn't matter anyhow its going to be
Clinton anyhow maybe Edwards will be her VP .

please, dear fellow americans, stop calling your president "leader of the free world" as i read in one of the messages.
first it sounds like a late 60's cold war nickname, and secondly we, europeans, have our own leaders, for the best and worse, but i think we are also a part of the "free world" and we all hope your next president will be less blind and deaf to the opinions of these leaders than president bush is!!

As Americans we must unite to save humanity. We must target our country's need to accept globalization of the world, by acknowledging that this acceptance should begin right here in America. Each of us holds within our DNA, different components that separate us as unique diverse individuals while linking all of us togethers as humans. It is my hope that we elect a president that is willing to travel the the world with an innate understanding that we all are related because we are all members of the human race. I hope that some day we can elect a president who can look each person in the eye and firmly share this perspective. Americans should be able to travel the world knowing that we are a people that are respected while sharing with our brothers and sisters overseas; our understanding of what it means to be a humanitarian without fear of retribution.

Truth hurts but Tuesday will tell it all and we all know that this country is ready for change....right CNN?

Suzie,

I beg to disagree. John Edwards does not have an iota of integrity as a candidate. His trying-to-get-elected message is totally incongruent with who he is. He is FOSTERING envy, resentment and divisiveness. I guarantee you with absolute assurrance that Edwards' concern for the working class is strictly limited to their votes. His message is an insult to voter intelligence, and anyone who believes it should put down the bong.

Hillary draws more Republicans to the polls than she does Democrats.

Campaining on poverty isn't a winning strategy. It's not really a winnable cause in any case. Anyone remember the great results of LBJ's "War on Poverty?" Oh yeah, we didn't win that war either.

Obama's real strength in the Iowa caucuses is that he tends to come in number one as people's second choice. The supporters of non-viables (Kucinich, Gravel, Biden, Dodd, Richardson) are going to tend to flock towards him ahead of Clinton and Edwards.

We have a similar caucus system here in Nevada.

If your candidate has too little support amongst the attendees in your precinct, they have a choice between shifting their support to another candidate or going home.

As some of these second tier candidatese drop off after the first few primaries, I think the current three-way tie will change into more of a solid lead for the least undesirable alternative.

Nothing draws out the Obama homers like a Ticker article about Clinton or Edwards.

Obama being so insubstantial now, just imagine him up against the Republican Swift-Boat apparatus. Which TV celebrity would he trot out when he has to take on a tough Republican candidate like Giuliani? He is wimpy, and offers nothing other than rhetoric.

Those who think his lack of experience means nothing are mistaken. If you have ever been president of any kind of organization you should know that EXPERIENCE IS EVERYTHING.

But then, this lack of judgement on the part of Obama-ites is not at all surprising.

Of course you hear more about the new poll on FOX.That's republican central and they do their level best to skew ALL polls and numbers to send a message of fear to other republicans ,the undecided and to confuse the heck out of democrats.Too bad they never tell the truth about these things but they're just following instructions from the whitehouse.It doesn't much matter since the voters will let everyone know for sure anyway except in Florida maybe.

As a nation we know nothing about Obama, he has shown no interest in serving t

We do not know what Obama even stands for, or how he would govern the nation. He has shown no interest in serving the people of Illinois. The biggest problem in our country is Healthcare, there is only one person that has the ability to change our healthcare system, and that is Hillary Clinton, Please vote Hillary!

he people of Illinois.

TIME for TRUTH.....

HILLARY will not WIN in NOV 08

OBAMA HUSSEIN will not WIN in NOV 08

What states would they win??? None in the south and most likely not even Ohio..
I always ask their supporters what states will they win?

What will the Republicans attack them on?? Clinton=baggage Obama=Husseind how many americans do you know with Hussein?

REPUBLICANS are giving a ton of money to Clinton/OBAMA to have them be the nomintee...

REpublicans do not WANT JOHN EDWARDS !!!

THAT is the TRUTH EDWARDS the most ELECTIBLE–Come on people we need someone that can make this once again THE UNITED STATES not the DIVIDED STATES !!=EDWARDS (v.p. no one ever votes for who is on the vp spot, lame excuse)

anyone who thinks CNN or any of the other MSM didn't post this story as they did to cast a negative spin on edwards out of that same fear is fooling themselves! and that is why edwards is surging! the true americans are sick to death of this same political cartoon.......and the american people will stand up, rise up, and put their foot down and vote John Edwards for TRUE CHANGE!!

these polls are rigged........get a clue!!! you all should quite being spoon fed your thoughts and so called facts by the media.......do your own research for the truth, as it is the only way the truth will truly be told... the fact is EDWARDS is the most electable and once elected he will have all the money he needs to win the presidency. obama and clinton have begun jumping all over edwards after a year of ignoring him because the fact is they are very nervous by edwards right now........and your (obabma/clinton supporters) comments above are only more signs of that fear......both can and will loose to edwards.

MICHELLE OBAMA IS NOT FIRST LADY MATERIAL, NOR IS HER HUSBAND PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL. WOULD NOT LIKE EITHER ONE OF THEM IN THE WHITE HOUSE AS LEADERS OF THIS COUNTRY. DON'T TRUST HIS EXPERIENCE AND DON'T TRUST HER ....PERIOD. MICHELLE OBAMA IS A 'SMART ALEC,' AND A WOMAN OTHER WOMEN DO NOT LIKE BECAUSE OF HER ARROGANCE. HER HUSBAND IS NOT QUALIFIED NOR EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO BE PRESIDENT, REGARDLESS OF WHERE HE ATTENDED COLLEGE. WHO CARES? HE SPEAKS IN FAIRY TALES AND NEBULOUS IDEAS....CHANGE....WHAT EXACTLY DOES HE EXPECT TO CHANGE? WHO KNOWS? NOTHING IS DEFINITE OR ON POINT. OBAMA SPEAKS ABOUT 'PIE IN THE SKY'......JUST A BUNCH OF WORDS. OBAMA MAKES NO SENSE AND THE WORD 'CHANGE' IS A LOADED WORD THAT THE IGNORANT MASSES HEAR AND FOLLOW. OBAMA DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT HE MEANS WITH THE WORD 'CHANGE'....AFTER HEARING MICHELLE SPEAK, ELIZABETH EDWARDS WAS PROBABLY VERY DISAPPOINTED IN WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY AND ESPECIALLY, MICHELLE'S DELIVERY. YES, WE'RE SICK OF OBAMAS. EMPTY PROMISES.....WE NEED CHANGE....2008 IS GOING TO BE A GOOD YEAR.....WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? DEMOCRATS SHOULD VOTE FOR EDWARDS.

Though I love Liz, Im ashamed she came out lookin like that.

wake up babyboomers!! obama is an affirmative action product. no doubt about it.

These are the jobs Obamarama is qualified for: university spokesperson, casino greeter, and infomercial narator. That's about it.

Obama is a greased in, affirmative actioned, handled, little puppet whose wife probably pulls the strings. Hillary is acerbic and niether are electable. Go Edwards!!! I'm a lifelong democrat, as were my parents and grandparents, but if either hillary or Iraq Obama get the nomiination, I will not be voting democrat this time.

I'm ashamed of the majority of Senator Obama supporters who have posted here. Supposedly his message is one of love and harmony, yet the comments are vicious and disgusting If this is the ilk of those whom his message resonates with, then I want no part of his empty promises of being the "Uniter"!!

AND those who try to argue that Senator Obama is like Kennedy by pointing out that he was only a 1st term Senator, somehow fail to see that JFK had spent 6YRS in the US House of Representatives, AND 6YRS in the US Senate, after having served as a Naval Commander in the South Pacific WWII. At 43, he was the youngest President ever sworn into office (as well as the first & only Catholic) and hailed by many as a celebrity. In Kennedy's 1961 inaugural speech, he stated, "My fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy

America was fiteen years into the cold war in June 1961, when the Soviet Premier met the NEW American President in Vienna to discuss the east-west confrontation and the Berlin situation. Kruschev carefully assessed the new President, and left the summit THINKING KENNEDY WAS WEAK AND LACKING IN EXPERIENCE. As a result Kruschev felt embolden to ignore Kennedy's demands to stop the Russian military build-up, eventually leading up to the CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS. (for more details google)

Lyndon B. Johnson stepped into the Presidency – (VP)Johnson had been a Texas Senator with a long illustrious career in Congress. Yet despite being a part of the ESTABLISHMENT his strength in the South was needed to win the Kennedy White House. LBJ continued the Space Race and enacted Civil Rights Laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and the "War on Poverty." Although he won election in 1964 , his downfall was the Vietnam War (which was actually inherited from JFK!) and thus to Richard Nixon's election & reelection '68/'72

IN 1976 with Nixon's Watergate Scandal still fresh in the voters' minds, the Nation was clamoring for ANOTHER CHANGE –> out with the old established guard – in with the new non-Washington crowd. Hence, JIMMY CARTER'S position as an outsider, distant from Washington, D.C., became his best asset. The centerpiece of his campaign platform was GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION. He & his wife Rosyln offered firm family values and a refreshingly humble untarnished appeal..

Unfortunately for America (although maturing into a great elder statesman) CARTER'S LACK OF EXPERIENCE RESULTED IN SEVERAL MAJOR CRISES: including the take over of the American embassy and holding of hostages by militants in Iran, a failed rescue attempt of the hostages, serious fuel shortages, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan!!!

"CARTER advocated a policy that held other countries to the highest moral standard possible, a standard by which, he believed, Americans would want themselves to be judged. His Presidency was dominated by the IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS, during which the United States struggled to rescue diplomats and American citizens held hostage in Tehran for 444 DAYS! By 1980, Carter was so unpopular that he was challenged by Ted Kennedy for the party nomination – and although Carter received the Democratic nomination, he lost the election to GOP Ronald Reagan." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter

ALTHOUGH BARACK OBAMA WOULD LIKE TO COMPARE HIMSELF WITH JFK – IT WOULD BE WISEST TO SEE THAT HE MOST CLOSELY RESEMBLES JIMMY CARTER – THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE WHO RAN ON A "WASHINGTON OUTSIDER" PLATFORM, OFFERING CHANGE FOR THE SAKE OF CHANGE; WHO PRESENTED SOLID FAMILY VALUES; WHO HAD NO FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE – WHOSE "ON-THE-JOB TRAINING" BROUGHT 444 DAYS OF THE IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS. (In fact after reading Jimmy Carter's history, it was almost like Barack Obama's was the mirror image of Carter's presidential campaign!)

The Oprah-Obama Traveling Circus shamelessly drew attention away from the best candidates and gave media hype and name recognition to the least qualified. Although he vowed to stay above the fray – he didn't hesitate to wallow in the mud himelse. Now the masses are enamored by his eloquent speeches and PROMISES OF CHANGE, ignoring and making excuses for his lack of experience!

AMERICA CAN NOT AFFORD ANOTHER NEOPHYTE IN THE WHITE HOUSE – when the world situation is even more precarious than ever before!!!

IF Edwards win the Iowa Caucuses he will start receiving more donations and his campaign will become very much viable for the duration. The supporters of all the other candidates (including the Republicans and Independents) have seen Barack Obama for what he really is - another politician who is playing the game, pretending that he isn't – and speaking out of both sides of his mouth...

Barack Obama is continually downplayed by the main stream media and attacked by special interest groups pouring money into Iowa. Why?

Because he doesn't take corporate PAC money. He will take a sledgehammer to the broken system while Clinton would play ball with them like usual.

The media is attempting to throw the focus to Edwards because they know he has no chance of actually getting the nomination. Anything they can do to throw the focus off Obama helps Clinton, which is repeatedly CNN and other big media outlets goal.

Barack Obama is now clearly the front runner in the most predicitive polls. Yet they marginalize him. You really have to ask why and ask who it is that they really are scared of.

They're scared to death of Barack Obama, which is good for the American people, because he can actually win, and he can actually change politics as usual

You democrats love this kind of drama. Does it tell you something.

Don't vote for Edwards because he won't have the cash to go the distance? Hey Michelle how about don't vote for your husband because Republicans will chew him up and spit him out...and for the record I think its high time Bill, Michelle, and Elizabeth all shut their mouths and let their spouses do the talking (ya know the ones actually running for president). I can't stand Republicans but atleast their candidates do the actually stumping themselves. Has anybody seen or heard from Mrs. Huckabee? We all know Fred Thompson married someone half his age but I haven't seen Tim Russert interview her yet. Guliani has three wives and there hasn't been so much as a peep from any of them! Enough with the mudslinging from the spouses.

P.S. That goes for the candidates too. Republicans can go negative all they want but I'd like to see my party behave a little bit better.

Why do Americans think that the criteria for selecting the major World leader should be based on who they would like to have a beer with, or babysit their Grandchildren, or be a "breath of fresh air"? This is serious stuff here, the media should reflect it. Look at Britain, all their elected leaders have some heavy-weight intellectual and policy credendials. If CNN spoon-feed this trivia on voters the process is further diminished and trivialized. Ultimately America will get the elected leader the population deserves. We do now.

From Gary-

Also shame on you CNN, I felt like you under represented the latest Iowa poll today that showed Obama at least 7 points ahead of his closest opponent. However, yesterday when Edwards was ahead that was all you talked about. Why the double standards? I actually heard more about this new poll on Fox and MSNBC. I expect more from CNN….shame!!

Barack Obama 32%
Hillary Clinton 25%
John Edwards 24%

Unfortunately, there is the rub – the figures above were NOT from the latest Iowa poll, they were 2 days before the most recent CNN poll.

When the DMR figures were released, I was disheartened to read the numbers, but I did read them on this site. But by this morning they were no longer "new">

That's not to say they are not relevant. From the information I have read on both polls, each used a different demographic, and so skewed to the direction of the population polled.

The outcome is going to be totally dependent on the GOTV efforts, and who actually makes it to the caucuses. I'm rooting for good weather.

The Edwards really need to focus on their family with Elizabeth being diagnosed with Cancer.I have a hard time supporting a family who put their political ambitions above their children. Elizabeth stay home and rest and focus on your children.

Lisa you make a good point....Elizabeth has an incurable form of cancer, so instead of spending quality time with her kids (7 yrs to 25yrs old) and husband. The Edwards should not be campaigning again, but what can I say to a guy like John Edwards who values politics over family.

Carlos January 1, 2008 9:43 pm ET

This country will never elect a President with a name "Barack Hussein Obama".
I am not afiliated to any party; however, if democrats make the mistake and elect Obama as their nominee, we will have a new Republican President January 2009. ..

Maybe in 8 years that would be possible, but not this year

CARLOS WELL SAID. I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE. ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE MEDIA NEVER CALLS ON HIS MIDDLE NAME HUSSEIN. MOST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY AT THIS POINT STILL DON'T KNOW HIS MIDDLE NAME IS HUSSEIN AND BY THE TIME THEY FIND OU IT WILL BE TOO LATE FOR THE DEMOCRATS. REPUBLICANS WILL HAVE A CAKE WALK.

Yes, Edwards is willing to give our tax dollars to folks who bought homes that they couldn't pay for. I am disapointed in his idea that the government has bottomless pockets and should solve all of our problems. There should never be consequences for our actions. I grew up among populists candidates and they make me sick. They promise you anything. Maybe you have heard of Louisiana. How does a guy with a 28,000 square foot house and $400 haircuts champion the poor and the middle class. I guess it is for his conscience. You know, ambulance chasing and the hedge fund he worked for. How stupid are we? Stupid enough to think Hillary has relevent experience? Please she has no more or less than any other candidate.

Democrats like to hide their faulty arguments on issues behind people whose physical pain is real, so that you can't really debate policy with them. You're the bad guy if you challenge someone who has lost a loved one or with someone who is sick. Oh, shes' got CANCER? I can't disagree with HER ! Yes, we have sympathy and pray for those with cancer, but you can't claim high moral ground and avoid debating an issue because you've suffered personal devastation, Im sorry. And your candidate doesn't become better qualified because he or she has had pain in their lives or an illness.

Some of us have had personal catastrophes but don't talk about it in public. Most people reading this have a burden, tho some are more obvious than others; it doesn't exempt you from being wrong on an issue.

I have never bothered to read comments at the end of a story until now – - and what a waste. many of the entries contain simple and pathetic spelling errors. you folks think you have meaningful thoughts to offer, and you can't even spell. you represent the dumbing-down of America. I truly resent that a few states, with demographics and values that do not come close to representing the whole of this county, and certainly not my sense of civic responsibility or opinions, will disproportionately shape our choice for president. you folks – - with your pseudo political and economic theories – - terrify me. to those of you with entries that are correctly spelled, are these your own words, or did a campaign equip you?

Michelle Obama is devious like her husband and do anything to further the ambitions of Barack H Obama. Michelle should apoligize. Obama's preach clean politics but they are hypocrites like a fox in red riding clothes.Shame on the Obama's.

I hate to say it but does anybody else notice how cult like Obama supporters come off?

It is clear many of them are very young, moreover, some appear a bit uneductated as well as naive., What has me very alarmed is with their blind reverance for this man, who in his INability to truly articulate any clear stance on an issue, acts as a blank screen( for these poor people who are so desperate for a hero )to project themselves on to. He can appear to be all things to all people. This is not only very scary, it is not reality based. Hope is all very well, but hope for what?ope he wins?? Unity is all very well, but he is being divisive while parroting this hope meme. His followers, are flooding the blogosphere and these threads and saying very divisive things. Obama followers (supporters just does not seem to apply to them) are delusional and really setting themselves up for a huge dissapoinment if the really believe he could EVER win a General election. Sorry but it's the truth and the corporate powers that be know it as well, thats why the MSM has been pushing this 2 person race from the get go. The 2 most unelectable candidiates facing off in a Primary and losing to the GOP in the General. Yes, even within this Political Climate, with the Bush&co fatigue, the Democrats will find another way to lose what should have been a slam dunk. Truly pathetic!

Obama wants change in Washington where MONEY determines everything because those who have the MONEY can pay the lobbiest. I am very disappointed in Barack and Michelle. I thought he was going to change a system that is corrupted by those with the MONEY and that he had supposedly spent his young life helping those without MONEY. Now he is attacking the guy who doesn't have enough MONEY. So, what he is really saying to young people especially poor minorities is that unless you have a lot of MONEY or freinds like Oprah with lots of MONEY, you can never be President of the United States of America. Thanks Michelle for killing the Dream. To those of you who are attacking a cancer patient who fights every day for her life and the life of others whould look in the mirror. Has politics in this country become so nasty that we the infermed among us. Why is Hillary a women standing silent while her supporters attack another women for her apperarance. I guess we really haven't come that far afterall.

I DON'T LIKE NEGATIVE CAMPAIGNING AND WILL NOT VOTE FOR ANYONE WHO PARTICIPATES IN IT. THESE WIVES ARE NOT DOING THEIR HUSBANDS ANY FAVORS, FIGHTING THEIR HUSBAND'S BATTLES. I ADMIRED BILL CLINTON"S INTEGRITY WHEN ASKED HIS OPINION ABOUT THE OTHER CANDIDATES. HE HAD SOMETHING COMPLIMENTARY TO SAY ABOUT EACH ONE. BUT HE HAS ALWAYS SAID THAT IN HIS OPINION HILLARY WOULD MAKE AN EXCELLENT PRESIDENT.
AFTER 8 YEARS OF BUSH, I SHOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD VOTE FOR THE CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST INTELLIGENCE. I KNOW THAT MANY OF THE CANDIDATES HAVE LAW DEGREES AND HILLARY IS ONE OF THEM, BUT SHE HAS THE DISTINCT HONOR OF HAVING BEEN TWICE NAMED AS ONE OF THE TOP 100 LAWYERS IN THE COUNTRY. IMAGINE HOW MANY MEN SHE BEAT OUT. SHE WAS ALSO CHOSEN TO BE ON THE WATERGATE COMMISSION. AS A MATE OF THE PRESIDENT, SHE HAS MET MANY HEADS OF STATE . WHEN SHE WAS STILL IN SCHOOL, SHE WORKED FOR UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND WAS INTERESTED IN HEALTH CARE FOR THEM.
SHE IS VERY WELL LOVED BY THE PEOPLE SHE SERVED AS SENATOR OF NEW YORK AND HAS MORE OF A BLACK FOLLOWING THAN OBAMA. GO GIRL!

Obama has not gone after Edward's wife, Edward's wife should not go after his. Michelle's speech yesterday in Grinnell was very moving; she is great on the stump and would make an excellent first lady. Also the Edward's have $55 million–if they believe in the cause why not use that money to fund their campaign.

About time we had cat fight on the campaign. Get Hillary in the mix too..

All we need in this country is to support the right person that will bring a big change to Washington than sitting on the side listening to these unfair media (CNN, FOX, ect.) . America needs a dramatic change in the interest of its people and creating a peaceful world for all.

Talk about inane garbage....comments about Elizabeth Edwards' hair and makeup when (1) she is trying to talk about presidential politics, not hair care products, and (2) she has cancer. Try applauding a strong woman who is persevering in the shadow of a terrible disease, please. Cosmetics will not turn this country around, people. Elizabeth Edwards, stay strong–we need bright people in this debate, unlike some CNN bloggers...............

PS–Nice touch from the person who called the Iowa citizens stupid Corn Heads.....another genius in our midst.

This country will never elect a President with a name "Barack Hussein Obama".
I am not afiliated to any party; however, if democrats make the mistake and elect Obama as their nominee, we will have a new Republican President January 2009. ..

Maybe in 8 years that would be possible, but not this year....

A vote for Obama is a vote for a new republican president. GO HILLARY!!!

I do think we should consider the fact that the last time Edwards was running along with Kerry, he didn't even get close to winning either South Carolina or North Carolina, his home states. That's after already having represented North Carolina as Senator. Why is it that no one ever talks about his record as N.C. Senator? Also, Hillary always talks about her experience as first lady and New York Senator, what does she have to show for it. If you are going to tout your experience, and the lack there of for the other candidates, you should have something to show for it.

Also shame on you CNN, I felt like you under represented the latest Iowa poll today that showed Obama at least 7 points ahead of his closest opponent. However, yesterday when Edwards was ahead that was all you talked about. Why the double standards? I actually heard more about this new poll on Fox and MSNBC. I expect more from CNN....shame!!

Barack Obama 32%
Hillary Clinton 25%
John Edwards 24%

Finally, I believe all the Democrats are good people and would make a much better president than any of the Republicans running, as well as the one we have now by far. So whoever wins the Democratic nomination, they will have my support as an independent, in the final analysis… Good riddance George Bush!

I throw my support behind Barack Obama; someone I believe could unite this country, like never before, the red states, the blue states, and finally the rest of the world.

All the politicians who believe the only way to win elections in the US is by smearing and name calling and falsely attacking their opponents usually who are better than them often do not accomplish anything, if you want evidence look at George Bush and the republican party who spent most of their campaigns attacking and destroying the character of John Kerry and John Mccain then. Tell me what have they accomplished for this country or regular Americans after nearly 8years in office.
And for you folks who don't love yourself let alone anybody else or who don't appreciate any good thing cos you're incapable of doing any good; you can call Senator Obama all that you want but the truth remains that it does'nt change any bit the fact that the core decency of the majority of American people recognized the intelligence, honesty, integrity , competent leadership and sincere love for this country that is found in Sen Obama. Finally, as a CNN regular watcher I'm concerned that CNN would jump to report how senator Clinton leads Sen. Obama in the polls but when a credible poll has Obama leading that would not interest CNN. I don't know whether they're trying to be like Foxnews. If that's true then I'm done with CNN.

Obama is an amatuer and a schmuck.

just remember THIS Iowans....

HILLARY was meeting with World leaders

when Obambam was still smoking pot in College.

He's Nowhere near as qualified as Clinton is.

PLUS add to the fact she's got the MOST SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT OF THE LAST FIFTY YEARS sleeping on the other side of the bed.

Don't be a stupid Corn head...

VOTE FOR THE MOST QUALIFED!

VOTE FOR HILLARY!

You are basing this story on a conversation that Michelle Obama "supposedly" had with a 17 year old girl??? I'm sorry, this is not credible. I don't even believe Michelle Obama said that in the first place. Shouldn't you have checked with her before you printed this drivel???

I think that John Edwards should just give it up and support Obama. I think that John Edwards would make a good Vice President for Barack Obama, and a lot better one that Hillary Clinton.

With their experience with corrupt Washington they will be able to give Barack Obama advice on how to dismantle it since they know so much about it.

All I'll say is Good Bye George Bush and Hello Barack Obama!

Vancouver writes: It kills me that NADER gets any press at all in the USA. His ego put W in the White House!! Thanks for IRAQ, Ralph. As an outsider looking in, I have seen things go from bad to worse in the USA.

As a former Vancouverite, I agree! I am now an American and I want to see things get better in the USA. Go Hillary!!

I know she is getting cancer treatments, but Elizabeth does need to spend more time on her hair and makeup. She looks terrible, and really should be home with her children, instead of promoting her shady husband, who hopefully will never get elected.

I have given money to Obama's campaign three times, but I would LOVE Hillary as President. I just fear the GOP's slimy attacks; I think they will do her in–despite the fact that she is a genius, has years of experience, and a great man beside her (Bill was the best president we've had in far too many years and doubtless Hillary helped him, too.)

I really like Edwards, but I worry that he won't win these primaries, so I feel like it is a moot point to discuss him now. Yes, he could win the South, and a Dem will have to do that.

I like them all...I really think Joe Biden is great, but you never hear anything about him, unfortunately.

It all comes down to who can win. Let's get hte most electable Dem as our nominee. Democrats need to work together. Give money to the DNC, the DCCC, whomever you believe can win this. We MUST take back America.

Ok, fair question...being that I've only been able to vote for a short time...but WHY EXACTLY am I supposed to CARE to hear from the candidates WIVES? Now don't get me wrong, I know Hillary is trying to use her time as First Lady as foreign policy experience, but I could care less if the President's wife is a house wife or a cashier at a grocery store or a lawyer with some large law firm in DC...who cares. I'd much rather have the candidates answer some questions that they don't have to have 24 hours in advance so that they may sit down with their speech writers to go over what answer to give and when to tear up or seem angry. I want a President who can think on his feet, who is more concerned with the safety of our nation than writing discrimination into our Constitution and who can at least name some of the current foreign leaders. It would be nice if he could keep up with current events on his own as well, you know a self-starter. I don't want a President who needs to be fed current events and his current beliefs, daily.

ALSO - THERE IS VERY LITTLE HOPE FOR EITHER OBAMA OR EDWARDS -

MARK MY WORDS THE PROCESS IS RIGGED FOR HILLARY CLINTON.....I DONT SUPPORT HER AT ALL BUT THE POWERS THAT BE – THE CORPORATIONS - WILL GET HER THE NOMINATION

BRAVO!!!! Elizabeth. I'm an Edwards supporter and I am very greatful that Elizabeth Edwards has the moxy to speak the truth in the face of a party that is becoming increasingly nonresponsive to its foundations. Help, the democratic party has been jijacked by the raging liberals riding the PC bandwagon. Thankyou, Elizabeth, for your voice of reason.

AND PLEASE GIVE ME A BREAK JOHN EDWARDS GET A $400 HAIR CUT WHILES SOME KID IN NEW ORLEANS IS HUNGRY. HE IS OVER 25O MILLION DOLLARS RICH AND OWNS HEDGE FUNDS AND THEN TALK ABOUT COORPERATE GREED. YOU MUST BE STUPID TO VOTE FOR HIM. THE CONSTITUTION SAYS CONGRESS MAKES THE LAW AND THE PRESIDENT SIGNS OR VETO JOHN EDWARDS CANT DO ANYTHING UNLESS HE HAVE MAJORITY IN CNGRESS BOTH HIM AND HILL WILL LOOSE THE CONGRESS. CUZ THEY ARE TOO DEVICISE.....

I CANT BELIEVE THE DEGREE OF THESE REDICOULOUSLY NASTY REMARKS ABOUT JOHN EDWARDS -

THERE MUST BE A PACK OF RETARDS READING THESE STORIES....YOU SHOULD HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR JOHN EDWARDS YOU MISERABLE PACK OF FREAKS - HIS WIFE HAS CANCER, HE LOST ONE OF HIS CHILDREN, HE DOESNT COOME FROM A PRIVILEGED BACKGROUND AND YOU'RE WRONG WHEN YOU STATE THAT HE DIIDNT HELP JOHN KERRY - THAT ELECTION LIKE THE PREVIOUS WON WAS STOLEN - MORON ; KERRY ACTUALLY WON BUT DECIDED NOT TO DISPUTE THE QUESTIONABLE RESULTS...

FURTHEMORE JOHN EDWARDS JUST GOT BACKED BY RALPH NADER!!!!!

YOU'RE ARGUEMENTS ARE STUPID AND ACTUALLY SOUND CHILDISH AND SOMEWHAT RACIST....OBAMA'S APPEAL IS THAT HE IS RIGHT ON THE ISSUES, WHATEVER HAPPENS AT THE CAUCUASES THE TRUTH IS THAT EDWARDS HAS BEEN SHOWN IN THE POLLS TO BEAT ALL THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES IN THE ELECTION, NO OTHER DEMOCRAT HAS BEEN SHOWN TO DO THAT - SO THE TRUTH IS HE HAS AN EXTREMELY GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING - IF THE ELECTION ISNT FIXED AGAIN....

AS FOR NOW - I JUST DECIDED NOT TO CAUCUS FOR OBAMA SINCE I HEARD HIM TODAY PANDERING TO THE RIGHT AND CALLING AMADINEJHAD A "NUT" - THIS REMARK PROVED,TODAY, TO ME THAT HE WILL NOT PROVE TO BE AN EFFECTIVE LEADER INTERNATIONALLY ...YOU DONT TALK ABOUT IMPLEMENTING DIPLOMATIC STRATEGIES AND REFER TO THE PERSON YOU ARE TRYING TO COME TO AN AGREEMENT WITH AS A "NUT."

ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT "SO CALLED" "NUT" WAS DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED....AND MOST OF THE STORIES THAT YOU READ IN THE PAPER ARE FALSE – MAINLY BECAUSE HE IS NOT IN VIOLATION OF ANY UN REAOLUTIONS OR INTERNATIONAL LAWS , AND READ THE NIE REPORT , DUMMY THEY HAVENT BEEN PURSUING NUCLEAR WEAPONS... A COMMENT LIKE THAT MAKES ME THIN K THAT OBAMA IS A NEOCON.

WHILE I INITIALLY SUPPORTED OBAMA - I HAVE DEFINITELY COMPLETETLY CHANGED MY MIND IN FAVOR OF EDWARDS; ESPECAILLY WHEN I READ SUCH SAMLL MINDED VICIOUS COMMENTS....I HAD BEEN DECIDING BETWEEN THOSE 2. –

Useless article. Who cares! Why don't you talk more about Edward's policies seeing as they are the most completed and extensive of anyone running. And I'm not even sold on him!

I am so sick of these Deomocratic surrogate candidates (Elizabeth, Michelle, Hillary). Why don't they just leave the politcal business to the REAL candidates. You don't see any of the Republican candidate's spouses trying to grab the spotlight, because they know that this is highly inappropriate.

Elizabeth Edwards is even more frightening than her linguini-spined husband.

This is for Michelle Obama, the rear view mirror image of John Edwards is closer than you think......If John Edwards is not a threat to Mr. Obama, why is his wife attacking him with lies....Shame on you Michelle Obama, I thought you had better class than that. If Obama wins the nomination for the democrates, I will vote for the other side.

From Galveston, Texas

I don't trust Edwards at all. I'm for Ron Paul (even though his chances are, well...slim). I'd much rather have Obama be in office.

These comments are both revealing and disappointing. It shows me how in some cases people are still very bias. I too have been watching CNN today. It has truly disappointed me that they have given Hillary and Edwards so much air coverage as if Barack Obama is an afterthought. As many have mentioned, they have barely mentioned the Iowa poll taken today that has shown Barack Obama leading by as much as 7 points. I was able to get more coverage about that poll on both Fox and MSNBC. That's disappointing to me because I’ve always thought I could count on CNN for balance coverage. The other thing that bothers me is why everyone always refers to Barack Obama as an African American. His mom is white, and his dad is from Kenya. He happens to be a biracial American, which I do think is an asset. He brings so many perspectives to the table. I ask everyone that wants a president that is a bridge builder to ask the question, who would best fit that mold of what this country needs right now as it’s president? Hands down, it's Barack Obama. Not to take anything from either the Clinton camp or the Edwards camp. They are both good people, but I do think that we are ready for something other than business as usual in Washington. Finally, we should all be more positive as we comment about these democratic presidential candidates and their families. Any of them would be better than what we have now, hands down. I hope this country can look beyond the fact that someone can be our president other than a while male. I like to think that we are now a better people than our history would suggest.

Good by and good riddance George Bush and your old cronies!

Jim,
I really don't think you should be wishing poxes on people. Not very New Year like.

Again, my comment to everyone is this.......we need to get together rather than fight. It's about gaining the White House back and regaining strength again as a country.

Quoting Fred:

John Edwards is hands-down my choice for president.

It's time we got someone electable who can run for the democratic party.

Clinton and Obama are not electable. Hillary is way too divisive and would be very bad for this country, and mainstream America won't vote for Barack Obama. Put either of them up in the November election and you could end up with Huckabee or Romney in the White House.

The negatives for Clinton and Obama are not the reason to vote for Edwards, though. Edwards is sharp and will work to eliminate the special interests that are destroying this country. Your Congress is not working for the working American. They are on the payroll and working for corporate America – doing what they want to maximize their profits at your expense.

You will never get our troops out of Iraq, good schools, rebuilt infrastructure, or sanctions and better testing for hazardous Chinese products with the likes of Hillary, Romney, Juliani, Obama, etc.

John Edwards. He is the only one with the integrity and electability we have to have to fix this country.

I totally agree with you Fred. We are of one mind on this issue, and furthermore everyone I know here in Oklahoma loves John Edwards. He will be president. Hitlerry and Obuma will lick their wounds and cry foul.

Edwards wins this one, in part because is a better lawyer than Obama or Michelle. If you win primaries, the money will come from all the Obama and Clinton supporters when the Kool-Aid wears off and they find their horses have scratched.

CNN- Censoring News Network. Yeah!

Hey Chuck in SLC, What's with all the need from Mormons to receive apologies? Why don't YOU apologize to all of us that read your posting, since apologia is so important to you. Elizabeth is brilliant. And you? Not so much... (Get a grip)

A couple of weeks ago Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, and Obama, were on a platform together. When they were saying the Pledge of Allegiance, Obama
did not have his hand over his heart during the pledge. How come? I find that
very un patriotic, especially with our troops over there giving there lives to protect
and stand up for the very american values that we believe in.

Where is Loud Dobbs when you need him?

I cannot believe the rude comments people are making about Elizabeth Edwards, she is the nicest, most intelligent and courageous woman I have ever met or spent time with. She has every right to defend her husband when someone is not telling the truth about him. Elizabeth is John's secret weapon and will be a grand first lady. John Edwards stands for everything that we need to get our country back on track. He will be the person to make our country have pride and be admired once again. John Edward's is the person I am working for to win the Iowa caucus, then the nomination for president for the democratic party and then to the white house. I think anyone who is making these terrible remarks about Elizabeth should be totally ashamed. It takes a lot of strength and courage to be on the campaign trail and do what she is doing. It also takes a very unique type of person to work for her husband and want him to become the president of the united states because she knows how much our people need them in the white house. Only God knows how long we will be here and it does not make any difference if Elizabeth has been diagnosed with some illness. They have made this decision together and they will see it through together. Any ones family member or spouse could have something happen so don't even go there on that one. Elizabeth is the best and John Edwards is the best candidate for the democratic nomination for president in 2008. GO JOHN AND ELIZABETH, GOD BLESS YOU BOTH

Why not focus on what qualifies these people to be President instead of all the other drama surrounding the campaign? Mayor Guiliani, for example removed 640,000 people from welfare in NY who were able-bodied to work. That's the kind of leadership we should be debating, since most of us agree that Washington and Congress earmark too much of our hard-earned tax dollars for waste. Guiliani accomplished this, while say for example, Edwards sat in on hearings and sat on committees and raised taxes to implement more entitlement programs.

John Edwards fooled the people of North Carolina with his snake oil sales pitch once. He was the worst senator to ever represent our state and his attendance record in the senate was one of the worst ever! We now know him for what he is. He could not even be elected dog catcher in North Carolina We have too much respect for dogs. I have yet to have any person tell me of a single bill that he sponsored on his own while in his very few appearances in the senate that was passed into law. His entire 6 years in the senate was spent promoting John Edwards and not the citizens of North Carolina. Edwards, Obama and her majesty are the most power possessed people on the face of this earth. To even think that perhaps any of these three have suckered in their supporters is enough to make one puke. Snake oil is alive and well in Iowa.

There is a big difference from knocking someone being called too nice to talking a about how the candidates finances are. Michelle Obama a graduate from Harvard can't even say the right things. Go figure how she graduated.

Edward's wife was simply responding to a comment by someone attending an event. If you want to split hairs, maybe she should have said "if" Michelle said that I am very disappointed. What did you expect her to say? "Michelle is correct, my husband, while being the only truly honest candidate in the running (unfortumately, I can not consider Biden or Richardson to be in the running, maybe McCain would be an exception) doesn't have a prayer of having enough money to truly win the election". At any rate, this isn't news.

Obama gives a great speech, but has no buisiness being prez. Romney is just what he seems, a phony. Huckabee is conniving and will run the country as if it is his church. Giuliani is morally bankrupt. McCain is honest, but physically and mentally not up to the demands of the office. Of all the front runners, that leaves Clinton (who admittedly is a little too much of the status quo) and Edwards.

It is sad that the great men and women in our country are no longer involved in politics, and that the few decent choices we have (e.g. Joe Biden and Edwards) are ignored by the press, and therefore, by the public.

Her calling Mrs. Obama out may fluctuate the price of tea in China.....IF SHE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE! Someone take her away please. I am sick of this woman and her ploy to get the pity votes for her husband. He was my choice, until she opened her mouth...again...and again..and again....Please!

Well I suppose Obama wasn't doing what his wife wanted him to do and she got testy with Edwards...after all she c alls the shots. We were told she wanted to be first lady more than Obama wanted to be president and that she would trample anybody in the way....

I suppose she thinks since Obama is getting a pass from the press because they don't want to be considered racist, the same will apply to her. And of course she is jealous of the devil that he listens more to Oprah than he does her. She is a manipulater clear and simple. Obama didn't seem like the type of person to let her have him jump thru hoops.

Wow, I was a republican but after hearing Obama, he is wonderful. God Bless you Obama, tell the truth and you will go far in life. May God Bless our world.

Obama 2008!!!!!

donna L.

"So folks — CNN is the only major news outlet on the web that is not reporting on a major story in Iowa. Hmm… Last night the Des Moines Register delivered their poll — widely considered to be the most accurate:
Here are the numbers:
Barack Obama 32%
Hillary Clinton 25%
John Edwards 24%"

If you read all the information about this poll you'll find that it was oversampled with Independents and Republicans.. only about half of the interviewees were Democrats. So that poll is not representative for the real population who will caucus on Thursday night.

Have a good day and a good 2008.

Hillary or Edwards will win Iowa.

Edwards can restore the FDR coalition by running as an economic populist. He can win in places like North Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Virginia and Oklahoma. Edwards might even win in places like Texas. He can win without abandoning Democratic traditional values. Edwards can carry rural communities and small towns without going Republican-lite. Edwards will carry all the traditional Democratic areas and much more because he truly represents Main Street instead of Wall Street.

Let me say something to Obama's supporters.

You guys need to back off little bit, show some respects to fellow Americans. It is way out of control. You guys are 24/7 here, 24/7 on MSNBC, first read, .....But any blogs site is for all comments posted by voters, whether they vote Obama or not, you should expect that there will be different, THANKS GOD, THIS IS AMERICA, NOT ALL OF US ARE VOTING FOR OBAMA, RESPECT TO EACH OTHER. Please watch the way we talk to each other, the way we talk about our candidates. That is all I ask for.
God bless you all and Happy New Year !

So Michelle isn't allowed to say factually correct things about Elizabeth's husband? How is this "calling her out" exactly? CNN, do you know the meaning of that expression? Why isn't there a headline that reads "Michelle Obama Points Out Potential Weakness In Edwards' Presidential Bid"? It seams like that's what this story is really about. The fact that Edwards uses his wife to defend himself is just a trifling detail.

TO SUSAN:
Amen to that!

So Michelle says that the fact that Edwards has accepted matching federal dollars will hurt Edwards if he is the nominee in the fall. That's right isn't it?

I like Mrs. Edwards - but she should stick to discussing issues not try to pick fights. No one outside of political junkies knows what she meant anyway.

Gotcha Ron! Great post, and I thoroughly agree with you that John and Elizabeth are good born and raised Americans who could make real Americans proud.

Up until a few months ago i was excited about Obama, and may have been able to vote for him, despite his only being in the national scene for a couple of years. That is until he started to sound phony. He and his wife are beginning to sound too preachy for my tastes, i simply could not take 4-8 years of that. He also has taken to moving in and out of a southern accent, depending on who and where his audience is.
This could be overlooked if he didn't present himself as a true and new type of politician who would not use the tactics of the "professional" politicians. I was against Hillary because I was believing that she was such a politician, that is until I gave her time and a couple of events in person to hear her out.
I was for Obama a year ago, but Hillary won me over with these events and hearing her speak on numerous interviews and debates. She is so smooth and the information flows seamlessly when answering questions or stating her positions. Obama, when questioned, speaks in three and four work spirts, this, and the monotone delivery, makes it impossible to stay interested. He is fine with prepaired text, but press conferences will be just as brutal to listen to as it is now with President Bush. We need someone who oozes competence and poise, and that person is Hillary Clinton. Meeting her is the only way I got to feel that warmth and sincerity. She truly could be one of the best we could ever elect to the Office. Obama lost my support before I gave Hillary a chance, but now I am glad I did.

I would rather take my chances with someone such as Hillary Clinton and her known baggage, because i believe that she is a true idealist who has taken to some of the usual tactics in order to win so that she can do what she really is on a mission to do.
That is, i believe, to bring back the traditional democratic causes and make the unfulfilled promises of her predecessors come true.

Finally, as a woman, she is our best and most real opportunity to elect a woman. If we miss this chance, it might be a decade or two before we have another chance to put a woman in the White House. It will forever show ourselves, our daughters, and women the world over, that we can truly "grow up to be president"

Finally, If you as voters simply cannot support Clinton, please, at least, support someone with real experience, such as Biden, Dodd, Richardson, or Kucinich.

So, this whole election is about how much money one can raise? The VAST majority of Americans do not contribute to political candidates. In one sense, large dollar contributors are a special interest group. Those who are able to contribute usually do not simply throw their money towards a lost cause. They would not be rich if they did that in their real lives.
My particular point is there are some very good candidates who are not able to raise the money Clinton, Edwards and Obama have. The only reason candidates such as Chris Dodd and Joe Biden lag behind in the so called polls is their lack of ability to get fair and EQUAL press coverage.
Anyone who thinks Clinton has more experience than either Dodd or Biden is an idiot. The press has ignored this blatant lie.
As for Obama, it is all well and good that he touts his opposition to Iraq. Easy to say when no one cared what he had to say because of the position he held when he said it.
I agree this potential cat fight between the Edwards and Obama spouses is not newsworthy. I state, with much sadness, that CNN no longer cares about newsworthiness. It is a shell of what Ted Turner created. I say this proud to live in Georgia and work about three blocks from the CNN offices in Atlanta.
This low-lite trend is not limited to CNN. FOX & MSNBC are right down there too.
We need to wake up and expect and demand that the news organizations give us the facts and let the viewers make their own decisions. This story is just a sad continuation of a sad state of affairs amongst US news reporting agencies.

I like Edwards, but not the wife. Who cares what this chick thinks or who she's disappointed in? Just knowing how meddling she'd be in the White House ensures Edwards gets no vote from me unless he were facing a scumbag like Giuliani.

Go away and shut up now, Lizzy.

The more I listen to this New Years Day Campaign, I really don't understand, what these people are voting for?? The Top 3 doesn't hold a candle to Joe Biden. This man is honest, and says it like it is. He is so experienced. Are we voting, on the Rock Stars,(or so they think, with their big showers) or a real educated, in all area's man?? I really do appreciate CNN, and think they do a great job. I would hate to think I had to watch ( FAIR & BALANCED) FOX ha ha ha

Indiana

The remarks that Mrs. Obama is showing just how green Obama and his wife are even thought they are running for the highest office in the United States. What is more intresting is how quickly Mrs. Obama advanced in her job after the Senator was elected, and some say over people more qualified

Who cares what these 2 think, we have real candidates which need coverage. No wonder why Ron Paul can't get any coverage, you guys are tripping all over the non-stories.

Shame on Michelle Obama, and those who know her better in Illinois know how much she is sold to corporate America as Obama was during his time as Illinois Senator, and those are facts!! It wasn't until he got into Washington and launched his run for the Presidency when he stopped taken money directly from lobbyist; but he still sold to the Chicago machine and Illinois lobbyist. Obama will the puppet of t corporate America in D.C

An Obama win will show that MONEY can buy media and manipulate democracy by bringing untested, inexperienced candidates WITHOUT proven business or political leadership to the front line, and that is a risk!. Obama is a "nice" but risky proposition to our country.

A Clinton victory will reinforce that the establishment machine power still alive and combined with money can still overshadow the voice of the people

An Edwards win in Iowa will make the Democrats race a real contest and that will be good for the party. He probably doesn’t have the same amount of money than Hillary or Obama; but he has name recognition for real and people can easily be motivated to support his candidacy. he has the best progressive ideas, real agenda and is working hard for the nomination. Edwards wants to change and re energize the Democratic party from the base up, the middle class across party lines; he is fighting for a real chance…no just slogans, his message is clear and sound. When the big press give him enough coverage his message will reach across party lines to independents and some republicans fed up with Washington gridlock and the powers of big corporations and BIG MONEY.

Go Edwards! show that no one can buy the nomination, not even with the Washington oiled machine, lobbyists, big powers or big TV celebrities or big Hollywood and the controlled media. NOT even 200$ million dollars plus free press and oiled Washington or Chicago machines will buy the Presidency!

PREDICTIONS

Here are my predictions about the Democratic caucus results, as an impartial (openly Republican) observer. If Edwards finishes in third place he is out. If Obama finishes behind Hillary he is out. If Hillary finishes first ,or second to Edwards she is inevitable. If Hillary finishes second to Obama she still survives. If she finishes third with Edwards second and Obama first, she is done.

Who do I want to see as the Republican winner? I can vote for Giuliani, Romney or McCain. If the Republicans nominate anybody else, I defect to Hillary.

Wow! I'm amazed to hear anything on CNN about John Edwards. All I hear is Obamo and Hitlery. I intent to vote for John Edwards. He is the most electable. He is charming and intelligent, and CNN is so afraid to report on him. They don't like anyone who pulls themselves up by the bootstraps and becomes wealthy. I love John, and let me tell you – he isn't even showing half his charisma. Probably because he is so worried about Elizabeth. But wait- this isn't really about John Edwards is it? It's about his wife Elizabeth. She is an American and she can speak her mind as well as sour puss Obammo's wife. Good going Elizabeth. Hey via your remarks we finally get to hear about John Edwards on CNN. It is might refreshing to this gal, cause I am so sick of Hitlery and Obammo whom are both liars and slick as greased owl poop. I don't know for sure, but I believe that Hitlery and Obammo were both druggies in college. Obammo has admitted to snorting coke, because he knew he would be found out. And there is plenty more on this guy I bet, considering the sour look on his wife's face.

First, Mrs. Edwards needs to check the facts: find witnesses to verify the claimed conversation. Second, it the conversation is true, the Edwards campaign can issue a statement to argue why they do not agree with Mrs. Obama on the statement. You can not shoot people without asking. Be mature amd be civil. By the way, I personally think that there is nothing wrong with the content of the claimed statement.

Alan you are so right! Obama cannot make it. His wife is an anchor to him. She just weighs him down. This is how unexperienced she is. What will come out of her mouth next. Someone put on muzzle on this woman.

99 – 44/100th percent of Americans tune this stuff out. It is just members of the political class talking to themselves. A pox on all of them!

Federal matching funds are contributed by all Americans–primarily through filing of income taxes. All candidates in the national presdidential election will be eligible–and only the really stupid ones, or the very rich ones will not accept. This is not the same as PAC or special interest group funding.

Even alluding that accepting the matching funds is somehow wrong, or corrupt is ludicrious. Just shows that not only Obama but his wife are unaware of how our tax system and our political system functions.

These are very well educated and admirable women. Even though Michelle Obama only stated a very obvious truth, the focus of the election should mostly be on the candidates. Michelle is an asset to Obama on the campaign trail, and Elizabeth is at times an asset, but some times her public comments make her a liability to Edwards's campaign.

Honestly, other than ego, I don't know why Edwards is running for president again after his wife was diagnosed with cancer in 2004. They have small kids 7 to 9 years of age. Instead of spending quality with his family knowing his wife has an uncurable form of cancer, Edwards is spending too much time on the political campaign trail. I mean where is Edwards's priority, choosing politics over family?

Well, I've just lost respect for Elizabeth Edwards.

If she wants to be critical of Obama's record - as Mrs Obama recently was of her husband's - then fine, that's legitimate. But to "call out" another person for voicing their concerns about a candidate... Sorry girl, that's low class. And desperate.

Elizabeth, you should recover your dignity while you can and apologize.

CNN you censored my comments about your choice of epic news stories.

Go get it done Elizabeth....you and your hubby are good born Americans....hope we don't lose out to the ______ jumpers and ______chunkers.

All the negative posts are ridiculous, get over it. We'll see who the clear and apparent winner is on thursday, whether or not they got help or not from their wifes. sheesh...

Let the best candidate win this election, CNN should do fair reporting and stop armtwist the American people.
It is obvious who the best candidate is for the Democratic party nomination, that is all things being equal!
There is no stopping an idea whose time has come, CNN please join the band wagon and report fairly and accurately what is really going on in Iowa.

Does it really mattter?

Why? Why? Why do we care about what there wigves say to or about each other or there husbands campaine? The only thing I care about is what are they whoare really running going to do to me, or perhaps in this day and age what are they NOT going to do for me.

I have in the last 8 years become so jadded that I no longer ask my"political leader" not to do somthing for me At this point I just don,t want them to da anything to me.

Leve there wives out of the news. Ask thme questions aout things that matter. I don't care about what God they like or how ofter they go to church. I want my contry back I want to trust the federal Goverment again I want the bill of rights I DONT WONT TO KNOW ABOUT THERE WIVES

So, Mrs Edwards is disappointed that Mrs Obama does not want voters to support John Edwards. What a shocker. Is Elizabeth Edwards telling voters that they should vote for Obama!. I am very disappointed in Elizabeth Edwards. She wants to be allowdd to persuade voters to not vote for someone other than her husband, but Mrs. Obama is not supposed to do the same thing. Looks like Edwards is showing signs of desperation.

John Edwards has been telling voters not to support Obama because he is "too nice", but Mrs. Edwards feels that the Obama family have no right to tell voters why the should not vote for her little John Boy. How is that for hypocrisy!

Good for you Elizabeth. Michelle Obama is part of the sneaky team, and you caught her!

If you are getting your information about the completely fictional huge lead that some mis-guided Obama supporters dream that he has from this site then you are even more clueless than they are.I can understand why they completely distort those numbers since some of them clearly still "inhale" but not those whose only source of "information" comes from them.Maybe it's "second-hand smoke" or just a holiday hangover.
John Edwards used to be a lawyer,who are often reffered to as a "mouth-piece" but it is clear that Elizabeth is running her husband's campaign,which just proves that Edwards is nothing more than a puppet,which is very bad news for the country if he ever becomes President.
The only difference between Obama and the other candidates,including Edwards,is that his very carefully crafted image has done a better job of hiding the strings but make no mistake,he is a politician cut from the same cloth.Just because he constantly says he's different,he's not.That's like Bush saying over and over that Iraq has nuclear weapons.He figured if he said it often enough that would make it true which has been proven to be a very,very costly lie.However all that repetition got him helped him get re-elected and proved that if you say something often enough you can fool enough people to get elected.That is what the Obama campaign is banking on.
Everyone has always known that Hillary wears the pants in her marriage so that her run at the whitehouse,if nothing else, has that degree of honesty about it.She is speaking her mind and Bill is toeing the line and not the other way around.
Conservatives that complain about CNN should go back to FOX and get their daily dose of brainwashing.

–adams January 1, 2008 1:19 pm ET–
You wrote
"Amiture feather weight Obama is taking a spanking in the Iowa political arina, by heavy weights Hillary and Edwards."

"We all know who can beat the Republicans."

-WE WILL SEE IF YOUR CLAIM IS TRUE IN LESS THAN 72 HRS.

I can tell you are illiterate – OBAMA has a Law Degree. What professional qualification do you have ? Are you smarter than a 5th Grader ?
****You can't even spell "amateur" and "arena".******pathetic.

You are absolutely right DJ, NY!
These wives do no have what it takes to be
our First Lady.

Like it or not, Obama on the ticket is a loser for the democrats. Their (Barak's and Michelle's) relative inexperience on the national level will ultimately become an inescapable liability in the general election. America is not going to elect a less-than-one-term junior Senator as President. The fairy tale just doesn't end that way.
It will be Clinton-Biden on the ticket. Hillary and Bill's raw muscle, money and savy, tempered by Biden's character, integrity and competence in foreign affairs,
and they'll win it.

How can conservatives who oppose abortion support the death penalty? Does the sanctity of life begin at conception and end in a courtroom? When you question candidates on their beliefs regarding abortion, why don't you follow up with a question about support of the death penalty?

Michelle Obama doesn't know when to keep her big mouth shut. I laughed when I first heard about this last night. This woman is so full of it. This is what she is teaching her kids. Then again look at the chruch they have their children involved. Very intersting – looked it up yesterday. I encourage more people to read about more about Obama and his wife.

Why would Elizabeth Edwards, be upset? Mrs. Obama, is merely doing to her, what, she has been doing to Mrs. Clinton, but not as loudy as Elizabeth?? I have watched, hardly missing any of this campaign, and it really has turned me against most of the candidates. They can stand on a platform, and preach about the middle class, poor, and below poor, people. Isn't it ironic all the candidates are very wealthy. It just proves, this country is for the RICH !!! They will say anything, to get voted in. Mitt R. didn't do any of his speaking in a middle class house, they were all wealthy. John Edwards really is someone, that can double talk, listen to what he says, and look at how he lives? He remembers his childhood, he hasn't lived it all his life. Be True to Yourself...

From Indiana (the state that doesn't count)

John Edwards makes it sound like we're all headed for the poor house. Get a grip, Americans. This is not quite 1928. We have been heading in the wrong direction. But the poor house?

Hey John,

How many Southern states did you help turn blue in 2004? Your powers of persuasion didn't work last time. What makes you think it will this time spreading the same message?

As bad as Chimpy McSmirkster has left us, I prefer a message of hope, not the doomsday chronicles.

It looks like Elizabeth wants the WH more than her husband..

All the more reason for me to leave the Democratic Party. Bad enough that neither candidate is presidential material, but now their wives are attacking each other instead of using positive postures to relate the issues their husbands stand for. There's not one Democratic candidate who is worth their salt in the bid for this year's presidency. If Ron Paul isn't nominated on the Republican ticket, I'll write him in.

How does Elizabeth Edwards know that the "voter" wasn't a plant in the audience and that he was using her to get a fight between Edwards and Obama for Hillary's sake. Why are earth would she be so dumb to respond as if anyone relating what someone else said to an allege 17 year old daughter would be accurate? If she was White House ready – she would have responded only to the issue of matching funds, and leave the personal stuff out of it.

Clinton's husband is fighting for her so why shouldn't the other spouses campaign as well??

While watching your news coverage today I noticed that you gave Hilary Cliton, more national air time, then you did for Mr. Obama, and further more while he was speaking you, you intrupted his time by covering other canidates. I am wondering who decides how much air time a canidate gets, as I see it everyone should get equal air time as we are picking our next president. And as a voter in this country I and many others wish not to have another president like George Bush.
And by the way you cover the canidates you promote as if Hillary was going to be the next president.

John Edwards is hands-down my choice for president.

It's time we got someone electable who can run for the democratic party.

Clinton and Obama are not electable. Hillary is way too divisive and would be very bad for this country, and mainstream America won't vote for Barack Obama. Put either of them up in the November election and you could end up with Huckabee or Romney in the White House.

The negatives for Clinton and Obama are not the reason to vote for Edwards, though. Edwards is sharp and will work to eliminate the special interests that are destroying this country. Your Congress is not working for the working American. They are on the payroll and working for corporate America – doing what they want to maximize their profits at your expense.

You will never get our troops out of Iraq, good schools, rebuilt infrastructure, or sanctions and better testing for hazardous Chinese products with the likes of Hillary, Romney, Juliani, Obama, etc.

John Edwards. He is the only one with the integrity and electability we have to have to fix this country.

Wait a minute...did I miss something??? Elizabeth Edwards is having a hissy fit over a conversation between a 17-YEAR OLD (who is hardly politically savvy at this point) and another individual? And to top it off, this is SECOND-HAND information??? Like I said in an earlier post, it's time for Elizabeth to pack it in and go home.

Are we supposed to believe that this wasn't Camp Edwards playing the ol' dinosaur political game to get news coverage as the Iowa caucus looms? Also, where are the journalistic standards on this report? There is no comment from Michelle Obama or any indication that she was asked to respond.

as an independent, I find liz' shrill speech/screech less than informative and indicative of a lack of substance to reveal. a trial lawyer out of cash and with all those special interests floating dirt on his behalf...she has the nerve.

I'll predict hill will take a spill in iowa, but edwards will end up bow[wow]ing out. class warfare, trial lawyer mold/patina, and below the surface plantation subtlety about race will never sell outside a few dems. nader's endorsement is as much a symbol of his irrelevancy as liz's is a desperate act.

it is more like wwe every day where the accessories make more noise than the wrestlers, and all become caricatures. obama or kusinich vs. ron paul would be good for the country.

Do I detect a hint of bias towards Clinton from CNN? I have not seen any report on the Des Moines Register poll which is very odd!

Amiture feather weight Obama is taking a spanking in the Iowa political arina, by heavy weights Hillary and Edwards.

We all know who can beat the Republicans.

JOHN EDWARDS HAD HIS CHANCE ..HE COULD NOT EVEN HELP JOHN KERRY WIN IN NORTH AND SOUTH CAROLINA IN 2004.

MELLISA...
ON THE QUESTION OF "EXPERIENCE", IN 2000 THEN VICE-PRESIDENT AL GORE HAD MORE EXPERIENCE THAN THEN GOVERNOR GEORGE W. BUSH BUT STILL LOST THE ELECTIONS. WHY WAS "EXPERIENCE" NOT HIGHLIGHTED IN 2000 ?

MELISSA YOU NEED TO GROW UP.
AMERICANS ARE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAN NAMES DO NOT MATTER. AMERICA IS A NATION OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND IMMIGRANTS.WE ALL HAVE DIFFERENT NAMES. NOT EVERY ONE HAS AN ANGLO-SAXON NAME.
ACCORDING TO THE US CONSTITUTION ANYONE CAN RUN FOR PRESIDENT IF THEY ARE A "NATURAL-BORN" US CITIZEN AND ARE OVER 35 YEARS OLD. I DID NOT SEE ANYWHERE IN OUR CONSTITUTION WHERE IS SAYS ONE HAS TO HAVE AN ANGLO-SAXON NAME.
SEN BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN AND HAS EVERY RIGH TO RUN FOR US PRESIDENT. WHY DON'T YOU RUN FOR PRESIDENT IF YOU THINK YOU ARE BETTER THAN HIM ?
FOR YOUR INFO
- BARACK MEANS "BLESSED" OR ANNOINTED",
-HUSSEIN IS ARABIC FOR "HOSEA"-" HOSEA" WAS A PROPHET MENTIONED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT
-OBAMA -IS COMMON A LAST NAME IN KENYA.

Are these guys such serious losers that their wives have to fight it out for them? The one has no serious experience in national politics and the other is an ex-ambulance chaser who wants to convince middle class America he is one of them while he basks in the millions earned by stealing from them. Well, I guess I answered my own question. Please. The best thing that could happen to this country would be for them all to just go away.

This is very shoddy reporting. The fact remains these are both lovely and well educated women, whose purported comments are not only out of context but obviously, THEY DON'T MATTER. What matters is this, who will fight for 'the cause' and who will fight for YOU? We have to get this country back from BIG MONEY. If it takes David to get past Goliath, I suggest that you vote for the guy with the smaller pockets. He has less room to steal from you.

We have been watching the election bowl 2008 and I have to say the time is not equal among all canidates whether you are a republican or democrat. Obama has had more air time than any canidate. Is this equality or is there a message from CNN here.

I am disappointed that Mrs. Edwards would accept a rumor of what Mrs. Obama said without confirmation. What if the person repeating this was # 1 wrong with whom he claimed said it, # 2 made up the story to cause a rift. It doesn't seem very presidential or first lady like to go on the attack without knowing if what you are hearing is actually the truth.

Obama says he is for change and that he hasn't been influenced by politics. Well, the fact that he is running a campaign like one of the 'good old boys from Washington' says he is full of it. His 'change' message is just a poor excuse for inexperience. Edwards may not have much more Washingon experience, but he is running on a platform of indepth and well communicated solutions ...and experience (with a track record) of fighting tough battles. I respect that he is using public financing for his campaign.....this is the only way to reduce corruption from special interests that fund campaigns such and Obama's.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have BAGS AND BAGS of money and they are worried about Edwards....I wonder why? Edwards is the ONLY candidate who's campaign is not taking money from corporate lobbyists and they know it. The federal money he is taking is entirely within the rules and would be available to any candidate if they so chose. The argument about Edwards running out of money is a fallacy. He said he would take federal money IN THE PRIMARIES, but didn't rule out other options in the general election, if that's what's necessary. For the lady here who cited poll numbers, people can cite polls all they want...Recent MSNBC/McClatchy, Lee Enterprises Newspapers and Insider Advantage polls say the race in the Iowa caucuses is too close to call...and they don't put your big money candidates in the lead...go check those out and then try to tell us that Edwards isn't viable....

It kills me that NADER gets any press at all in the USA. His ego put W in the White House!! Thanks for IRAQ, Ralph. As an outsider looking in, I have seen things go
from bad to worse in the USA.

America has become the evil empire!!

Both of these fine ladies disappointment me this New Year's Day. I have the utmost respect and admiration for both. Michelle is probably close to the mark on the campaign financing issue. Should Edwards be the obvious nominee, he'd be out of funds to counter any and all GOP ads against him. It is a huge handicap in a general election.

True or not, it did not need to be stated, but, in the end, is a non-issue and falls under the category of pre-caucus sniping. Hopefully, this is the end of it.

Way to pick a picture of Elizabeth that doesn't make her look like a looney tune. Geeze. How can anyone say anything bad about Mrs. Obama? She is amazing. CNN- you're really pulling all the stops you can to stop Obama because you're baby Hillary hasn't been doing so well. Why so scared, boo?

Who cares what Obuma's wife said!! Edward's old lady likes to stick her nose into everyopne's business, sticking up for her old man. Gutless John or the Breck girl as I've heard Rush Limbaugh call her always looks for his old lady to stick her nose into this election, she isn't running for office, Johnny boy is! What will happen if he wins to be president then? His old lady will be another Hitlery, that is all we need. Old lady Edwards go back to the pasture and chew your cud!

Hey Lillz, so you are blaming the Republicans for the Christmas Eve slaughter? Oh, you are bright!? Speaking of dead babies, the Dem's throw thousands of babies out with the trash before they're even born. You make no sense here blaming the Republicans when your Dem's are actually in control (can you spell Pelosi?). btw, I tried to keep it short, so Presidents while in the White House that slept with women other than their spouses was my closing point. You must be too bright to 'get that'. And yes, with Elizabeth dying of cancer, I stand by my opinion that even if he were MY candidate, I promise you I would not vote for this type of turmoil in our White House. John's young enough to run in the future. His kids and wife need him these next few years more than our country does. My point? He's a husband first, a father second and a politician last. You argue that?

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT MICHELLE SAID???

What kind of shoddy reporting IS this?

I can't believe you posted this without verifying it.

Edwards will win the Democratic nomination for president and defeat the Republican nomineee by exposing the worthlessness of corporate owned polititians

Edwards does have a problem with money which he seems to be countering with a half a million dollar contribution from Oak Springs Farm LLC for a 527 that is running ads for him. I don't understand how he can be slamming corporations and then turn with his hand out to one. Obama is the only candidate not getting all this 527 last minute, who-knows-where-it-is-coming-from dollars being spent. And how will Edwards directly respond to Republican attacks if he has spending limits in each state. He will have to rely on 527's, which completely trashes his claim to want campaign finance reform. It is a big problem for Edwards and Clinton too. She is getting a huge amount spent through 527's as well. So how are they going to really change the system?

In other "Making of the President 2008" news, Mike Huckabee's dog doesn't much care for John Edwards' dog, who has lately been snippy with John McCain's dog. And all three run away just as fast as they can whenever Mitt Romney approaches.

CNN must be bored.

What is so disgusting in this Caucus? The fact that the Democrats are ignoring the two most prominent and experienced Senators in the race who should be 'leading in the polls.' Biden and Dodd are the two who should be leading the race and these well qualified men to lead this country are not even in the race. Why? Instead, the Media has chosen the three candidates.......the Clinton and Obama Roadshow that is ONLY qualified to 'entertain.' Neither should be President nor are Either Qualified or Presidential Material. Of the three in the news, Edwards is the Only Viable Candidate in the race. It's shameful and disgusting that Voters have rejected two strong men of character, experience and integrity who have served this country the longest. Why are these men given some space on 'the Ticker?' Because, the Media has chosen 'the Road Show!'

Hey Jen in Cedar Falls. Explain to me how family comes first with all those out there who kill their kids and spouses. Singling out two (democratic) families and stating the family comes first with everyone else other than them in the face of recent news stories of daughters slaughtering their families on Christmas Eve and dead babys in plastic bins is NOT making your party of choice look all that bright with folks like you in the ranks.

Lizzy can say or do anything she wants, it is not news and nobody cares. If Edwards is on the ticket it will be as VP again with Obama filling the top spot.
If Lizzy wants to help her husband she should be attacking the Former First Lady, or the Former First Lady's husband.

melissa, with the right Republican President, our country may just get OUT of the turmoil that the Clinton's and Bush got us into. Just like Reagan did.

Michelle Obama has also been making a more subtle attack on John and Elizabeth Edwards. On Monday at a campaign stop in Grinnell, Iowa, Michelle Obama lied and said that she and her husband are not millionaires, even though their millionaire status has been widely reported. The remark seemed to be a subtle dig at John Edwards and an attempt to cast the Obamas as the more authentic political couple, closer to the people, than the Edwardses. True, John and Elizabeth have many more millions than Barack and Michelle do, but the Obamas are indeed millionaires, and Michelle's lie about that fact needs to be exposed.

Incidentally, I think Obama would be a better president than Edwards (though there are several in the Democratic field who are better than both of them). I still believe, however, that Michelle Obama needs to be called out on the merits of her lie.

What a stupid, nonsense article. You call this newsworthy? Forget it, Mooney!

Don't worry about what Michelle says, All I want to know is what is she going to bring to the table to support her husband, instead of worrying about what others are saying

Barrack Obama does not have enough experience to lead this country with so many problems we face. Edwards was wrong with taking the federal money, I agree, but at least he cares about the main things that affect us all. Clinton has made some terrible choices, but she has also done some very good things. We all know she has the experience and that she can withstand attacks from Republicans, she's been doing it for years... Exactly how would Obama ride out the negativity he would face in the general election? My guess is not very well. He says he has lived in a foreign land, so therefore has foreign policy experience..... What I see happening with that is the Republicans will turn it into him being of muslim decent, I mean come on when you look at his name even it's so similar to Osama, that type of a name.... He will be a mistake and if nominated, you can just look forward to another repulican president. And another 4 years of turmoil.

Catfight!!!! Yeah!!!!

I wholeheartedly agree with WM in North Carolina. Even if Edwards were a Republican, as I am, I would NEVER vote in a person whose spouse has terminal cancer. I feel bad for her, for the whole family. But during these next few years John needs to spend his time with Elizabeth and their children. I don't agree with his political views, but with all that aside, I am frustrated at why he thinks he should be President while his wife succumbs to the suffering of such a horrific disease. Our country desperately needs someone who will be able to commit 100% to the job of President. If he chooses that over his wife and children, well that speaks volumes to his character. We all know that in the USA, family comes first (except for the Clintons and the Kennedy's).

"Former" Senator Edward can honk/attack and suggest ALL the programs all he wants from the "outside" and Hillary will get things done from the inside by becoming our President in 2009!

Thats called a polite political SLAP in the FACE Mr Edwards! Edwards can run all the 527 third party ads, but with public money he is no match for Hillary and/or Obama in 2008.

Go Hillary44 08! http://hillaryis44.org/

A just released Insider Advantage poll from Iowa has Edwards keeping his lead, up 11% when second-choices are thrown in.

I think Elizabeth's biting remarks on the campaign trail will cotinue to be a liability for her husband. She should just pack it in, go home, take care of herself and their children. This would probably be more beneficial to the candidate at this juncture.

From a foreigner point of view, edwards will be your next president, he's the quintessential american, republican discontents will not vote either hillary nor obama, your country isn't ready for a black or a woman president, just face it, America it's a socially backward country still in it's core, otherwise you wouldn't even think about having a serious candidate like huckabee who is, for god's sake, a "creationist"!
a debate that is put to rest even by the church a hundred years ago.
Not to mention that you were able to RE-ELECT bush, no comment....
Alessandro, italian living in Canada (where I happily emigrated after bush 2)

Folks, help me undersatnd!!

Isn't voting Hillary means voting Bush again? I was not quite able to figure out how they differ from each other on any issue that matters most for the country (iraq war; stance on iran; funded by lobbyist group, typical politicians, and interest groups; lack of intelligence, unable to comprehend the complex situation...)...i think she will even be worse than Bush (i.e., big government, tax increase, flip flop, etc...)

If the campaign is only about the dollars, then Obama and Hillary will win hands down. It is about more than that, substance. Although both have outspent John Edwards three to one it is still a dead heat. John has substance and a clear plan for America. He has laid his plan out in an early publication and has held to it. The choice is clear, elect a president who is controlled by the insiders and big money interests or elect John Edwards. Easy choice for me and it should be for you. This race is not about a man versus a women or a black versus a white yet each candidate has used their role as a crutch. It is about electing the best person president of the United States.

WOW I did not know OBAMA had such a huge lead this morning.
I just learned about through some of the comments on here.
WOW thanks guys for letting the rest of us know.I guess I i was waiting for CNN to tell me the news I might be waiting until friday morning.

both loud mouth wives

the CNN is just becoming Clinton News Network. I am surprised to see how CNN is trying to promote Hillary by highlightinh the feud between Barack and Edwards. Also, Elizabeth responsding from heresays proves her incompetency as a potential first lady in white house...

Go for OBAMA....

If John Edwards wants "fight" so much he should stay home and help her fight her cancer. It scares me death that he may become the nominee and puts his ambition before his own family. I have had cancer hit my family two times and both times required the full attention of all family members. How can you consider having a President with family problems like that and little children to raise and really believe that his full attention will be on America's issues? He should just bow out. I have zero respect for him. He couldn't even get re-elected as a senator and that says alot.

Elizabeth you are a good person, but who wears the pants in your family. ( hint: the lady)

THAT IS NOT NEWS, GET THIS OFF. YOU SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT OBAMA'S LEAD, CNN (CLINTON NEWS NETWORK)

I love how CNN completely prescinds (and rather conveniently at that) from the fact that in the latest Des Moines Register Poll–which includes both Republican converts and Independents–Barack Obama has a seven-point lead over Clinton and an eight-point lead over Edwards. Which, in essence, tramples in its tracks whatever infinitesimal hint of a story there was in regards to John Edwards ever surging in Iowa. It is interesting to note also that this poll accurately predicted the Democratic nomination last cycle, in 1992, and several times even before that. But no, CNN is far too preoccupied giving Chelsea Clinton blaringly false compliments (calling her "tall and attractive" while she satisfies neither characteristic), bloviating as to Ralph Nader's trifling, throw-away endorsement of John Edwards, and prattling aimlessly on about Elizabeth Edwards's minor and withal insignificant disagreement with Michelle Obama on what is really a non-issue in this race... One need only look at their news for the past week or so to discern a manifest precedent–that they are tireless in their allusion to an Edwards surge, which effectively distracts from the fact that Obama is the real leader of the pack. And of course they are pining for one, seeing as, if Edwards wins, Obama becomes unviable and the choice comes down to either Clinton or Edwards–a white trial lawyer or a woman married to Bill Clinton–making history versus more of the same... And when it comes down to that kind of a choice, we all know whom it is the American people would through their weight behind–the slimy, profligate Clintons. C'mon, America. Can't we see through the thinly-veiled legerdemain and outright mendacity of the Clinton News Network? If we can't, then I suppose we deserve the cackling shrew... Who is, incidentally, already talking about a second term.

How self-important and pretentious is this family? Pretty soon, we'll all be voting Chelsea in for Senator... Ask yourselves–what would Hillary be were it not for Bill? Nothing. She'd be a plutocrat in word and in deed. The only difference between that and the status quo is that today, she's a democrat in word but a plutocrat in deed.

What a great campaign tactic.Instead of a dogfight,let's have a public cat fight instead.Maybe the WWF could put it on pay-per-view with the winner getting the whole prize purse for their husband or wife's campaign and the loser dropping out of the elections.Maybe we could do it like that for both parties in every election.Have a couple elimination rounds leaving only one candidate in each party to meet in the BS BOW with the winner taking office.
It would not only save tons of money,it might drastically reduce the influence of special interest groups,religeous,corporate and all those othe lobbies that have dictated policy and completely corrupted our government.
It would also spare us more than two years of campaigning with the endless empty promises,vicious attacks and those cadidates that run for office just to get their name in the news every day and feed their egos.
It might even be fun!

I'm an Obama supporter, and let me say this; Michelle is fair game. She is. There's no doubt in my mind. Hillary has Bill, who's sometimes good and sometimes controversial. John has Elizabeth, who's probably the most popular spouse in this race. Obama has Michelle, who's pretty popular herself and like Elizabeth is active.

Michelle was pointing out a true fact. Edwards is cash strapped. Elizabeth responded because, let's face it, it's a damaging fact. People are making too much of this.

Obama '08

CAREN - CNN is pushing sympathy stories for John Edwards now because his continued presence in the race draws votes from Obama and ends up helping Hillary. They are afraid of Obama prevailing in Iowa because it puts to rest her inevitability. Cnn has been shilling for Clinton since this race started - "reporting" all sorts of ridiculous smears - hey "just saying what others are saying" Yeah. Its been disgusting.

Some guy stands up & says he 17 year old told him something & Elizabeth Edwards responds, so where & how is this news? It certainly isn't a headline kind of story.

Next thing, it was just fine when she was calling Hillary Clinton out but Michelle Obama is off limits? Are you members of some cult called Obamaites? Michelle Obama is not above being called out, if she's going to stick her two cents in then she take the lumps like everyone else does. What is this breastfeeding need people have with the Obama's?

The lastest poll has John Edwards leading Hilliary and Obama! The media focus has been largely on the latter two and I hope the Edwards campaign gets more of the spot-light during the last days of the Iowa contest. Thanks Iowans! Edwards is the most electable – he can win states in the south and west that I don't believe the others can. It's all about Nov. 2008 and who will be the strongest Dem – the Repubs will pull out all the dirty swift-boat garbage (they're so good at it, I have to at least give them that much) and Edwards will not back down or try to "ignore it" with the hopes it will go away. Thanks to the Edwardses for all their hard work – it's about to pay off.

So folks - CNN is the only major news outlet on the web that is not reporting on a major story in Iowa. Hmm... Last night the Des Moines Register delivered their poll - widely considered to be the most accurate:

Here are the numbers:

Barack Obama 32%
Hillary Clinton 25%
John Edwards 24%

"The findings mark the largest lead of any of the Democratic candidates in the Register's poll all year, underscoring what has been a hard-fought battle among the three well-organized Iowa frontrunners."

"Obama's rise is the result in part of a dramatic influx of first-time caucusgoers, including a sizable bloc of political independents. Both groups prefer the Illinois senator...."

Michelle Obama said and earned Elizabeth's scorn for is that its the TRUTH. Edwards will not be able to compete because he legally tied his hands by accepting federal matching funds. He didn't do it for noble reasons - he did so because his campaign was strapped for cash because not enough folks were not interested in donating to his campaign. Now his campaign is being run on millions of your tax dollars and he won't even get anywhere. As a result, Elizabeth Edwards is obviously starting to lose it. Here she makes some pretty bizarre remarks about Senator Obama that have racial undertones:

http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/1207/Elizabeth_Edwards_Yes_to_afros_no_to_conciliation.html#comments

Elizabeth Edwards drew a direct comparison between her husband and Obama.

"There was a New York Times article fairly early in the race," she said. "It had a picture of Obama with an Afro — that a lot of people had then, it was nice looking, not odd looking — at Harvard Law School, being asked to voice an opinion at a meeting of people with respect to tenure for African-American professors. He spoke, and spoke eloquently, and when he left, both sides felt he agreed with them."

This was not a good sign, Elizabeth said. This was an example of when a "desire for conciliation becomes more important than getting a particular result."

She also said that being too conciliatory "is not what we need right now" and that "John believes we have to fight."

This is a Joke..and Edwards talking about the 2 Americas..well when this elections over we know what America he's going back to..the rich and the priv...give it a rest....he took matching money..least Romeny used his own...Obama 08

Yawn...

Elizabeth Edwards always comes out with some unsubstantiated claim or rambles on attacking others–I guess she can't take the heat!

How many more days of this?

Here is a clear indication that he WON'T tell the truth. The bottom line is, it takes money – BIG MONEY to play and win in the general election, and the FACT is he will be limited by choosing to go with public financing. If he won't admit something small like that, what does that tell you?

The other thing that bugs me about him as I watch CSPAN and the stump speeches he brags about NEVER taking money from lobbyist and special interest, but has taken over $2 million from 527's according to an article I saw in some paper yesterday. The last time I looked a 527 is a special interest group, and while I agree he can't control them, I find it interesting that his former campaign manager, who was his campaign manager as late as last April is heading the main 527 spending the most money.

I think John Edwards is full of crap, I don't trust him.

Well its true, and she better be glad that Michelle didn't bring up the support he is getting from 527's which he claims he is so opposed to.

The whole country is worried about you, Senator Edwards. Your blatant socialist policies and the idea that property rights ought to be abolished in this country is a clear and present danger. No matter how slim your chances of succeeding, any chance at all is plain frightening.

I don't get why she would be "disappointed". What Michelle said was true. And John's answer was wonderful. So why did Elizabeth have to ruin it with that negative attack on Michelle? I love her and respect what she's gone through, but I think she could be a real liability for John.

Elizabeth Edwards is disappointed with Michelle Obama because "Blacks" have come this Far! "Voicing Opinons" without being ARRESTED! And, Run for President? Whew; the South will Rise Again!
Elizabeth might be asked, Whats eating within YOU these days?

I like John Edwards but Obama is my firdt choice. John didn't help Kerry in 04. Also Cheney punked him at the Veep debate and he is just week. Plus he wasn't going to win re-election in NC. Edwards claims to fight, but was has he fought for big insurance co.

Q: "If they have more money, and money's what matters, then why are they worrying about me?"

A: Because by taking public funds, Edwards may have plenty of money now, but will run out well before he can dip into funds for the general election. This will hurt the Democratic Party if their nominee has to remain silent while being attacked by the Republican nominee.

I wish Edwards would give voters credit for being smart enough to understand and absorb the facts. Instead, he relies on trickery and emotional appeals.

Elizabeth I wasn't happy with you when you said that John can't help it that he isn't Black or a woman. So please don't go after Barack's wife Michelle with disappointments b/c I have been disappointed in you throughout this campaign.

This is news???? We looking to you as a source of reasonable information in the face of selecting a new leader of the free world. This is what you decide is worthy of precious time and effort? C'mon CNN ... the political machine landed us in this 8 year disaster ... is this really the caliber of information you think will revive our country???

With both Clinton and Obama becoming Edwards obsessed it looks like their internal polls are showing him ahead