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i hear hillary has won 12 states,and obama has won 13. then i hear hillarys won 8. does anyone know anything for sure/
and what is this its important thing i hear this year about you must also vote for the delagets,and also what canadet to. what does all this jibber mean anyways. can someone tell me in plane english what all this election stuff means,or we all in the dark about politices?
thank you shirley palmer

I agree with Ron... It is so obvious the look of dissappointment on Wolf's face every time Hillary had a win.

AFTER WATCHNG MANY ISSUES I AM VERY UPSET WITH CNN ALLOWNG THE SLANTED TALKING AND REPORTING OF THE ELECTIONS ESPECIALLY SUPPORTING OBAMA AND CLINTON EQUALLY YOU ARE PROM OTING OBAMA MANY TI MES OVER CLINTON. I NOTICED IT MOSTLY WITH THE LAST DEBATE.
WHY? I THOUGHT NEWS PEOPLE ESPECALLY BLITZER SHOULD BE FAIR TO BOTH.

Wolf, my darling, don't let these people get to you.
You're exactly right, politics and sports are very similar in the fact that often times, the game is too close to call up until the very end. And even there, you have cases like Florida in the 2000 election, where we are driven into overtime waiting for the score to be reported.
Wolf, you've taught me so much about politics, perhaps you can teach me how to understand basketball!!

Can there be any doubt that Ron Paul is who this country needs? A man of the utmost integrity and a man of humility. But most importantly, a man with the right ideas – of tolerance, of love, of freedom, and – of course – of the people.

Ron Paul is in the thick of this race. Almost 30,000 proud Americans already have cast their ballots for Ron Paul in both Iowa and New Hampshire:

1. Romney 103,755 30%
2. McCain 102,361 29%
3. Huckabee 66,876 19%
4. Paul 29,648 9%
5. Giuliani 24,151 7%
6. Thompson 18,712 5%

Politics in our country has turned into a corrupt soap opera episode. It's kind of like watching WWF, it's a bunch of fake garbage.

If you watched the South Carolina debate on FOX, and your head is screwed on right you know Ron Paul is the only serious Republican candidate.

But, oh yeah, Americans don't really go for the truth anymore, I forgot. Ignorance is bliss.....

Ron Paul 2008!

50,000 + in Michigan
20,000 + in Iowa
20,000 in NH

Freedom is spreading.

"I love politics and I love sports"?

Well, I do, too, Mr Blitzer, but I don't have your education or get paid the kind of money you do – which is why you really ought to challenge yourself more to write a better article, or at least a better closing line. This is pretty insipid stuff. Maybe you've been hanging around Larry King for too long?

I want to ditto my daughter's daughter's comments

My daughter posted comments on this website.
Then my daughter's daughter posted comments on this website.
For the first time. Really. Now I want to ditto those comments.
My daughter's daughter lied about her real name. Because she believes strongly in her first amendment right to provide false information, in order to obtain the information she needs to exercise her right to vote. That is not being racist at all. This is getting rather emotional for me so I will bring my comments to an end. I love democracy and I love CNN.

The trouble, Wolf, is that politics really isn't a game. It's way too important to be treated like a horse race or basketball game. You in the corporate media need a hook to keep those viewers tuning in (or at least try), though. So, even when the results come in, you stand there like an idiot and act as if it's the Kentucky Derby. Dude, when the polls close, the votes have already been cast. The winner has been decided. It's only your reporting of the results that comes in slowly and precinct by precinct. You do a complete disservice to the country by the way that you cover elections. And judging from your lousy ratings, you're losing at your own game, too.

My daughter posted comments on this website for the first time in her life because she wanted to know more about Obama and why he would be baffled.

I like democracy and think this is a good way to share ideas, but my daughter (who is using a moniker) is not racist at all. My daughter wanted to know certain things about a man who has a big chance of being the president and she uses this freedom on the commenter site just like everyone else. When we read accusations she was racist, it was scary. We don't think of race in our family. It's not an issue. We are too mixed.

Many of the issues we brought us hit close to home for us.

It is like sports. I hope CNN is a good referee.

Tristan, I read your comments and I think you had every right to speak up about your concerns.

The Candidates do not have the freedom that citizens have. We are not attached to any particular campaign and bound by the stringent standards of propriety that being in the spotlight require a person to have.

We are the voice for the unspoken tensions that need to be addressed. They address them from the top down and we address them from the bottom up.

I do believe that it's not fair that we cannot bring up anything about Obama's record without being labeled racist. I think that's not fair and it's a little unsettling.

But all in all, I think this is a healthy discourse and a very effective way for people to voice their opinions. We are the unadulterated voice and the one that is not paid to speak and keep the status quo.

Perhaps Clinton and Obama would not say the things that we would say, but they are both trying to keep their positions.

We make fun of Bush and pry into his life so much and we don't ever defend him, why should Obama be above that?

It is like sports. Politics is like sports. But it's important that when there is foul play and someone commits a foul that the referees watch the ball carefully and replay the tape of the play to make sure there was no foul play and if there was – that it's pinned on the right person.

I am glad it was ironed out. I am glad it ended peacefully and with truth. There is not a bone in me that is racist. I know what I wrote got a lot of attention, but I want to make it clear I only wanted to clarify Obama's remarks about Clinton's statement baffling him and implying she thought the president deserved more credit that Martin Luther.

I am glad you drew from Martin Luther King's statement when he said "Direct action is not a substitute for work in the courts and the halls of government. Bringing about passage of a new and broad law by a city council, state legislature, or the Congress, or pleading cases before the courts of the land, does not eliminate the necessity for bringing about the mass dramatization of injustice in front of a city hall.

Indeed, direct action and legal action complement one another. When skillfully employed, each becomes more effective."

At the end of the day, while I am happy it was ironed out, I do not apologize for the manner in which I expressed my emotions over this very important distortion of Clinton's words.

I don't regret that. I am a writer and writers employ styles that reflect what is going on inside of a person.

I am glad that Obama and Clinton are on the same side. God bless them both!

(Wolfe, I don't know how you do it – politics is very stressful!)

The last paragraph reads like a 3rd grader's daily journal entry. –Gary, Charlottesville

That's so funny, I actually opened the comments section for this post specifically to make this same comment.

Wolf is the Wizard of Politics, because he loves politics and he loves sports. How sweet!!!! I have learned soooooo much by the above comments. Cloned Meat??? Is that our most pressing national issue after W borrows $2 trillion for Iraq? After W ignores the laws passed by Congress? After 8 years suffering from Cheney and the President of Torture. God help us.

Wolf...Sports are not like politics anymore than the football grid or basketball court is a field of battle. Iraq is a field of battle, the others are sports competition venues.

Personally, I'm really starting to hate main stream media. I don't care about Brittany Spears, Mike Vick or O.J. Simpson. Yet, that's all that gets reported as "news". CNN is just as guilty as any other station in this regard. What gives...why does CNN feel compelled to compete with Entertainment Tonight.

So, rather than make lame analogies of the election process and politics, why not just announce the news like it used to be done in the old days, say circa 1985 and earlier. There are advantages to doing this. You wouldn't be obligated to announce every shocking tid bit, everytime a candidate belches, sneezes, wimpers, screams, utters a racial or ethnic slur, looks flushed etc. Nor would you feel obligated to make lame advanced projections of election results, like in New Hampshire. In short you could just report the news; spending more time on getting the facts straight, rather than spicing up "boring" news.

Dear interviewer expert:
Allowing people to address only what they've done stifles creativity and ambition. Sometimes people need an opportunity to show what they can do.

RE: Debate questions
I would like to hear what the candidates have to say about SCIENCE. Cloned meat, genetic manipulation, ethics of stem cell research, organ manufacture, the list is endless. We are on the brink of so many incredible things; if the next president were to have an eight year term many of the things that look like fiction today will be reality before they retire from the office. How they deal with these things will effect the world, the economy, our privacy, our basic rights. I want to know how they are going to make judgments on these issues because they will be leading us into this exciting and frightening future.
Thanks and good luck getting real answers!

Let's have a betting pool as to when they will forget the lesson of New Hampshire and go back to telling us who will win before a vote is casted. I say on Super Tuesday they will break down and start making predictions early again. Anyone else care for a piece of this?

Isn't it sad that newspaper circulation is going down while cable news programs go up. At what point did we stop thinking for ourselves? Reading is hard.... TV is easy. Me like.

Buckle your seat belts, boys and girls........it's going to be a bumpy election year. Unless somebody catches fire between now and Super Tuesday, we're going to wind up with BOTH parties hitting the convention without a nominee.

That means we will see a reversion to the old days of brokered conventions. After the first ballot, the horse trading will commence. The bizarre thing about a brokered convention is that the front runners can see their delegates released after the first ballot and everything basically becomes a high school prom queen election conducted by the delegates.

The 1924 Democratic National Convention required a record 103 ballots to nominate John W. Davis. The term dark horse candidate was coined at the 1920 Republican National Convention, at which little-known Ohio Senator Warren G. Harding emerged as the candidate. Abraham Lincoln won nomination on the third ballot after Seward was considered a lock for the job.

What could we see? How about Huckabee finishing third in the primary delegate count and being taken as a "compromise" at the Republican convenion, with Ron Paul as the VP nominee.

Would John Edwards accept a second run at VP in exchange for giving his votes to Hillary or Obama? Or would he hold out in hopes that a compromise would propel him to the top. How about a Draft Al Gore movement after 3 inconclusive ballots? Or Bloomberg deciding not to run as an independent, then stepping in to accept the Democratic (or Republican) nomination as a "white knight".

How about a Gravel-Kuchinich ticket opposing Paul-Leiberman?

Wolf is right. This isn't just too close to call. It will be impossible to call.

I heard that if Rudy Guiliani is elected president our taxes will drop like a rock!

Don't let them get to you, Wolf.

I just want to say, as many problems as there are in the media I can't imagine them living up to the standard some viewers have set. Maybe most people who comment on this sight just have too much pent up aggression, but seriously almost every story is some window to vent political frustrations.

I'm also pretty fed up with politics, but the worst thing to me is the misinformation and fallacies that the American people are made to believe. Let's not contribute to the falsehoods by harping accusations that serve our own agendas, however right on they may be.

I find it amusing to see CNN blasted for laying off Obama and harping on the Clinton's after Bill Clinton's speech last week. And in the very same thread, they accuse CNN of being Clinton enablers. Get real, people, and spend your time looking for truth, not enemies.

Im not a political consultant but I know a successful formula for interviewing and I suggest Wolf ask candidates questions that begin with "what have you done" instead of "what would you do ". If you "stay out of the 'woulds' " the candidates are forced to talk about their record - not just make promises about they "would " do if they get elected pres.,

Regarding the debate next week with the Democrats, another question for all candidates:

Would you consider pursuing alliance relationships with some of the largest and best known companies that have had successful change management programs in the past for the purpose of defining measurement and accountability?

Thanks again for the opportunity, and best wishes.

2 things:
1) Since when do Wolf Blitzer articles dominate the Political Ticker?
and
2) Should we really be calling politics a game? Or does that just add to the partisan back and forth so many people are eager to move beyond?

Can we please get John Edwards to drop out of this race so OBAMA can wip Billary’s ass. She is stopping the Nevada people from causing for OBAMA with a lawsuit. Taking trying to take their civil right to caucus away WE NEED TO START THIS MOVEMENT NOW....PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD.........

I wonder what would happen if...when all the primaries are over...and the respective party conventions are held...if NONE of the candidates has enough delegates to win the nomination of their party...what happens next?? If that's the case, I doubt folks are going to want to put another billion dollars or so of spending into doing all of the primaries, conventions, etc. all over again.

When Bill Clinton was in the White House, we had the highest budget SURPLUS, and the LOWEST unemployment since the Depression. Since George W. Bush has been in the White House, we've had the highest budget DEFECIT, and the HIGHEST unemployment since the Depression...you do the math.

I think its time for you and the rest of the people at CNN to start playing fair with the candidates. You are all over the Clintons constantly and defending Obama to the hilt. He is not the second coming of Christ and can not explain what he plans to do to make all these changes. He's a piece of "fluff" that is riding on what he thinks is a wave. I feel very sorry for the people of the United States if he is elected President. If they think its bad now, wait till a no experienced smart aleck gets in.
Im an undecided voter but I do know it will not be a vote for Obama when I decide. Depending on who is the candidate on the Republican side I may go that way. Firsat time in all my life that would happen. Obama and the rest of you bash the Clintons and if Obama thinks so badly of them then why does he have all of the old Clinton people around him. As for the race issue, he started that in a very sly way. If he can get them riled then they will vote for him. Notice it all started just before South Carolina where most of the population is black. Get fair CNN...youre beginning to sound like Bill O'Reiley.

The 2000 election was also too close to call...(here comes the news item)...that is why I love politics...AND sports.

Thanks for the deep thoughts and rigorous analysis on the Michigan primary. Now I am VERY informed...even enlightened. There are no winners it's too close to call...this is the reason we love politics? I love CNN because Wolf loves sports and politics.

What kind of waste of space is this? The last paragraph reads like a 3rd grader's daily journal entry.

Wolf, I'd really like to see this drawn up in a nice Venn Diagram.

Thank you Wolfe.

I wanted to say that I really appreciate your having asked the public for input in the debate questions.

I don't know anything about politics, but I like your face. Not in a sexy sort of way, but in an honest sort of way. Though it is handsome. Oh Gosh – what I'm trying to say is that I am glad for democracy and an honest and professional person in the media.

Your writing style does not have frills and I like that.

Yes man...! Let's call a spade a spade. Rangle is right. This is all BS. The fact is that the Obama campaign knows that anything to do with race will hurt him more than Hillary. The Obama campaign is in shambles to put away this smoke because it has taken the heat out of his campaign. But the issues will NEVER die soon and is bound to drag Obama to the pits.

Imagine, even Clayburn who started the whole racial thing is not accepting his responsibility but pretending to be the neutral peacemaker. He is real BS.

Wolf pinpoints what's wrong with the mainstream media, including CNN, and so-called journalists like him.
Covering politics as a "sport" with "winners and losers" puts the focus on the politicians, not on the citizens. That could explain the idiocy of most of the coverage...who's up, who's down, who's got the best haircut, who goes to church...and little insight or presentation of contrasts in what America could expect from the policies if the candidate is elected.
Who can forget that "W" was loved by the media as someone you'd want to have a beer with? So now we've had almost eight years of someone who's been drunk with power.
Thanks, Wolf for your deep insight. What's next? The real story behind Britney?

YOU KNOW WHAT CNN, AND THE REST OF THE MEDIA, WE REALLY DON'T NEED YOU TO CALL ANYTHING.

Wolf loves this game.

???? Wow, what was a bigger waste fo time? Reading this, or the shameful time I spent on TMZ yesterday waiting to see if Britney would show up for court?

Wolf, it's the Michigan election today, and this is the best you can do??

If that's the case, why so much fuzz about the primaries. Let's just focus on Basketball Wolf, I'll love to watch your inside story on the recent Wizzard's winning streak...
At the the end we all know Hillary/Obama is the perfect formula for Nov 2008.

Wow, you candidly told the truth? That's news?!

'Too close to call', why would you want to call a winner now anyway?

We have a lot of deciding to do, it's not time for the media to decide who won yet.

Let's everybody just calm down and stop trying to be the prophet who told the future first.

Except for McCain,all Republican candidates and Lou Dobbs are against what they call amnesty for illegals in this country, against them getting jobs, social benefits and their children going to school. No one and I mean no one ever asks them this direct question.
What do you propose the Federal government do with/about the millions of illegal immegrants currently in this country?
Even without jobs and/or social benefits most of these people are going to remain in this country. They are not going to disappear into thin air

Wolf: Unfortunately people's lives and welfare do not depend on who wins in sports.

Mr.wolf,
Is there democracy in America or this is another 5th world in some sort?

Mr. Blitzer, I watch your program everyday for two hours.
I have a question for you, Do you think this election is about to be rigged?

Good for you Wolf, This is why we love CNN.