my take on this whoe election process:

the commentators are just looking for a story, but it a shame that we dont get to make up our minds without the bad reporting.

i dont want to vote for a repbubican, but if i were to choose . it would fred thompson.

i am for john edwards because he has got alot to say , without saying much.

as for as a obama, it is a joke. there a piped piper dressed in black. i hope the residents of new hamphire is smarter than that.

as for as hilary is concerned. i didnt even consider that. but what she has to say., shre get my vote. sa far as the canidates are concerned.

all of the ones i didnt mention, they are not a considation.

Betty H., North Carolina: You're so correct. Seems our 'fair and balanced' news has become skewed and tainted against equal coverage for the candidates. It has already played a large role in the outcome of this election by shutting out some viable candidates.

With regard to John Edwards, undoubtedly the media is against giving him more than absolute minimum coverage because he wants to break up monopolies in the media. I also don't blame Ron Paul's supporters for being irate about the situation or Richardson's or Kucinich's. (? on spelling of the last. See - if there had been more coverage, I'd remember how to spell it! lol). Media moguls have a nasty habit of influencing and manipulating public opinion with regard to our candidates.

It would be so nice to ever see an election where we could be given the actual facts about each candidate without the spin of corporate media. I believe we would see some very different election results.

MR. SLEVIN

You write:

1) ""You are incorrect. The United States, through its' congress, declared war on Germany.

Ron Paul opposes making war without a declaration of the congress, which is the constitutional process"'.

This would be a more reasonable position, but by all what he said, at least Saturday, his opposition is not due to legal reasons, but simply because it doesn't matter what happens in IRAQ, if it is expensive in money and lifes.. He is the classical isolationist, combined with an utopian (if sincere?) faith that extremists as the islamic ones can be addressed by negotiations.

Persons like this individual, mainly in France and the UK, but also in the US, are
the ones which allowed the 2nd world war to happen, letting Hitler, Mussolini and
the Japanese think that the rest of the world were weak and easy to take. Remember Chamberlain ?

2) "As for your comments about when the US "ceases" to be a "world power"…name me one empire which hasn't collapsed'

True !! The Roman Empire and the Turkish Empires collapsed after 500 years,
the British after 200-250, the Spanish after 300.
But here, if the US had not fiercely opposed the Soviet Union, it would have
happened already after approx 70 years and if now the US takes such a isolationist position, it would pass within the next 20-30 !!
Obviously it is a question of timing!

If you are interested, pls. let me know how I can reach you by E-Mail to further discuss this kind of issue, or if you are not willing to publisch it on the blog, I would indicate a way to reach me.

"Ron Paul, if he were old enough, would have opposed the war with Hitler, as he didn't attack the USA, it was very expensive and cost many lifes."

To clarify.. Japan attacked the US. The US declared war in Japan (last time the US declared war). Germany, as part of the tri-protection act (or something) declared war on the US. So, to recap, Germany declared war on the US.

Ron Paul would have no problem flattering a country that attacks us. He has an issue with our interfering in other countries affiars and pre-empted. offensive wars.

Hey John greetings from Toronto! I still remember you from your days at City Pulse. You were a great reporter then and you are a great reporter now. Glad to see that your career has really taken off and that you have kept your journalistic integrity. Keep up the fantastic work!!

For Tom Wittmann:
I hope you're ready to send YOUR sons to Iraq soon.
Enjoy the war.

Regards
Mbk

Be careful - The only true conservative with anything valuable to say or is a constitutional and federalist expert is Fred Thompson. That is why the democrats and the media are afraid of him. There may be a big surprise ahead for everyone!

Fox' Board consists of A-list collectivists such as Andrew Knight of Rotschild (centralized banking), Viet Dinh, law prof. and author of the Patriot act ( destruction of 4th and 1st amendment / no probable cause or judicial oversight for records searches and felony to report such searches ), Rod Paige, former head of Education Dept. ( collectivist govt education), and of course Murdoch (centalized control of communications / war monger / Hillary fundraiser, News Corp top hillary donater).

Is any wonder these scum would censor the first candidate, Ron Paul, in 100 years to oppose these fascist / collectivists who are looting the treasury with their fiat money scams and putting in the police state to control those they haven't already totally dumded-down to be their corporate / government slaves. What a joke. And to read the comments of some of these "undecided" voters. Read a constitution. Look at a chart of the dollar.

Politics is about law and fixed values about right and wrong, just weights and measures, treating others the way you want to be treated, protecty life and property. It's not that complicated. Other than Ron Paul all of these people are just talking about how to rip someone else off and give you the loot. This is want happens when you have a democracy and not a republic. Of course, it is the ruling oligarchy which ends up stealing from everybody who wants to believe these lies.

Mr. Wittmann,

You are incorrect. The United States, through its' congress, declared war on Germany.

Ron Paul opposes making war without a declaration of the congress, which is the constitutional process.

As for your comments about when the US "ceases" to be a "world power"…name me one empire which hasn't collapsed.

Ron Paul, if he were old enough, would have opposed the war with Hitler, as he didn't attack the USA, it was very expensive and cost many lifes.

Such philosophy could be applied to small and powerless countries as Switzerland, but not to a world power. And if a world power acts so, its ceases
rapidly to be one !!

I am an Independent from MI and I would like to ask a SERIOUS Question.
I was watching Ballot Bowl yesterday 1/6/08 and Hillary was at a question and answer rally, and there were planted question and people. It was quite obvious to me as a viewer at home but didn't get any rebuttal or question from CNN. The episode I am talking about was, the story Susanne Malveaoux was covering and the biggie was when a question came from an audience attending who came all the way from Ireland to NH and attend one of Clinton rally's just to Thank her for her role in bringing peace to his country. If you replay this piece I am sure you will agree with me that Hillary's deception and dishonesty has reached desperate levels and she should not be allowed to deceive like this without being checked.
Why is she being allowed to spew venom thru the media but not being made to answer to her deceit

Jim said: "Doesn't make me wonder why he was excluded from the debate. I know why, and so does everyone else who's paying attention. Just another reason to vote for him."

Jim is correct. There is no need to speculate as to the reasons for his exclusion. The Military industrial complex wants it that way. There is also no need to speculate as to why News Corps stock has dropped by a market share of roughly 3 Billion Dollars in the last 2 weeks–Because the Revolution will demand that we break a few eggs.

Who wants an omelette?

Sue: I am not voting for Hillary because just BECAUSE she is a woman. I happen to be voting for the best person for the job. You may believe that Hillary is the best thing since sliced cheese, but frankly - she can pull out any one of her predefined "talking points" and its still as boring as the next. She just says the same thing over and over and over and over. PLEASE!! I'm sorry, but as a woman voter in NH, I WILL NOT vote for someone JUST because she is a woman. I will not vote for someone JUST because she was our ex-president's wife. She lost me on these basic issues:

1. She voted for the Iraq war, and unlike other Democrats who have at least said that they shouldn't have with the knowledge we know now - she continues to justify her actions.

2. The Iran vote - hello - just more of the same old, same old from her.

3. She has the nerve to get on Obama for hiring a former lobbiest to run his NH Campaign, but then she has taken more money from healthcare lobbiests than any other person who has EVER run for president - Republican or Democrat.

4. Her "I'm going to play nice" campain has totally turned into an attack machine.

Mitt is very qualified to bring needed change to our nation!

If the state of Arizona's education system and southern border were effective, I may feel differently. 2000 was McCain's year! Now we are in 2008, and what improvements do we see in Arizona? not much.

Mitt Romney has not only earned master's degrees in business and law at a very solid Harvard University, he has demonstrated the ability to apply what he has learned in both the private and public sectors. His economic success at Bain Capital, in handling the Salt Lake City Olympics, and in balancing the Massachusetts state budget are no small feats of accomplishment. Our US Government needs the same fixes, efficiency and cost reduction only then can taxes be cut!

As National Review detailed:
"Romney is an intelligent, articulate, and accomplished former businessman and governor. At a time when voters yearn for competence and have soured on Washington because too often the Bush administration has not demonstrated it, Romney offers proven executive skill. He has demonstrated it in everything he has done in his professional life, and his tightly organized, disciplined campaign is no exception. He himself has shown impressive focus and energy."

Romney 2008!

James,

Did not mean to offend, was only stating my opinion on Dr. Pauls momentum and how he is bringing the rollcall of republicans up yet still only gets 8 percent, when his boot on the ground are WAY higher than any other candidate in New Hampshire. Then Fox bans him and steals his platform.

I am very disgruntled and frustrated is all.

Bill Clinton didn't win Iowa, didn't win New Hampshire, but he is the greatest president in recent years.

Can Iowa represent the U.S.A?

"but what might that also mean for Ron Paul? He’s currently polling 5th, but a surge of independents could propel him to a good showing here. Makes you wonder why he was excluded from last night’s debate on Fox."

Oh My Goodness.. CNN posts something positive about Ron Paul.. FINALLY!

Roger - give me a break. Getting paid for having an opinion based on facts. What do you know about Obama other than he is an inspirational speaker. What is his background other than he gained valuable foreign relations experience when he was 8 years old. How has he voted in the Illinois legislature. What has he done in the senate. These are questions that the electorate need to know.

Ron Paul was excluded from the Fox News forum because many of his views, although republican in the traditional sense, run contrary to the current republican establishment. Fox News, being part of the current republican establishment, doesn't like what they see as an assault on their influence. They excluded him because they don't like what he says.

Question for Sue, rthompson, and Jan — how much is Hilary paying you guys? I'm looking for some extra money, and being paid by this soulless corporate shill to spread lies seems like just the ticket!

Yoy say: "Barack Obama does appear to have enjoyed a bounce from his decisive victory in Iowa"

Only partially so. The main bounce came after the Saturday debate, where the
performance of Hillary was dismal, not because how she presented it, but because is showed that what she is doing is saying "I" and sometimes "WE", where the correct form would be "BILL". This, complemented by the rumor that
she would incur in the outrageous nepotism to nominate Bill for the Supreme Court, cost her 10 points lack in the polls.

And this, even if Obama is a poor debater.

By the way, nepotism is lifting its head worldwide. Argentina's government party
naming the wife of the incumbent theit (successful) candidadete, the much admired Bhutto naming (queen-wise) her corrupt husband as her successor
and he in turn names his nor even Urdy speaken teenager son a bridge chairman of her party.

Jan…maybe its because Clinton sets up the negativity for herself, and Edwards and Obama do not.

Sue—to me it sounds like you are voting for her ONLY BECAUSE she is female.

You guys at CNN are covering this as a horse race, not a political campaign. Most of your coverage is an effort to exaggerate the meaning of the daily polls where a candidate is up a few points or down a few points. You are trying to create an artificial excitement to the story.

You would serve the country better by covering the issues much more and the horse race much less.

My impression of CNN coverage is that it is about ratings not news. You do market studies to see what will hype up the ratings and that tells you what to cover and how to spin it to maximize ratings.

CNN's coverage of the conventions in 2004 could have been entitled "Wolf Blitzer covers the convention" and the clear intention was to puff up Blitzer's ratings. We saw much more of CNN commentators than we saw the convention events.

Mark…McCain does bring independents.

I am one.

I'm an independent in NH and Mitt Romney blew away the competition last night at the debate. He definitely convinced me to vote for him.

I was between McCain and Romney, but last night Romney strongly, intelligently and passionately showed (1) Mitt is tough on illegal immigration while McCain still wants amnesty and just calls it a different name, (2) Mitt is an economic genius who will cut the income tax and corporate tax, and eliminate the death tax, while McCain has proven to align himself with the most liberal senators against the Bush tax cuts, (3) Mitt is youthful, energetic and a problem-solver while McCain seems a bit tired and petty, and (4) Mitt is a Washington outsider and an institution-reformer, while McCain is an old Washington guy bouncing around the same, failed policies.

I'm convinced NH saw their man last night- Mitt Romney.

How is that we never hear about McCain's melanoma?
His left cheek is much bigger than the right.

Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton on the Supreme Court! Vote Obama!

What is up with Fox. Fred Thompson is a Joke, Althought I do not support Ron Paul he is a canidiate with a meaningful message and Ideas Thompson may of played a president on TV so this is just a stunt for his TV raitings.
While we are on the subject what was up with the Dem. canidate Mike Gravel last night promoting drug use. Gravel To Teens: Marijuana Safer Than Alcohol. Wow and saying this to kids at a School..

Re: rthompson.. maybe you should let those 3472 other republicans make up their own minds. nobody likes to be told how to vote.

and to Sue from NH

dont make this about a female versus a male…and saying that people from NH are only voting for obama because he is a man.

thats like me saying (with your logic) that you are voting for clinton because she is not black…see where i am getting at here?

Barach Obama is sounding more like George Bush, Carl Rove, and Frank Luntz.. Obama's use of the word "hope", a key word in biblical faith, reminds me of Luntz's "Like Pavlov's dogs, voters will come running if you ring the right verbal bells.In this case the word "hope" is the right bell.

I can't say that I know New Hampshire voters, but there seems to be a number of people looking again at Obama. It could be because of the bounce from Iowa despite the very different attitudes in the two states. I hope that everyone who plans on going to vote in the primary has reviewed their choices. They may find their first choice a good choice.

As for Ron Paul in New Hampshire, there maybe some in New Hampshire for Ron Paul. I doubt that they have enough influence on their friends to vote for him. I really don't think that Ron Paul could get more than 10% of the vote. I heard the reason why Fox News excluded him from the forum last night — not making double digits in the national polls. I don't like that reason; I would like to hear everyone that has made it on the national news. Alan Keyes should have been in the last debate before the Iowa caucuses.

Obamacan not win the general election. Rudy and or John McCain will rip him apart. He will lose all of the south and the border states. Plus, he will lose New Jersey, New York and Pa. {maybe others as well}.I am 81 years of age and a life long democrat. Do not let your heart rule your head. Hillary is the only one that can beat this group in November. I have tried to put this message on twice before and can not seem to find them on Cnn. I expect thhat from MSNBC, but I did not from CNN.

Obama is all talk - reminds me of the college grads who enter the work force claiming they should be the CEO. But…..why should he need to first learn the details of how to get the job done before he makes the big broadbrush decisions? America is the LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!! We don't want or need wisdom or experience - or even a proven track record in anything that resembles governing!!!! WE WANT CHANGE!!!! YEH!!!!! YEH!! YEH!!!

when he fails, i'll just say i voted for one of the other candidates…..

MANCHESTER, N.H. — Obama campaign violating state law by placing automated phone calls to numbers on the Do Not Call list. Former State Rep. Sandy Keans, a from Rochester, said she received a call.“This afternoon, I received a pre-recorded phone message from the Obama campaign attacking Senator Clinton even though I am on the Do-Not-Call List," Keans said.

Senator Barack Obama won the Iowa Caucuses. New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson placed fourth. But did they really earn their finishing positions? The answer may be surprising. In the now past ABC New Hampshire debate before the January 8th first-in-the-nation primary, the rules were that only the candidates who finish in the top four slots in Iowa could participate, meaning that second-tier candidates who placed fourth could live on to continue their campaign another day. In the last hours before the Iowa caucuses Obama, who wanted to pad his victory and hedge his bets, approached Joe Biden with this, proposal: In precincts where Biden had a local official loyal to him, and if Biden wasn't viable, then Senator Biden would tell his organizers to move his supporters over to Obama en mass. Conversely, in precincts where Obama had more than enough supporters, he would lend people to Biden to ensure Biden a fourth place finish so that he could,continue Joe Biden actually considered the proposal. An anonymous source close to Biden told the Washington Post that the strategy could be "viability for victory."When the media found out, Obama's camp admitted that the conversation took place. Biden, who when asked about the proposal at a campaign event said that the deal could "probably" help both campaigns; however he later rejected the deal on "moral grounds," a source in Biden's Iowa organization told the Rev. Rob Times on condition of anonymity. History recorded that Joe Biden placed fifth in Iowa, and subsequently dropped out of the race. On January 4, the day after the caucus, the New York Times reported strong rumors that Obama made the same deal to Bill Richardson that he previously offered to Biden, only this time the deal was accepted.The Times article describes not only the rumors, but gives an eye-witness account and confession of an Obama official telling Richardson supporters that a pact had indeed been made between the two candidates. "That's what the leadership has said," admitted Deb Copeland, an Obama volunteer as reported by the New York Times. "What we're concerned about is we heard of a few people going to Hillary. And we want to keep you together," she told the Richardson supporters at the 64th precinct. Volunteers for the Biden campaign told the Rev. Rob Times that Obama organizers used the same speech about a "pact" to lure supporters in at least two precincts where Biden was only a few supporters shy of viability.Representatives from both the Obama and Richardson campaigns deny that such a deal was ever struck, yet first hand testimonies clearly paint a far different picture. The Effect in the end, the effect of backdoor wheeling and dealing between campaigns is that Richardson's fourth place finish could be artificial, and Obama's victory margin is larger than it would have been in a democratic system. Our democracy is based, in part, on the concept of "one man, one vote," and a vote by a secret ballot, free from the judging eyes of neighbors and the media, free from bribery, and free from the influence of political activists. Had the Iowa contest been based on a ballot, and had caucus voters cast a single vote for the candidate of their choice as is the most fair method of picking a president, then Obama may have come in second and Richardson in fifth. If Obama's victory margin had been smaller, or if he placed second, then the dynamic of the race would have changed drastically. Edwards, Clinton, and even Biden may have all come out of Iowa in stronger positions than any of them have.In part, the system is to blame, but those who took advantage of it and exploited it for their own purposes, namely Barack Obama and Bill Richardson, are not without culpability and their misdeeds should be remembered in the minds of voters.

Guys and Dolls,

Better yet this is directed to all men and all women of citizenship of this UNITED STATES of AMERICA " Stop electing people to serve our country. Drzaft those that want to serve and thet would be for only a @ year term and give thst money now being spent to tell the American People more lies and run a popularity contest to fed those hungry children and provide medicine for our sick and more important to provide shelter to those that are homeless here in America now.
At least it is a new Idea and it goes back tot he first meeting when our government was founded. They volunteered their services to make this country what it was and now look at the mess tv , news and advertising has done with our rights.
Everyone if you are looking for change it is right here in front of your eyes. Elections cause deaths just look around the world and guns are the power that continues to in-force elections and elects those that can sell their non existence ideas. Be creative and don't judge us American by popular votes but by those that were drafted and died and made this country what it was suppose to be.

God Bless AMERICA and Ask not what your Country can do for you but what you can do for your Country ! Be drafted to serve it is the American way and give your life to make this a better place to live today. SPEAK OUT OR HOLD YOUR VOTE in protest to those that can only spend money and tell lies to get into the White House as President a leader that needs to know how to lead. A soldier dies for his country what can a elected official give up except his money and fame and corruption.
To those that read this I believe CHANGE will come and eyes will be open wide and those that continue to seek power with their money will be forced to be judged by their maker as we all wilo one day.
A mind and a Country is a terrible thing to waste .

I am Jerry Jurden and proud to be an AMERICAN 404-625-1951 ttcb77@yahoo.com Bill Gates I hope you read this and understand what your money could rally do for those that are starving, homeless, they could really use your prayers today.

You Obama supporters are stuck in 1968. You’re dreamers. The Republicans need only 270 points to win the electoral college which means the race comes down to Ohio, Florida, Iowa, and Pennsylvania. Obama won't win 3 of the 4 which means we're stuck with some idiot Republican pushing the same old thing- neoconism and the destruction of the US as a free secular country. More war, more debt, more illegal immigration. It just isn't worth it. Be pragmatic- choose the candidate that can win the electoral college.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=79365

[b]Ron Paul is nothing more then an oddity. It's like driving by a car crash on to better
things. Mr Paul being the car crash, and the victims, his tin-foil cap headed
followers.

Thank god the voters are making an informed decision as the polls are indicating
that those that live in their parents basements are staying there, and not making a
mockery of the political system.
[/b]

There are 4,049 delegates at stake in the Democratic primary. Obama's "great" victory in Iowa only got him one more delegate than Clinton. One. It will take victories in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and quite a few Super Tuesday states to even begin to clarify Obama's front-tunner status.

If Obama wins, I'm voting Republican all the way and 3,472 others are too!

Why has the media not looked into Obama's record? Why don't we know anything about his record and why is the media 100% positive coverage about Obama. Is there a reason that Hillary cannot make comparisons of Obama?
The study by Center for Media
and Public Affairs (CMPA) at George Mason University found that on-air evaluations of Hillary Clinton were nearly 3 to 2 negative (42% positive vs.
58% negative comments), while evaluations of her closest competitor Barack Obama was better than 3
to 2 positive (61% positive vs. 39% negative). John Edwards attracted much less coverage, but his
evaluations were 2 to 1 positive (67% positive vs. 33% negative). In the same study Huckabee also received the most positive coverage. (And who won the Iowa caucus.) I would like to see the media cover the news - not select our candidates.

well here we go.
here we have all thes people makeing promises and say i will do this if you elect me for your next president.
why dont they just say, hey i really cant do anything for you i just want to stand here and tell you lies.
and if you beleave me, then i will try to do my best for you.
and this country.
when will it stop, and when will the people of america finely say we have had enough, of poliitics an for once why make promises you cant keep.

I need to vent. I will be voting tomorrow in the NH primary and I am baffled by the polls that put Barak Obama double digits ahead of Hillary Clinton. I watched the debates on Sat. evening and I was frankly puzzled by some of what he said. I thought he was confusing and hard to follow. He didn't appear to come across as a leader. Which is beginning to make me wonder if this presidential race is based on gender and not issues. What is going on here? Are New Hampshire residents voting for a man, and not casting their vote for a candidate who is qualified, experienced, articulate and strong because she's female? I have heard so many voting residents make the comment that she's great but we're not ready for a woman president. She won't win because she's female. That my fellow New Hampshire residents is called DISCRIMINATION!!!!! I rest my case. Look at the issues and experience people, not at the face!!!!! I hope these polls are wrong because if they aren't I really think the United States needs to change the process in how we elect our president.

Actually not even 1952 qualifies as a year when neither of the incumbents ran. That is because, after Truman withdrew in the wake of his humiliating showing in the New Hampshire primary opposite Kefauver, his veep, Barklay (sp?), got into the race. Of couse, Stevenson beat him for the nomination.

In fact, you have to go all the way back to 1928, a whopping 80 years ago, for an election when neither the president nor the vice president was running for the White House. Both Coolidge and Dawes chose not to run, leaving both parties wide open in their races. Al Smith got the Dem nod, Herbert Hoover won the Republican nomination, and the latter went on to win.

McCain does not bring independants, maybe twenty years ago, but he is a political hack, who once represented something, but today is seen as a flip-flopper and warmonger like the rest of teh GOP insiders.

Dr. Paul however is truly the outsider, they laugh at him first, then they bar him from debating, and they each steal his platform, from Hucks printing money, to Thompsons Constitution, to Guilianis spending.

Transparent and the problem with politics today, MSM cannot keep up with the consious flow and still seek to manipulate it. Vote for a spiritual revolution, give peace a chance, vote Dr. Paul in NH.

oooooops!

Barack needs to be very careful with this poll numbers and focus on a victory tomorrow. This polls can help Hillary comeback like a hero since she appears to be the underdog now. If i were in the Obama camps, I would start minimizing expectations.

The vote for tomorrow is tigher than ever. Let's forget the polls and wish Obama a very good operation tomorrow.

Why is it the American people are focusing on Iowa & New Hamsphire as if this two states are President makers? Could it be, because this two states allow independent voters to cast their votes during primary?

I'm an independent voter, they hype going on right now surging like a Rock Star who have just cut the best album and become platinum is Obama. My question is this, what is this hype about Obama? True, words are powerful, inciteful words can destroy a nation and brought the whole world into war like Adolf Hitler.

It was the words of our current President that made the American people voted for him in office. His campaign in 2000, he will unite this country, bring people together to meet our goals for the common good. The American people totally disregard all the missteps of Bush as governor of Texas, even all the scandals he had were completely ignored by the media and the American people.

Everyone chimed in, "so what if Bush use cocaine and alcoholic, he is a changed man, he regretted his actions, lets give him a chance." Majority of the American people were completely enthralled with Bush, in their eyes and mind he became flawless.

I am seeing the same thing, the American people are completely enthralled and enamored with Obama, his words are making every dreamers and idealists drop down on their knees as if they're seeing the second coming of Christ. The voice of Obama is captivating, his words are full of hopes and dreams, if you listen to him talk you'll forget he has nothing to offer but his words. You don't care anymore he doesn't have experience, you don't care he doesn't stand up and vote where his counts, you don't care if he has not shown any leadership; anything that a sensible person look for in their leader was totally cancelled out because his words are not enough to convince you he'd be a good President.

I'm an old man, I have been around the block too many times. I have seen too many things that a young eyes may not see or refuse to see because to look at reality and confront it will shake the very core of your being, it will shatter your dreams and hopes into oblivion.

There was a man in Asia with captivating voice like Obama, he offered the same thing to his people like Obama is offering now to you; he banckrupted his country, killed thousands of his own people. That country is a US ally and have not recovered up to now, it' s in deep turmoil.

In this country of ours, we have too many of them. Carter was just as charismatic as Obama, the American people voted for him, they believed in his hopes and dreams totally. One crisis after another hit our country (hostage in Iran), Carter was totally lost, he doesn't know what to do, then we were hit with oil embargo (OPEC). Another charismatic leader emerge and everyone thought he was the man, his name was Ronald Reagan. Reagan-Bush administration created Bin Laden (Afghan-Russian War). For the first time also this country of ours give in to terrorism under Reagan (Iran-Contra scandal). Our current President is destroying this country and will continue to do until he gets out of office. The platform of Obama was the platform of Bush in 2000, it seduced the American people. You are being seduce now by Obama.

May God help this country. I am seeing the fall of United States of America when being politically correct supersedes plain and tested since man learn to walk upright - COMMON SENSE.

My advantage against the young, I'll die soon due to old age; I don't have to see it or live with the misery about to fall into this country. Whoever you vote for this primary, think of your childrens' children. If you're not yet married or don't have children and still in school, what kind of country you want your children to inherit. USA is falling apart, there's no one to blame but the American people. When you use your emotion in casting your vote instead of COMMON SENSE, you'll lose.

The people always get the government they deserve, no more, no less.

Where is your coverage of Edwards? I've been watching American Morning today and do not see fair coverage, even after his second place finish in Iowa and his sudden increase of 9 points in Rasmussen National Polling. (Rasmussen showed Edwards moving from 14% to 23% nationally since the Iowa Caucus. Obama has gained 1 point, Hillary has dropped 7.) I agree that Hillary's decline is a big story…. but fair coverage of these candidates - Republican and Democrat - has never been more important for our country.

Betty Hooker
Greensboro, NC

Yes John i know what you mean about being sleep deprived, as I work mid nights also.

I have a question and I don't know where to look on the net to find a answer.

Did I not hear on the news that President Bush signed a treaty with the Iraq government commit us to keep American troupes in Iraq for years to come. If so then how are the candidates going to bring all of our troops home?

Thanks for doing a good job of keeping us informed.

Jerry

IF either Barak Obama OR John McCain were to get the 'nod' at the upcoming conventions, whichever one wins will underscore past results….this country will get EXACTLY WHAT IT DESERVES! Either a weak innefectual babe-in-the-woods who will be eaten alive by special interests in this country or world leaders who have ample experience with novices and neophytes, or a Bush lap-dog eager to follow in his master's footsteps and will plunge our military into even more ill-conceived and disasterous quagmires that will do nothing more than sacrifice more lives.

Either way, the biggest loser will be the American public, unfortunately blinded by partisan dogma and pollyanna-ism. But then, that has become the norm, and even though that same public rails against the injustices perpetrated on them by those they elected through apathy, incompetence, or criminal behavior, they still continue to cast their ballots to elect them.

Doesn't make me wonder why he was excluded from the debate. I know why, and so does everyone else who's paying attention. Just another reason to vote for him.

I think Mr Roberts smells a shift in the atmosphere in New Hampshire. When will we ever learn that the Jerry Springer commentaries don't work with the American People…PERIOD
Sooner or later all this one-sidednes will turn against these so called unbiased journalists who thrive on sensationalisn instead of equal support.
Shame Shame Shame
Go Independents!!!!!