CNN

there you go. Clinton, who says she cares about blacks in south carolina, flys out to california to get an edge on obama, and leaves her husband to get the black vote in south carolina.

SEND HER A MESSAGE, WE ARE NOT AS STUPID AND YOU AND BILL THINK!!!!
VOTE OBAMA!!!

Who is more qualified?

Hillary!

Obama sure knows how to talk but Americans need to see beyond big talkers like Obama. He is not ready for the presidency despite what he says. You don't hire someone just because they say they can do the job. Come on people. Let's be realistic here: someone with Obama's experience should not be elected as president of the United States! After what the Bush Amin. has done to this country, please don't tell me we're going to elect someone with so little experience. The entire world is watching...

It might have been helpful to included the fact that Sen Jackson is also principal in a Communications firm doing work for Sen Clinton and that his endorsement was made after the announcement of the contract.

Hillary, would do so much better among african americans if she would stop bill, from making hateful comments about senator Obama. The clintons are loved and set in high estem in the black communities – but obama's not an outsider in many senses. What happens to the democratic party if she alinates the younger votes? They will either become independents or republicans, then let's see if the democrates can win the general.

I will lead the fight to make Mitt Romney, and experienced economist the choice of a people that can not find a place in america not matter what.

Bill, chill out, or you may hurt our party a lot more than you are helping Hillary!!!

I was a Obama/Edwards supporter, but since the Clinton spawn has entered a black church, my mind is changed.
Hillary 08

I guess she wore her sunday best pants suit.

Excuse me "Shocked", speaking of falling for it hook, line and sinker can you or any of the FLOCK also "answer" for Clinton surrogates and supporters Cuomo, Shaheen, Johnson and Penn to name a FEW who made racist remarks, innuendos and blatant falsehoods on behalf of the Clinton campaign?

Now these people who had to apologize or got FIRED from the campaign count don't they?

Hilary 08.
She represents people with income $50,000.00 and less. She represents people with all races. She represents the INVISIBLES.

There is one simple fact in all of this. Hillary Clinton has won the nomination at this point due to the number of "super-delegates" that have already committed to her. Obama's last real stand was Nevada, he had the largest union in his camp, they were allowed to caucus in the casinos and he still lost. Now, for all of you "Dems" that are stating that you will not vote for Hillary. You are playing into Karl Roves hands, you will decide to place a Republican in office by either casting a vote against Senator Clinton or by not voting at all. Makes a ton of sense to me! The upcoming Presidential Election will pit a Democratic nominee versus the Republican nominee. Such an election will be purely based on issues such as the War, the Economy and Energy. We have seen the Republican gameplan the past 8 years and I for one am tired of losing the game. Get a grip people and Go Dems 08'

I think Obama and the media needs to quit putting so much emphasis on the Black vote–makes me feel as if my vote does not matter being a white person–Obama is doing just like his canadiates prior to him–use the race card– if you cant win on your own merits yell and scream about race–what a disgrace to all black voters to buy in to this–Good luck to this country if Barack Hussein Obama wins this election-

christine- let me remind you, chelsea is her daughter and bill is her husband. OK
Now you don't seem to complain Michelle campaigning. Why don't you ask Obama NOT to bring his girls out.
Obama supporters are just out to lunch.
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Christine, Overland Park, Kansas January 20, 2008 7:04 pm ET

i don't understand why chelsea clinton is campaigning. sen. clinton needs to stop having chelsea and bill campaigning for her. doesn't chelsea have anything better to do? doesn't she have her own life? or is she forever to remain in her parents' shadows? the fact that she can't even speak (as in give speeches and so forth) would be so embarrassing if i were in her position. she's like what, 30ish? she's not a child. it reminds me of those laura ingalls wilder books "little house on the prairie" that we had to read in elementary school. Ma would always say "children should be seen and not heard". sheesh.

i think it would reflect much better on sen. clinton if she let her daughter do her own thing. let chelsea be an independent woman who is a success in her own right. of course, since sen. clinton isn't exactly a self-made woman (as in she majorly piggybacked off of bill's success), perhaps she's just continuing the tradition. who knows. all i have to say is that as a young adult, i feel sad for chelsea that she doesn't get the opportunity to speak her mind. maybe the reason why obama has the support of many people my age is because he doesn't disregard the young voters and is willing to listen to us.

TULL- just by calling Bill racist you have given proof that there is computer access in mental hospitals as well.
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Tull January 21, 2008 12:23 am ET

Not this woman. If Hillary gets into the White House, the fat cat hobbyists will swarm around her like flies around rotten meat.

Is Hillary the candidate, is her racist husband?

Our country is not a dynasty: Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton, forever, why not?

If Hillary gets back into the White house, only the people money will have any say regarding how the country will be governed, and the rest of us have to be satisfied with paying taxes and shut up.

I support Obama. He is a graceful and proven leader with good judgment. To name one, the war.

And where is the separation between church and state at this point?

To Hillary HATES CATS: Hillary does NOT hate cats! You've been posting that lie all over the place. She loved their cat, Socks, but she is ALLERGIC to cats. Man, I've read some pretty far out criticisms of Hillary, but yours beats them all. Get the facts before you embarrass yourself further.

Sun-Times Exclusive: Obama surfaces in Rekzo's federal corruption case
Obama is the "political candidate" referred to in document which outlines case against Rezko
For the first time, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama has surfaced in the federal corrupton case against his longtime campaign fund-raiser, Tony Rezko, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. Contributions to his 2004 U.S. Senate campaign came from schemes Rezko is accused of orchestrating. The allegations against Rezko that involve Obama are contained in 78-page document filed last month in which prosecutors outline their corruption and fraud case against Rezko. Trial Feb. 25. Obama’s name to come up in court is a political headache he doesn’t need.
Obama is the “political candidate” referred to in a section of the document that accuses Rezko of orchestrating a scheme in which a firm hired to handle state teacher pension investments first had to pay $250,000 in “sham” finder’s fees. From that money, $10,000 was donated to Obama’s successful run for the Senate in the name of a Rezko business associate, according to the court filing and the source. Rezko, part of Obama’s senatorial finance committee, also is accused of directing “at least one other individual” to donate money to Obama and then reimbursing that individual — in possible violation of federal election law. Obama — got the contributions in 2004 — has moved to distance himself from Rezko since his longtime friend and supporter was indicted in October 2006. After news that Obama had engaged in a real estate transaction with Rezko’s wife at a time Tony Rezko was known to be under investigation, the senator called the episode a mistake.” Obama donated more than $44,000 in Rezko-linked contributions to charity last year, including the $10,000 donation mentioned in the court filing. That money was donated to Obama by Joseph Aramanda, a Glenview businessman and Rezko associate who, sources have said, is the “Individual D” prosecutors say received the $250,000 in finder’s fees demanded by Rezko. Individual D did nothing. In 13 years in politics, Obama has gotten at least $168,000 in campaign donations from Rezko, his family and business associates. The Sun-Times reported

CNN rarely covers Obama .It is Hilliary or Bill and sometimes Edwards. It is clear the media is slanted in its coverage of the primaries. My support of Obama is strenghtened more when the media continues to treat some candidates unfairly while pandering to the tag team of Hillary and Bill. CNN should respect its mandate of fair reporting. Obama is an idea whose time has come. Get it.

The Clintons have a penchant for linning up Blacks that disparage Obama to demonstrate that they have the support of African Americans. This is due to a a deep complex. For Hillary, she cannot go it alone, except the spouse is there attacking her perceived front running opponent or the daughter has to be introduced into the fray by attending a black church with the Vernon Jordans. When Obama arrives any state for campaigns, he walks the stage with the American people who do not denigrate the Clintons to showcase his acceptability, not Whites or Blacks or Browns. The American press and analysts are yet to see through the Clintons deceit and inferiority complex. How will it look if Obama starts doing the exact opposite by parading his White supporters or Edwards his Black supporters as if they are appealing to that section of the American electorate. The Clintons should explain whether they need only the support of Black Democrats in South Carolina. This is bad for a country that claims to be above prejudices. A vote for Obama is a demonstration of the spirit of the times which is CHANGE. Change Hillary & Bill Clinton cannot bring to America by running for primaries as a tag team thereby confirming that Hillary is deficient and also to avoid another round of tears on this campaigns for a would be President. Obama for President.

People go on and on about how the Clintons are horrible, and all this other CRAP, but c'mon. This country's ecomony was never the same after Bill left office. The unemployment rate was LOW, we HAD a surplus. Who cares if he slept around? I still can't believe people are still talking about that! What does she have to do with any of that? I could care less if any of you want to leave the country if she is elected. I had to live with George Bush for 8 years, and if I'm still here then that's patriotism. Please, by all mean, vote Republican...they are gonna need someone like you.

Let me mention...Obama did not vote for the war, BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THERE TO VOTE!

Clearly I'm posting this to a large group of Obama supporters. Perhaps if when he talked he actually SAID something. We wouldn't waste our time here.

I, for one, do not trust Obamba. He doesn't come across as honest to me. There are many people who have said that they would not vote for Hillary if she were elected to the nomination. I would not vote for Obamba. Of all of the candidates running on both sides there are only two whom I would feel comfortable voting for; Hillary or Edwards. If the constitution were changed and the Republican party nominated Governor Schwartzenaeger (sorry, I can't spell his last name correctly), I would likely vote for him.

I'm not telling anyone they must or must not vote a certain way, but this election has the potential to be very polarizing, and as there are people who won't vote for Hillary just because she is Hillary, there are people who won't vote for Obamba because he is Obamba as well.

If Obama wins the nomination I would totally vote for McCain for president. I wouldn't want another INEXPERIENCED president fumbling his way around the oval office. Doesn't that scenario seem familiar to anyone???

Mr.President B. H. Obama:

If you feel like you are running a campaign against both (Hillary & Bill) CLINTON...
learn from them....CHOOSE MRS. B.H. OBAMA (MICHELE...) as your Vice-President. WHAT A TICKET THAT WILL BE!!!!
CONGRESS will THEN change the (presidential) RULES
REMEMBER: WHEN ""WE"" GET IN THE GAME, THEY CHANGE THE RULES!!!
AIN'T NO STOPPIN US NOW-W-W-W-W...WE'RE ON THE MOVE....

Dear DNC,
If Hillary is the nominee.
I will vote Republican.
Thank you.

Re: Bill Clinton is not running for President???Hilliary is, so right back at ya with the DUMMY comment!

Obama has just as much experience as Hilary Clinton. The only experience Mrs. Clinton has is trying to push health care through. Which she failed at horribly. She did not EVEN have enough getup and go to get that done, and her husband was the president with a supportive congress and senate. What do you think she will do when the tough get too tough. CUT AND RUN. Her hand is out like it has always been. She is the same status quo as all the other so called establishment figures in Washington. At least Obama has a proven track record in the grass root arena to prove what he is about. Go on and Vote for her and see what you will get...NOTHING. There will be a change with this election no matter what you might do and for whomever you vote for because the people want change. I would vote for impreachment of President Bush and VP Dick Cheney. And when they are out of office I would vote to have them indicted for the deaths of 3000 + citizens of our country who fought a senseless war,

Speaking in Harlem after she received the endorsement of Calvin Butts, a leading black pastor, Mrs Clinton said that a vote for her should not be seen as a vote against Mr Obama. "I have the highest regard and admiration for my friend and colleague Senator Barack Obama. He is an extraordinary person with many gifts and contributions to our country and the world. I am honoured to be running with him," she said.

LISTEN TO THIS BULL FROM CLINTON!!! ANYTHING SAID OR DONE TO GET A BLACK VOTE. ITS DISGUSTING.

Illinois for Hillary!!!!!!!

So what if Michelle Obama attended the service too? Who is she? She is an opportunist like her husband. People, don't you get it, the Obama's are losers!!!
Hillary' 08!!!!!!!

It looks like a lot of people posted before the update that Michelle Obama attended the service at the same church also. I don't believe she is a regular parishoner at that church.

Get a grip, peeps. There are campaigns going on. This is how they work.

Obama/McCain '08 OR McCain/Obama
Let's cross party lines and put the two most electable and probably most likely to get some stuff done (since they are also the most likable).

The Hill-Billies are not trying to pit blacks against blacks. They are trying to make the whites discusted so they will not vote for a black man. The media is helping the Hill-Billies out everyday. They continue talking about the black vote and how the hispanics think they are white etc etc etc... The devision between hispanics and whites in this country have never been as volitile as with blacks. Racism is alive and well in this country and the Hill-billies are playing the race card like pro's
As white women I can see what they are doing.
Vote Obama and help keep Hill-Billies out of OUR White House!!

Hillary know that she can't be president without the Black votes more than the Latino votes. Blacks are legal. Keep kissing Hillary. Same ol status quo.

They don't say there'll be Hill-Billies back in the white House fo' nothin'.

Not this woman. If Hillary gets into the White House, the fat cat hobbyists will swarm around her like flies around rotten meat.

Is Hillary the candidate, is her racist husband?

Our country is not a dynasty: Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton, forever, why not?

If Hillary gets back into the White house, only the people money will have any say regarding how the country will be governed, and the rest of us have to be satisfied with paying taxes and shut up.

I support Obama. He is a graceful and proven leader with good judgment. To name one, the war.

I sure hope that America wakes up before it is too late and Hill-Bill gets the nominations. I for one do not want to hear for years again that Bill is making phone calls in the oval office and about all the dresses that will be soiled during these calls.....

GO HILLARY!!! Some of you peole are so darn foolish. YOU are either sexist or so easilhy fooled by made up media and spin. It is too bad you cannot think for yourself. LET me ask you anti Hillary dummies a questions??? When was the last time we had a surplus in America's Money cauffers in the past 30 years??? When was the last time the stock market was up in the last 30 years??? When was the last time more jobs were created in the last 30 years??? When was the last time more people made money and the American dollar was strong in the last 30 years? When was the last time health care was affordable... Pushed Civil rights and created more minority based jobs and benefits...When was the last time the World respected us??? In case you uneducated mouthpieces didn't know the truthful answer, it was when BILL CLINTON was president. YOu can check these are undisputed facts. YES BILL CLINTON. Anyone who can remember and put aside hate and preconcieved prejudices will remember that we were a very flourishing country under BILL CLINTON.... For God's sake the biggest problem during his term was what her was doing itn the Oval Office with you know who.. I will take that any day over the deficit Bush has put us in, the world hatred Bush has put us in, the failing dollar Bush has created, the inflated gas prices with record profits for the oil industry BUSH has put us in, the enormous job loss and tax breaks for the very wealthy Bush has put us in, the loss of privacy and personal rights that Bush has engineered. Dare I say more. When BILL was president what were your complaints??? I was 18 nand making $12.00 per hour. Now, people who are 40 would be lucky to make $10.00 per hour.

Hillary takes big donations from big corporations with one hand, while her other hand comforts you after your job has been shipped out by these global corporations.

She said she isn't going to be influenced by these 'good American' lobbyists working for these corporations, but we all know a dollar out has to bring back more than a dollar for any organizations for profits.

Why do these lobbyists and Chinese keep on giving the Clintons money?
Of course, you wouldn't be able to ask Chelsea as she isn't allowed to talk at 27.

Hey CNN moderators.

Good job of SPINNING all the posts 70% Obama.

HE IS STILL GOING TO LOSE.

I truly believe that, in the end, women will be sorry that Hillary Clinton was the first woman President.
I think it is great that a woman is a front runner for the highest position in the free world. But, unfortunately I do not believe that Hillary Clinton can unite this country. I don't believe that she will follow through on the promises that she is running on.
And I think in the end she will put a dark shadow on the title of First Woman President of the United States.

I just like reading these comments. They're so funny. And, they tell me more about what's happening than the journalists themselves.

Clinton supporters, if they bother to waste their time on these hateful sites, generally point to Obama's style over substance, lack of experience, arrogance, impatience, nothing particularly ugly. Except for the few oddball Muslim or pothead comments, Clinton supporters don't get really venomous.

Obama supporters on the other hand are overwhelmingly venomous. As an independent, I feel that these over zealous supporters, with all their hatred, are doing more to bring Obama down than the Clinton slime campaign itself.

Honestly, you sound like militant fundamentalists. Tone it down to bring yourselves and Obama some credibility to his message of 'unity'.

after reading all these comments I am disheartened by the name calling and hatred. MLK preached peace, love not hate. I notice most of the hatred comes from Obama supporters and if these are young people the future is in danger. Everyone has their favorite, hopefully by researching for the truth. I personally prefer Clinton but either one of the three Dem would do their best and be better than the party that has again put the country into debt. Just pray China doesn't call in their loans.

Like so many before me have already requested, I would love to see a legitimate enumeration of just what exactly comprises Senator Clinton's "35 years of experience" as well as a synopsis of what the Clintons have done to endear themselves to the African American community.

I was alive and well and paying attention during the Clinton years, but all I seem to have come away with from that time is that people were doing well economically. Beyond that, I just remember how sleazy and drama-filled those years were.

And look at the aftermath of those years–look where we are now. How long is it going to take to undo/fix the damage that has been done to this country and all it represents?

I honestly can't imagine one of the most divisive individuals in modern politics being able to get us back on track.

What am I missing? What's the fascination?

Re: Boom!!

Thank goodness for some good dose of Reality!!! You go...Boom...boom...

All of you that say you will vote Republican if Hillary wins should just vote that way now.
Hilary will win in the end!!!!!

Hillary 2008!!!!!!!

Just wanted to clarify – my thanks was to Mike (at 4:31) – who had the "2 very intelligent points.

Also, I should have included Roger in the smart group. We need more smart people making comments on here .

To those who think that Dems or Indies would vote Repub in the 2008 general if Hillary gets the Dem nom......you are WRONG if you think we are Repub plants.

WE ARE NOT! We do not believe in the Clintons and WILL NOT vote for them in 2008. WE ARE DEMS AND INDIES!!!!!

Wake Up America ! There are more than two Candidates in the race.......
Obama said, Obama did, Clintons said, Clintons did....... The truth is.....
Obama and Clintons have said nothing and done nothing that wasn't said or done long before they became Candidates ! Between the two of them they couldn't come up with one original thought if the Saudi's Trillions were the grand prize!

You all really lucked out when you looked past Biden for two Glory Seekers who will never find their way to the promised land !

I"t is good that Chelsea and Vernon went to church. . .but that th"ey went to a predominantly African-American church seems a bit political. "

HELLO – what do you call Nobama going to the place where MLK spoke years ago? Give me a break! This is ELECTION YEAR – every move, every word is absolutely political! Were you born yesterday? Do you think Obama sounding like he's leading a revival is just the way he is? NOOOOO, it's a political move to get even more African American votes.

You guys are something else. Criticize women who support Clinton "just because she's a woman" but African Americans who support Obama aren't just supporting him because he's black? Again, GIVE ME A BREAK!

Vote for Hillary Clinton if you want to get our country back.

I am a Democrat!!!! I believe in the philosophy of the Democratic party. I cannot imagine voting for a repulblican in this day and age. Back in the day when the evangelical wing of the party did not have the ruling power, there were a few Repulicans I liked, such as Rockefella or Lindsey (liked, not vote for), but those personalities no longer exist in the party.

Those of you who are stating that if Hillary is the nominee you will become a republican is a joke. I do not believe for one minute that you ever intended to cast your vote for Obama or Clinton. If you can consider backing a group of people that believe that the answer to all of our problems is more tax cuts for the rich (trickle down..), privitization of social security, gay bashing (although so many of them seem to be personally in favor of the gay life experience), outlawing a women's right to choose, anti stem cell research, continuation of the war (for a 100 years per John McCain) you were NEVER A DEMOCRAT...

Any of the top three candidates are good, strong and viable. You may, as I do, prefer one over the other, but please vote your philosophy and do not betray the party!!!!

Women of America are the most racist group of people I have ever encountered. And I am a woman! You should be ashamed to vote for someone soley because she is a female.

Don't even pretend this is about issues, or about experience. It is about getting a woman in the White House.

Unbelievable!!!!!

HILLARY 08, 2012

Juan Carlos (Vegas), Mike and Phil from Memphis, TN – thank you for being smart.

Connie – I guess CNN and the other bias news outlets have accomplished what they set out to do, fool some folks- can't you tell when you are being manipulated?

To: Now You want to Play Nice – the Clintons didn't "bring race into this" the media did, by deliberately twisting the words of both Pres. Clinton and Senator Clinton and you fell for it hook, line and sinker.

And to those who say Sen. Obama (or his surrogates) has not been negative – what about that ad in Las Vegas in spanish attacking Hillary – wasn't that negative, wasn't that pandering to the Latino voters? I can't believe you are all so bias/hateful against Senator Clinton that you all overlook that.

I like both Senators Clinton and Obama and if either one of them gets the nomination, I will vote for him or her, because I am a true democrat – no a fair weather one.

Obama need to leave Bill Clinton along and come up with a plan for himself. Bill have all right to protect his wife.

If these are Obama democrats they ought to be ashamed of themselves. When you read the comments. The Obama supporters are nasty, they do not discuss the issues. They rant and rave about about the Clinton family and race and everything else that has nothing to do with the issues. I am a life long liberal democrat . I am a world war two veteran . Will vote in the general election for whoever wins the nomination. Now to you jerks, who I suspect are republicans, why don't you spend a little time looking at some of those "Winners" that you have in your own primary.

Hillary has stood tall and will do so in 08 and again in 2012
VERY proud to be 100% a CLINTON supportor...
SHE is what America needs
Go Hill Go

Obama is clearly not ready to be president. First, he calls into question the Clintons' life-long record of supporting human rights (as the race heads to SC) - then he turns a blind eye to the Culinery Union's bigoted slander against Hillary (after criticizing Edwards for the same kind of ad in Iowa).

Those of you who continue to use the GOP's 'talking points' against the Clintons need to remember (and respect) our legal system. 70 million of our tax dollars were spent investigating the Clintons and for what? To learn about a stupid marital affair?

Hillary has proven herself to the American people OVER and OVER again. Nobody (in my opinion) is better positioned to win in '08 - and frankly, nobody is better qualified (on either side of the aisle). The GOP knows it - and so do many people that actually follow politics closely.

I do (however) hope that if she wins the nomination that Obama is her running mate...but again, he isn't ready for the Presidency.

It just cracks me up to read some of the comments against Hillary Clinton. It cracks me up that people say Obama can work across party lines, when if you look at the records, Hillary Clinton has always worked across party lines in the Senate. She has worked with John McCAIN on several Bills in the Senate. GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT AND DO A LITTLE RESEARCH BEFORE POSTING SUCH IGNORANT COMMENTS!!!! GO HILLARY!!!!

Just to comment on Deanna Woodman's statement. I am an African-American or Black man, if you will, and am also well educated. I am in my mid-20's and am employed as a Financial Analyst. Just had to create the backdrop here. I, however, differ with you when it comes to the candidate whom I support. My support is fully behind the Senator from New York, Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton! I do not base my support on race or gender, I do so on the candidate's proven track record, experience, ability, vision and service to this country. I do not base my support on hype, charisma, and eloquent speaking. America said it wanted a "CHANGE" in 2000 and we surely got it, didn't we? We got lies, deceit, lousy economy and a war that has caused hundreds of thousands of lives plus injuries. We wanted a simple man with charisma in 2000 and we got it. We can't afford to gamble with America's future, we can't afford to take a chance and hope that the next president will be ready to go shortly after taking office. We need someone who is ready on DAY ONE. We need someone with experience and the ability to make sensible change. We need someone with proven strength and leadership and the ability to make things happen. America needs HILLARY CLINTON to be its next President.

Hillary Clinton for President. She will be a great leader for us all- white, black, hispanic, rich, poor, men, woman, etc etc.

1) Church and power – government , religion should not influence the governance, , the politics
2) In this country are other people than African-American, it is whites, white women, hispanics, indians, asians, name it
3)country needs diplomat, experienced person
4) people do not see through their emotions and ignorance -read, get to know before you throw nastiness on someone
Hillary has the poise, the diplomatic poise, the experience, she is real, smart, knows how to

5) when I was learning computer programming, we were drilled to control our emotions, because when emotions take over, person is not able to think clearly, logically.

so, all those emotions out of range – in judging Clintons are not worth to even to listen to them.

So what that pres. Clinton does speeches for Hillary? He is good in it!. Michele can speak for her husband, but Clinton cannot for his wife? Double standard........

Hillary yes!

When Obama goes to a white church is accused of pandering to get the white vote????

Maybe all these candidates and their church going is to get exposure to the people who live there and to get their votes. It just happens to be incidental that the congregation happens to be in a predominantly black community who are all potential voters.
Why does the media racially spin this thing. and why do people on this board say they are pandering?

Exposure is exposure.

That is what they are expected to do as candidates.!!

Enough with the racially charged pandering accusations!!!

No one can unite the Republican party – NO ONE! But Hillary can and will unite the Democratic party to get out and vote in November. MLK's dream didn't end in with the Voting Rights Act... even those of us who aren't 'people of color' continue to be discriminated against based on our sex, religion, and/or sexual preference.

The fact that Michelle Obama expects all blacks to vote for her husband because he's black and is the only one capable of fulfilling MLK's dream seems extremely racist to me. Obama gives a great speech. Perhaps he should inform Michelle of his desire to be 'a hopeful uniter' – continuing to stress the race thing is only going to unite those people who don't know or care who MLK was and what he stands for today and vote against Obama because he's black.

ya, we love Clintons and are good for this country.....

Sunny – Barack did not say Reagan made positive change, he said he changed the trajectory – which he did, and he was able to do that because he won 49 STATES – 49 STATES that gave him a mandate that had not been had prior or since. That's not to say his policy or changes were good.

It just says the people were ready for change in a big way, and their votes indicated that!

Karen , what a selfish figure you are. I am calling you a figure as calling you a person is disrespectful for people who value years of friendship and sacrifice. Dr. Martin Luther King taught me that humanity and my moral conviction is more important than my skin color. Bill and Hillary has done a lot for me and my family and my neighbors. And now when they need me, i should backstab them for what someone who is my skin color? What had Obama sacrificed for me?

Friendship and loyalty is stronger than skin color bonding. I guess you have no morals, Miss Karen P.

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Karen P January 20, 2008 2:28 pm ET

Hillary's suck-up antics make me just SICK! She won't even let Chelsea talk to kid reporters then sends her to church in South Carolina??? I just had to turn OFF the CNN broadcast of Hillary being backed by a church in Harlem…and how unbelievable it was. She just stood there blank-faced shaking her head while the pastor READS pages and pages and pages of how great Hillary is and her 30+ years of service to the community, etc. It sounded like HIllary wrote the speech for sure.

I HOPE Obama wins by a landslide! He will if the African American community has brains to think for themselves instead of the Clinton machine doing it for them and CONSTANTLY reminding the people of "favors", whatever that was and now it is Clinton's turn to GET the favors. Give me a break.

I am ashamed of the split African American community to preferring "friendship" over someone who is about to make Martin Luther King's Dream come true and show pride in what Obama has accomplished. All the blood and grief since the 50s and 60s and now the chance to have unity only to let it slip on by. Good grief…even whites vote Obama…he has the country pulling TOGETHER but 1/2 the U.S. population hates Hillary!

Hilary Clinton "working" for African Americans. Let's see a proud Goldwater girl and Republican in 1964. Remember Goldwater who was against the Civil Rights Act.

Ask Lani Guiner about how the Clintons abandoned her when Republicans lied about her civil rights records and labelled her a "Quota Queen".

Ask Jocelyn Elders who was fired after the media took a statement completely out of context by not playing the previous 60 seconds of her response to a question.

Ask the millions of young African American males who were imprisoned for long stretches for crack cocaine possession while cocaine and crystal meth users do not receive anywhere close to the same mandatory sentences.

Ask the millions of displaced workers who lost their jobs after NAFTA was approved 61 to 39 with only 28 Democratic Senators voting yes. Working class blacks lost good paying manufacturing jobs.

The Clintons are not friends but exploiters of the Black Commmunity. If Obama tried to point out the truth the Clintons would turn it around and make their actions HIS fault. If Hilary is elected, I will vote but I will not cast a presidential vote.
The Clintons have a lot of apologizing to the Black community.

Clearly, Hillary is the most experienced candidate and is more qualified. You can't tell me that after living in the White House for 8 years, Hillary doesn't have more experience than Obama and that she doesn't know what the job will demand of her. Although they are close on the issues, Hillary Clinton is more moderate than Barack Obama. What's more, not only does she have the experience, she has the strength, organization, and knowledge to DO the job.

To those of you who claim you'd rather not vote at all than vote for Hillary if she gets the nomination, YOU will be to blame when the next Republican president appoints a bunch of conservatives to the Supreme Court, who will then take away the rights, equalities, and freedoms we have worked so hard to get (Roe vs. Wade, etc.). If you think this isn't a possibility, you are fooling yourself.

If you're a Democrat, you should stand by the candidate who is going to represent our positions on the issues, regardless of whether it's Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, or John Edwards.

To the person who said Hillary is Pro-war, newsflash: She voted in support of the war because that is what our country needed to do at that time. We were under attack. Are we to sit back and do nothing? Be serious.
What we need now is a plan to finish the job over there and bring the troops home, and that what Hillary is going to do. FINISH the job, although it may take a little while, and take care of our National Security.

To Mike, who wants to know how Hillary (a WOMAN) is going to handle sitting down with leaders of different countries like China, etc. as a WOMAN, I will tell you. Hillary, a FEMALE (gasp!), will do exactly what Margaret Thatcher (former British Prime Minister), Angela Merkel (current German Chancellor), Kim Campbell (former Canadian Prime Minister) and other female leaders have done for decades. She will sit down with them, not take any crap, and represent our nation proudly.

This woman is an extremely talented, brilliant, hardworking, committed attorney. She has been in public service since long before her husband was elected. She is the most qualified for the job. If she was a man, there wouldn't even be a question.

HILLARY '08

Hillbillary speaks of how she praises Dr Martin Luther King but on Monday January 21 2008, she decided not to pay respect to Dr King but rather send Bill to do her bidding. So I guess she has had enough of the black folks in Harlem and South Carolina. The hypocrisy of this witch and her impeached husband is just appauling and to through Chelsea in the mix just add insult to injury because Chelsea has not clue of what working class America looks like. Chelsea's facial features clearly display her uncomforts around blacks in large congregations in church. I guess that is why HillBillary will not be in Atlanta because Chelsea is not comfortable with other races.

Enough of this Clinton, Bush, CLinton, Bush criminal activity.

Hillary win the Nomination

GOP 08,

Hillary wins the nomination

GOP 2012

Same old experience, same results.

Her econ. stimulus f the mark.

Obama hit the mark with his short term plan.

Obama 08

Then we all can have a voice, not just the rich surrogates
Ha, Ha

If Hillary gets the Democratic Nomination I will become a Republican like my Father , He was a Reagan Democrat I never understood why he did until now, Becuase I see ithey put ther loyalties before whats best for Our NATION and that is NOT BILLARY, IF OBAMA is not the Nominee I will CHANGE my Registration and Become a Republican!!!!!!!!! I never want this disfunctional Family anywhere near Our WHITE HOUSE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OBAMA 08,12

Surrogates is a nice of describing them

Modern Pharisees – Deal makers sounds more fitting.

I love Church and I choose Obama,

sounds like Hillary wording for the Nevada Union workers.

Dems for Unions, Ha!

Obama 08

Annie, you raised a very important question which H.Clinton's apologists are afraid to comment on. I would like to see her (HC) asked that "million dollar" question during next week debate in South Carolina .

I am an educated (Masters degree), white female who will celebrate my 70th birthday this year. I have voted Democratic in every general election (voted for McCain in the 2000 Georgia primary) since 1964. I am an avid Barack Obama supporter, having made monetary contributions to his campaign. Apparently, I do not fit into the women's category who support Senator Clinton. The reason is that I consider Barack Obama the promise of positive change for our country. I am in awe of his intelligence, inspired by his message, impressed with his experience, and committed to work for his election. While it would be nice to see a woman president of the United States of America, I do not believe that Senator Clinton is best for our country. With the challenges our nation faces, we do not need the Clinton baggage or drama during these perilous times. I have been deeply saddened by what has happened to our country during the last seven years. As a deeply patriotic citizen, it appals me what the Clintons will do to return to the White House. I watched with dismay as former President Clinton demeaned Senator Barack Obama's campaign/vote on Iraq as a "fairy tale" and realized what a mean spirited person I supported during the 1992 and 1996 elections. I salute the Atlanta-Journal Newspaper for endorsing Senator Obama.

Experience is what cabinets are for. You appoint experienced people to the cabinet. In this way, continuity helps the executive branch deal with changing times.

Leadership, hope and credibility with the American people is what the presidency is for. You elect an open, candid, enthusiastic leader as president, a leader who Americans can respect and all the world can respect. That president motivates The United States of America to be all that it can be, and all that it was intended to be.

Please elect Barack Obama President of the United States.

It is a game, a power game, to the Clintons. We are at an "extremely" important fork in the road for the future of our country. We can forge ahead together to a brighter future of hope and change, or stay divided by partisan politics by reverting to the Clintonian dynasty. It is our choice as voters. Not the choice of one who seems to think she is preordained and entitled because of her service to Bill.

A true democrat will not abandon the party. For all you complainers out there, we should be very proud of our slate of candidates for 2008. They are all committed to saving the middle class, making sure that everyone can get affordable health care, bringing our troops home from iraq,getting our education system on track ( no child left behind...what a joke!!), and strengthening our borders. Also taking on the corporations for outsourcing our American jobs.

Ask yourself if you have had enough of King George and his administration that has done nothing but bankrupt our country and made us lose our respectability in the world? Do you like the gas prices that are at record high levels? Before he took office a barrel of oil was around 27.00 ! Home foreclosures...how about that? What about the Katrina disaster and how it was handled? This list could go on and on.

But we as democrats need to unite behind our nominee no matter who the person is.

Some of you bloggers continue to make statements about a candidates sincerity,etc. etc. Who are you to make that judgement?

C'mon people...pay attention to the issues and compare what the Republicans will do for this country vs the Democrats. Be truthful to yourself and make your decision upon who you really think will be the best candidate to lead this country forward based on the candidate's positions....

I will be voting for a democrat no matter what!!! I am for Hillary because I have listened to her position on the issues and I feel she is highly qualified to turn this country around and move it forward once again. Should she not get the nomination, I will not hesitate to vote for the selected democrat nominee.

Hitlery must lose the elections, she is an evil person that lies and berates everyone that is against her and her husband. Obama is a good person, he must win.

Go Obama!!

THESE WORDS ARE NOT FROM ME, HOWEVER, I THINK THEY CAN ENLIGHTEN OUR MINDS.

" Dear Bill,

We loved Bill Clinton as president.

When you told us you didn't inhale, with that little twinkle in your eye, we believed you and loved you even more.

When you got more than just a twinkle in your eye and a cigar in the - well, we stuck by you. We rallied against the vast right wing conspiracy and ushered Newt and his fellow reptilians out of office.

Man, the 90s were fun – huh? The Macarena alone... But now we're in a new decade. Web 2.0, YouTube and camera phones; preemptive wars and terrorist attacks. It's a new era. And we've spent 8 years under the thumb of a royal son.

We're ready for change. We have some amazing Presidential Candidates. Edwards, Obama, and of course, the candidate like family to you – Clinton.

I know you want your wife to win. A lot of us want a Democrat in 2008. But you're getting mean Bill. That twinkle in your eye is starting to look more like crazy eye.

You're making accusations that Karl Rove & Co. will eat up and spit back out at us come time for the general election.

You're actually disenfranchising folks this time around, dividing the electorate at a time we need to come together.

And Bill, you're starting to make stuff up. And this time, we're noticing. It's a new era, Bill; everything you say is recorded and broadcast.

So what we're asking, Bill, is that you just shut up.

Just shut up.

Sincerely,

Pretty Much Everyone ".

I lived in the DC area for about 13 years starting in 1994. I went to the Foundry United Methodist Church where Bill and Hillary Clinton attended on a regular basis. Bob and Elizabeth Dole were also regular attendees. Do you people really believe that just because the Clintons are Democrats they are somehow not religious people. Stop being such idiots.

When Bill Clinton was the President of the United States of America that was
fine, I hope we are realy taking a close look at what we the American people
are about to do. Remember every one except Tony Blaire said we were
A Stupid nation for a second turm with Bush of course this is Clinton nto Bush
but old is old how will this regain respect for our nation? we keep doing the same thing

Hillary 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-ABC-
-ABC-
-ANY BODY BUT CLINTON–
–OBAMA MUST NOT COMPROMISE HIS CREDIBILITY BY ACCEPTING THE VP SPOT SHOULD SHRILLARY WIN THE NOMINATION–
–HILLARY & BILL ARE THE BEST GIFT TO THE REPUBLICANS IN NOV 2008–
–MCCAIN WILL BE A ONE-TERM PRESIDENT(2008-2012)–
-I WOULD RATHER HAVE SHRILLARY LOSE IN NOV 2008 SO THAT AL GORE CAN RUN IN 2012 WITH OBAMA AS VP.
–HERE IS THE SHORLIST FOR 2012-
–FORMER VP. AL GORE-
-GOV. ED RANDELL(PA)
-GOV. BRIAN SCHWEITZER (MT)

I can't believe the poor, confused people on here who are saying Obama is going to fix everything, he is most experienced, etc, etc. I have never heard him give any info on what he is going to change, and especially HOW he is going to get it done.

And I can't believe the people on here who say Hillary has no plan. She gives her plans, and how she will accomplish it, in all her speeches. She actually DOES have a plan, but more important, she has the experience and know-how to put that plan in place. We need Hillary. GO, HILLARY!!

I am so angry that the Obama camp is using the rece card, Hillary Clinton is not a racist and her ideas are not the oldgaurd, or slave mentality. Look at the people supporting her from our community- Maya Angelou for one. Does the younger part of our community even know who this woman is, and if they did do they think for one minute if she thought hillary was a racist she would be supporting her. For those of you who don't know Maya Angelou is one of Oprah's mentors, apparently Oprah didn't learn the lesson. Also Oprah Winfrey in my opinion is now a fraud and a racist- she promised in 2001 after she had Bush and Gore on her show, and it was widely viewed that she was easier on-Bush, and she felt the ramifications from that that she PROMISED NEVER TO INJECT HERESLF IN POLITICS AGAIN,

i don't understand why chelsea clinton is campaigning. sen. clinton needs to stop having chelsea and bill campaigning for her. doesn't chelsea have anything better to do? doesn't she have her own life? or is she forever to remain in her parents' shadows? the fact that she can't even speak (as in give speeches and so forth) would be so embarrassing if i were in her position. she's like what, 30ish? she's not a child. it reminds me of those laura ingalls wilder books "little house on the prairie" that we had to read in elementary school. Ma would always say "children should be seen and not heard". sheesh.

i think it would reflect much better on sen. clinton if she let her daughter do her own thing. let chelsea be an independent woman who is a success in her own right. of course, since sen. clinton isn't exactly a self-made woman (as in she majorly piggybacked off of bill's success), perhaps she's just continuing the tradition. who knows. all i have to say is that as a young adult, i feel sad for chelsea that she doesn't get the opportunity to speak her mind. maybe the reason why obama has the support of many people my age is because he doesn't disregard the young voters and is willing to listen to us.

To rico: The sad part is what you are saying is probably true. Obama probably will not get the Latino vote, but it will the Latino's loss. Apparently, most of the mainstream has no idea how much Latinos and Asians hate African-Americans, but, as a black woman, I know. Hillary Clinton has more big business and lobbyist supporting her than any other candidate, so I'd sure love to see how she is going to push for a stop to illegal immigration when the corporate giants are getting rich off of their backs. You'll see if she wins, and if that happens, I will drive through the west with a bumper sticker in spanish that states, "don't blame me, I voted for Obama."

Just because I won't vote for Hillary Clinton, I am not a Republican Plant. I am tired of the Clinton's BS. I don't depend on the goverment for help. I make my own right choices to help my future. Bill Clinton did nothing for me. Bush did nothing either. I survived. I live in a good middle class family. Yes, I am happy. With Obama, I believe that he can unite this country. With Clinton, it will be the same old, same old: anger and fighting in DC.

Obama 08, 12, 16, 20

(Whenever the country wakes-up and realizies that Obama will make a fine president. Hopefully, we won't be in worse shape! )

I would vote for Collin Powell, in a heartbeat, for president, but not Obama! I am voting for HIllary and not Obama!
Give Hillary a shot! Hey maybe the Hillary/Collin ticket would be a winner...he would have to switch teams....
Go Hillary
We are pulling for you in Indy

DO THE DEMOCRATS KNOW BILL CLINTON SAID THE SAME THING ALMOST ABOUT RONALD REAGAN A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN HE WAS RUNNING FOR OFFICE?

CHECK IT OUT. TIM RUSSERT FROM "MEET THE PRESS" MENTIONED IT THIS AFTERNOON WHEN HE HAD HIS ROUND TABLE WITH PEGGY NOONAN, TOM BROKOW, DORIS KERNS GOODWIN, MEACHAM FROM NEWSWEEK.

PLEASE CHECK IT OUT. I HOPE OBAMA WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT AND NOT LET THAT NASTY MAN LIE AND GET AWAY WITH IT.

What a hoot. All these posters who are shocked that the Clintons would do something political during a political campaign. And now that the article has been amended to say that Michelle Obama also went to church in Columbia, are they still shocked?

Independent is just that...Independent. At 58, I have never fallen for "it must be one party or the other' or the "left, right" march. I read, watch, study all the candidates regardless of party. I follow both parties' debates and speeches equally. Right now Obama is tops...after that I'm still debating on the Republicans.

Really now, I wouldn't classify Bush as either party...he's just simply a fanatic who wants to be a dictator and doesn't work well with a two-party system. That's why nothing's been done these past few years in Congress. Bush compares to no one but himself...unique (to put it politely).

Hillary ccouldn't control Billy then, now, or in the White House in the future and both hate the 1st Amendment rights...so she's out for sure. Young voters wouldn't know about how embarrassing and corrupt the Clinton years were and how they loved having China as a supplier. They love the Wally World family. The Clintons played a big role in making sure our jobs went overseas. They are just as responsible as the Reagan's or Bush's of this world for the mess we're in.

v.cifaldi&paul...

I know it is extremely important which is why am campaigning AGAINST Hillary. I will take any person running on the Democratic side above her. If she is the nominee I WILL write in another candidate or vote Republican. Call it party abandonment or whatever you want. If she gets the vote, my party will have abandoned me because they can't see the truth right that is right in front of them. If she is nominated, the Republicans WILL win. She is divisive, dishonest and wishy-washy. I want someone who is a REAL person, not a hollow shell that is already bought and sold. Get real!

I can't understand why people don't see through her constant "morphing" for each demographic and her fake tears made me want to puke. Let me ask this...did she seek out African Americans, Latinos, or young people in her Iowa run? No she did not, because she didn't see the value in campaigning to them. But now that they have a voice, she is their "old best buddy". BS! She is a liar! Congress will not work together, foreign nations will not respect her and we will not have another woman in the White House for years.

Please do not do this to our party. I want a woman president to have a chance, but it is to be the RIGHT person or she will ruin it for the rest of the female population.

What's funny is that a lot of you have no idea what you are talking about. Ready for change in VA, Hillary is not the only candidate who left church early to hit the campaign trail; both Obama and Edwards did the same. And if you had paid attention and watched the whole speech, inner city case worker, you would have seen that Hillary was quoting another speech that would not have been as effective if she had simply stated. Please know all the facts before you go on a rant about Hillary. You seem to be blind when it comes to her, seeing as you believe anything the media twists while obama is left alone. Hillary is the only one who can lead this country! Hillary 08!!

I am fed up with everyone saying the clintons are in it for themselves, and they didn't help various issues, as president Bill Clinton had a republican house and senate to contend with(a fact that is all too conveniently forgotten) How about some credit for what Bill Clinton has accomplished since leaving office, you can see what issues are important to him... fundraising/US rep (along with Fmr Pres Bush) for victims of Hurricane Katrina, fundraising/US rep (along with Fmr pres bush) for the Tsunami victims, look at the William J Clinton foundations website as well as the clinton global initiative website – HIV/Aids, Health, public housing, climate change, vaccines, education – these are all issues that he is involved in. Try researching information before putting out some of the drivel i have been reading. You are voting for the leader of the world's only superpower – look at the issues instead of this childish name calling and posting unresearched comments.

GO HILLARY GO!!

HILLARY 2008

There is no other choice for Democrats.

The Clintons HAVE and STILL ARE friends of African Americans. Some of the most influential and better yet, just plain folks know it. All of you peeps that say different just have your heads in a hole!!

HILLARY WILL WIN THE NOMINATION!!!

HILLARY 2008

Hillary Is SMART , KNOWLEDGABLE about the COUNTRY and world problem.
She is HER OWN person NOT a EXTENTION of her husband .
T
The ONLYONE CAPABLE woman in 330 YEARS of this GREAT NATION who can be in the contest for presidency and WIN it too.

I will VOTE for her.

The best ticket would be Clinton/Richardson.,,,,,,,,

Hillary will shine and push through and after Super Tuesday it will be known she is the woman with a plan and the nomination to make that work. I would vote REPUBLICAN if she didnt win the nomination, the other dem contenders are a joke. GO HILLARY....

TO ALL OF YOU WHO KEEP SAYING "WHAT HAS HILLARY DONE?", AND "WHAT DID BILL CLINTON DO?"

MAYBE YOU SHOULD RESEARCH IN THE LIBRARY WHERE ALL OF THE FACTS AND OPINIONS HAVE BEEN VERIFIED AND VETTED....AND REMEMBER

"IT IS BETTER TO REMAIN SILENT AND THOUGHT A FOOL THAN TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT."

DO YOUR RESEARCH, PEOPLE.

GO HILLARY.

Obama needs to campaign with the fervor he showed in Iowa. Oprah potentially will deliver the African American and Female votes as she did in Iowa and Obama should get a big bump from African Americans in South Carolina who do not want to be the state that affectively ends the run of the first realistic African American presidential candidate - just as women in Mass did not want to kill Hillary's campaign.

There are a lot of reasons Obama SHOULD win in South Carolina, but the facts are if he loses in SC, Hillary carries all of the momentum into Super Tuesday instead of most of the momentum. Aditionally, Obama pulls heavily from peop[e who don't normally vote. If they can't turn those people out - like they haven't been able to in the last 3 states, they will have a hard time winning. In otherwords it is again do or die time for the Obama camp.

Vernon Jordan went to church? LOL....ok.

Think.......... economy... 90s...... did good during Clinton 90s..... deficit from big red to black
2008........................ economy........ history will repeat, ......

BTW KAREN P

Our forefathers said nothing about 2 terms for the president.

FDR served was elected 4 times; after that, the constitution was amended to specify 2 terms.

It seems the motivation to vote for the Clintons is out of obligation for past deeds...the motivation to vote for Obama is what he can do for the Country, not what is OWED to him. WHICH is better for America?

Hillary has my vote!

Xlotus, you want me to vote for Hill just because she is a woman and Obama is just a guy?

PLEASE get yourself better informed before you vote. According to the experts, I should be voting for her because I am female, white and over 50. I USED to like her – she was a big reason why I voted for Bill in 1992. I really thought she would be an "unofficial" advisor to the president. But the more I see and hear from her, the less I like. And while I supported Bill even while he was getting impeached – which I thought was just a witch hunt from the holier-than-thou repubs – Bill is really getting on my nerves lately.

I would most likely caucus for Kucinich but he doesn't stand a chance. I will be supporting Obama. I really think Clinton is polarizing and am afraid she will not win if she is the nominee; however, I will vote for her if she is. Again, not because she is a woman, but because 4 more years of Repub rule scares me.

I wonder if we posters think we are 'pandering' to independents on this board.

You know that people care so much about what we say in here to sway their vote (lol)

Yes, Reverend Butts endorsement of Hillary is the real deal. But there is ENORMOUS pressure to vote for Obama in the african american community.

Problem is that black folks can socially talk up a storm for Obama -sneak off and vote for Clinton – then come out and boast to the exit pollster that they voted for Obama. There is a real pressure to do so on a social basis.

Besides. No matter what hillary does, do you think the obama posters on here care? They will just spin it into a super negative.

I guess Reverend Butts endorsment is a 'bribe' or some other kind of BS right? It couldnt be what it reallly is. An endorsment.

Why are people complaining that Bill Clinton and Chelsea Clinton are campaigning for Hilary? Spouses and children, uncles, aunts, all family members do campaign for their familly member running for office. Isn't Obama's wife campaigning for him? From what the press says, Obama's wife could not even pronounce the State of Nevada correctly. Do the African Americans not remember Obama and Tony Rezko allowing all of those African Americans in Illinois living in those God-awful apartments that they owned/controlled and not even turning the heat on in the coldest winter ever in Illinois. Pull up the Chicago-Sun Times and check it out. Obama is Rezko's guy and they only care about getting richer. Think very hard before you vote!

I THINK EVERYONE NEEDS TO SIT BACK, TAKE A DEEP BREATH, AND REALIZE ONCE AND FOR ALL THAT THIS IS NOT SOME KIND OF GAME. THIS IS REAL LIFE AND EXTREMELY, EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.

GO HILLARY!!!!!!

On January 20, 2008 3:34 pm ET, Rico wrote:

"Obama is running scared.
Nevada is the carbon copy for the rest of the west.
He needs the Latino vote plain and simple guess what he aint going get it."
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Really? Why?

On January 20, 2008 3:34 pm ET, Rico wrote:

"Obama is running scared.
Nevada is the carbon copy for the rest of the west.
He needs the Latino vote plain and simple guess what he aint going get it."
---------–
Really? Why?

Let's stop talking about Hillary and start talking about Bill because that is who Barack is really running against. Bill clinton is going to remind America about all of the scandals that his family was involved with during his time in the White House. If Bill Clinton can lie to the face of every American citizen before, he is very capable of during again and again and again and......

Thank you Amy/Kazoo.I was beginning to think that English was the "second language "on this page.Jeez people,vote or get off the pot.If you can't vote,shut up!!

HILLARY GET A BACKBONE PLEASE!!!!!! WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME ABOUT HILLARY IS THE FACT THAT THEIR CAMPAIGN PUTS OUT ALL OF THESE SNEAKY RACE CARD ISSUES LIKE THE WHOLE BOB JOHNSON ISSUE, THE WHOLE FAIRY TAIL ISSUSE SO ON AND SO FORTH, BUT WHEN IT IS TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC SHE ALWAYS HAS BILL COMING OUT DOING THE DIRTY WORK FOR HER!!!!! ISN'T IT YOUR JOB MRS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE TO HAVE ANSWERS AS TO WHY YOUR CAMPAIGN WOULD THROW SUCH LOW BLOWS! BILL IS NOT A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT YOU ARE SO AS I SAID PLEASE GET A BACKBONE AND IF YOU CANT STAND THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN!!!!!!

WAKE UP !!!! school daze a spike lee production

ANYONE BUT HILLIARY CLINTON FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION!!!! IF SHE GETS IT I WILL NOT VOTE FOR HER!!!!

As a woman I will not vote for her just because she is a woman, as a black woman I will not vote for Obama just because he is black BUT;

Hilliary Clinton is running her campaign on her 35 years of experience. It is that very experience that has turned me off from her. What is this great legacy of experience that she speaks of. What has she done for this country that is worthy of the American people electing her into the office of President of these United States.

I am totally turned off with the way she goes about getting her point across to the American people. She steps on and over people to make her issues known. She has no tact in dealing with people. I mean its great to know the policies and issues affecting this country, but if you cannot express yourself in a way that will make one WANT to hear what you have to say then the battle is over before it begins. She seems to think that she can bully her way into the hearts and minds of the American people, but what will happen in Congress, Will she be able to get anything accomplished with that overly aggressive stance she takes. I don't think so. To me she is just not Presidential enough. She is highly intelligent, I cannot deny that, but it takes the total package to get things done in Washington. Remember checks and balances in our government. The President accomplishes little without the help of Congress and so forth.

I will never vote for her, I am convinced from her EXPERIENCE that she lacks the total package to bring about REAL CHANGE in this country. I for one am sick of a lot of talk and nothing getting done.

If Hillary was so moved after hearing Martin Luther King, Jr. speak when she was a teenager, then why did she become a Republican,and a Goldwater Girl?

Recent research has uncovered a new illness being diagnosed as "Clintonitis".
It is characterized as "an avoidance of the truth in matters relating to the Clintons",
or in it's advanced state as "a complete denial of anything negative about Hillary."
I thought well informed voters would be able to see through a Clinton campaign that has degenerated into one of the most
deceitful, disingenuous and despicable political campaigns I have ever seen. One recent example of this is the reference by
Clinton supporter BET founder Bob Johnston to Senator Obama's behavior and actions as a young man.
As a matter of record, when asked what Senator Clinton thought of a surrogate making a drug reference regarding Obama
at one of her campaign events, Clinton Spokesman Jay Carson said “I don’t think that’s what he (Johnston) was referring to".
A display by Carson of the advanced state of Clintonitis, complete denial.
Mrs. Clinton gave no acknowledgement to the true inference by Johnston and made no apology for Mr. Johnston's remarks
until days later when Johnston finally acknowledged the true intent and meaning of his remarks and apologized to Senator Obama.
A display by Hillary and Johnston of the milder form of Clintonitis, avoidance of the truth.

The Clintons' tactics are turning the Democratic primary campaign into the type of partisan campaigning once reserved for inter-party
politics by the likes of Karl Rove. Perhaps this is what Hillary's "35 years of experience" brings to the political discourse in this country.
If so, it is a pathetic display of what I, and hopefully many others, want a "change" from.

Christine Says:

AND I want to see that glass ceiling shattered into millions of pieces. I want to feel society's strangulating expectations of women start to dissolve.

We raise our daughters to believe they can do or be anything. Let's prove it isn't just lip service.

After White men, White women have more opportunities than anyone, so save that crap. Look at any fourtune 500 companies, how many black, brown, or asain people(of any sex ) do you see in any leadership roles? Hardly any. How many white women? More than any minorties. If they have to promote a "minority" it is now a white woman. I just saying, if you want to play the sexist card.

"HILLARY IS GAINING GROUND BECAUSE HER MESSAGE IS HONEST AND SHE HAS NOT CHANGED IT SINCE THE START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM THRILLED FOR HER IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT SOON WE WILL GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK AND BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME FROM IRAC ETC. CONGRATS HILLARY!!!!! HILLARY CLINTON 08"

OK, I see you found the exclamation point key. Good for you!

The CAP LOCK key is above your shift key. You might want to try that as well.

Iraq is spelled with a "Q" not a "C" – and the two keys are not even near each other on the keyboard.

As for Hillary's "honesty", ask her about her dealings as a commodities trader.

As for her "not changing her message since the start" ask her why she was against ethanol in gasoline until she campaigned in corn-rich Iowa. She changes opinions with the weather – and with the polls.

As for fixing the economy, most economists agree her proposal to freeze interest rates for five years (Soviet Style) would wreck our economy.

She still believes the Communist theory of the command economy. We tried wage and price controls under Nixon (and under the New Deal) and both times it didn't work.

FWIW. Hillary supporters scare me. Victims of "no child left behind" apparently.

As an Independent...if Obama doesn't win the primary and Hillary gets it....yes, I WILL vote Republican. Obama is the only really good candidate who can work with both parties...even Republicans have praised Obama, but with a Hillary ticket, I would have to vote Republican. Any Republican is less corrupt than the Clintons

Charolotte says:

" We can not wait for someone to figure out, there isn't a pea under any of the three walnut shells. We need someone who can hit the ground running, knows how to play dodge ball, knows it isn't going to be a cake walk, knows it will be an uphill battle and has the intestinal fortitude to get it done. That is Hillary Clinton!"

Talk about intestines – I much prefer someone, woman or man, with great heart!
And it has been DISheartening to see where the Hil and Bill went with the game after they lost the Iowa caucuses. They resorted to the worst tactics. I can agree that the Clinton's certainly do have it all figured out and they do know how play the game, maybe even better than the Rove Team can. So go ahead, vote for Clinton and you get more of the same old same old and nothing will ever change......the same cynical games with the same nasty tactics. "Intestinal fortitude to get it done" Sure, but I don't have the stomach for any more of THAT you know what.....I DON'T want Obama to play their game, even now after he has figured out their cynical rules and strategies.

We need to be finally finished with the Clintons and their ultra-cynical and ultra-narcissistic game playing. We NEED Obama as our leader who will change the game and the trajectory. I pray for Obama to win the dems nomination, and I challenge all of America to rise up and show the world that in America "Yes, we can" renew our commitment to the ideals that encourage us all to work hard for a better country and a better world. God knows we so desperately need someone who can inspire us be courageous and take action once.

WOW, Chelsea goes to a black church and you all say its for politic gain... well of course it is.... why do you think Obama goes to church too nowadays?? To look for God?? You guys are fools to think Obama goes to churhes after churches and talk on the pulpit to give sermon and talk about the word of God... And just because its a black church, doesn't change the fact that all these politicians (including your precious Obama) are going there to look for votes. And btw, its not okay for white people to go to black churches now, even if its only once?!?

to AJ, IL, where have you been?? Hillary's camp has been the ones who are negative towards Obama all the time?? you are kidding me right??? And I got a question for you, if Hillary attached some resume of her going to churches and bring some of her fellow churchgoers to testify for her, that would make her better?? I can put my bet your answer is no since you already think Obama is a saint for goin to church... I am a church goer myself, and today's sermon was about, being a christian is not when you are around a lot of people and act good... but it is when you are alone at home with God... So don't judge Hillary just cause she doesnt give resume of where she goes to church or bring in people from churches to testify how kind and saint-like is herself... This is politics and got nothing to do with being Christians or not, or who goes to church or not... for all I know, church goers are not perfect and have done sinful things as well, coz i know i do sometimes...

So some on here claim they are democrats or independents, but would vote for another Republican before Clinton? Then you are not left leaning, or if you are, you are willing to cut off your nose to spite your face.

You are willing to continue to watch our young men die in a war a criminal Republican administration lied us into, continue to see our financial stability squandered, continue to allow the government to ignore the constitution, allow them to continue to widen their tracking and spying on american citizens; all because you have this deep-seated hatred of Hillary.. for what?

If you are a democrat or independent I'm a right wing religious zealot.

I don;t think there are many Dems out there who really think that way. you guys must be Republican plants.

With so many women in the world, isn't there one whose name isn't CLINTON who would be qualified? Yes of course, but apparently not in 2008, not in this election. To suggest Carmella that I follow her because her genetic makeup is like mine is an insult to my gender and most of all to my country. How in the world could she understand the depth of their degradation, she ignored her own.

I like Obama because he has laid out detailed plans on national security, health care, the economy, etc. in far more detail than any other candidate.

Clinton's plans are vague, and set up for back door negotiations to favor her lobbyist financers.

Look at both their web sites and compare them on policies. Obama's plans are more thoughtful, more clear, and more common sense. That is why I am a devoted Obama supporter. He's the better leader and we need him now. I want someone who's judgment is not clouded by political ideology when he has to decide whether to launch a missle. I trust Obama to make the right decision.

I do not trust Bill Clinton, his time has passed, he should not use Hillary as his puppet. I feel very sorry for her.

Cheryl, You're an idiot if you think Hillary has not changed her message. She consistently changes her message in order to win votes.

Do you watch debates? Tell me why Hillary cannot directly answer any question that is directed towards her? The reason is so she can change her message freely without being transparent to you voters who don't research the facts.

This election is the most important election we have had in over 30 years, and all you can do is chant the same mantra the HRC faithfuls blast out to you every day. Why do you think GW was elected? Because his supporters followed him blindly as well, not bothering to research the facts. It's nice to know that we haven't learned our lesson yet.

Danny:

First of all, to knock people down because of their gender is sexist–not racist. Secondly, I believe in "anyone but Hillary or Obama" because of the people that they are. They are rich, spoiled, and out of touch with middle-class Americans. They are also petty and self-absorbed. I don't like Hillary because she can be too easily bought, and our country doesn't need a presidency with a price tag. They may have made sacrafices, they have no clue the number of sacrafices that are made by regular working-class folks on a daily basis.

Thomas, do your research. the assassination of MLK was one of the things that prompted hillary to change political aprties and become a Democrat.

Two Points

To anyone who says "anyone but hillary" or "if Hillary wins I will switch parties" you must certainly be proud of yourself! Your hatred for a person will have you disavow what you beleive in? So because you may not "like" her for whatever reason you would rather vote for a group which you do not beleive in any of thier convictions.

Sounds abuut like 3rd grade to me?!

Next for all of you who keep saying HRC is pandering, calculating, etc. Do you really think that Obama does all the stuff he is doing right now normally? Do you not think what he is doing now is for votes? I just see it as so niave when people say this stuff. Oh yeah the clintons are shameleslly campaining while Obama is just hanging out doing what he normally does.....OKAY?!?!

Imagine if Hillary Clinton stood up and said, "My election will change the world for 50% of the human population in one fell swoop, by recognizing that THAT 50% actually exists and that they can be strong and competent leaders. Young mothers all across the world would be instantly empowered to know that freedom is not only freedom to choose your own reproductive health but freedom to choose your entire path in life. My election as a woman resonates for every girl and boy in America and beyond to know that women are of equal value to men regardless of race or creed or orientation, and that Separate is Not Equal. My election as a woman is an opportunity for peace and an opportunity to bring honor to every mother that has shed tears for a son or daughter lost in the war on terror, the war on drugs, the war in sexual slavery. Little girls sent to brothels in China, in India, in Africa and yes in AMERICA would know that one of their own was out there fighting for their eventual freedom. And only she could understand the depth of their degradation and the height of profound justice."

For her entire marriage Hillary was Hillary Rodham – and I remember when she got upset if someone referred to her as Hillary Clinton. But during her husband's presidency she condescended to become Hillary Rodham-Clinton. Now she seems perfectly happy to use Hillary Clinton. I wonder if after she is done capitalizing on her husband's name recognition she will return to her preferred name.

The Hillary supporters consistently whine about Obama 1971Guy. You are grossly incorrect in misstating this fact. Her negativity will drain the american spirit right out of the democratic process.

Also ask yourself if Hillary really saw MLK speak in the 60's, considering she was a Goldwater girl and all. Dreaming up past events is not the truth. Do your research pal.

I guess it is suppose to mean something that her daughter went to a 'black' church. What does that have to do with anything?? I think if anything that this the beginning if another one of her dirty tactics to try to show us (African-Americans) how she will do soooo much for us if we give her our vote, the same way she did in vegas with the latinos. I hope we are not fooled by this. Just watch her. Watch the news. She is going to do/say something or have someone from her campaign do /say something, resulting in another one of her "what we meant to say is" speeches. I don't know about you but I'm Ready For A Change!!!!

OBAMA '08

Why are some women supporting Senator Clinton based on gender? It shouldn’t be surprising. Every woman, at one point or another, has been treated like a second class citizen. Our qualifications are ignored, our character and experience belittled.

I'm voting for Senator Clinton because I believe her to be smart and capable of running our country. AND I want to see that glass ceiling shattered into millions of pieces. I want to feel society's strangulating expectations of women start to dissolve.

We raise our daughters to believe they can do or be anything. Let's prove it isn't just lip service.

November 2008 – Hillary Clinton, uniter of the Republican Party.

No one seems to feel the urgency and danger that Clinton can unite the Republican party better than their own candidates are able to do. It's not because of gender, race, intelligence or experience...it's because she's a CLINTON. There's nothing like a shared enemy that can unite this Republican tribe. And there are not too many names they hate more than CLINTON.

Oh, and then the update that Obama's camp had to point out that Michelle went to church too. Priceless.

I will vote Republican if Hillary is the nominee, she is a phoney.

Oh. My god. I watch CNN everyday and all i see is Hilliary or Bill and sometimes Edwards. Where is your coverage of Obama. I see nothing. Is the media so slanted in its coverage. I can watch all day on an off day and never see anything about Obama unless it is in reference to something negative. Where is the fair reporting in that. CNN just lost my support.

HILLARY 2008-BRILLIANT POLITICIAN, BUT THEN AGAIN SO WAS HER HUSBAND. HILLARY WILL BE AN OUTSTANDING COMMANDER AND CHIEF. I DON'T SEE HOW AMERICANS CAN'T SEE THROUGH BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA’S COCKY, IGNORANT, ILL-MANNERED PERSONALITY. IT TRULY CAME THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR IN THE LAST DEMOCRATIC DEBATE IN NEVADA--HE IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE URGENCY OF THE ‘ECONOMIC NEEDS’ OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

The point, which CNN managed NOT to bring out as usual, is not that they went to church on sunday. the point is that the minister of the church is on Clinton's steering comittee. That didn't just suddenly happen today as a staged event. I expect he was asked, or asked, to hold that position at some time in the past. Why do you think he agreed to do that?

So it is shallow and transparent to attend the church of a long-time political ally when you are in his state? To the contrary, it would have been an insult if someone from her camp had NOT shown up there being as he is helping with the campaign. Get it?

I am so tired of the haters taking every opportunity to twist anything they can against someone who is not their candidate. I am not voting for Clinton (Go Edwards!) but the Obama rhetoric and race stuff is really, really getting old. Geesh, give her a break.

Will either campaign come to St. Michael's parish in Staunton, Illinois?

All the Hillary haters, get over yourselves, move on – or better yet leave the country!

And, furthermore, the Hillary supporters are actualy doing something to improve this country! Rather then whining about Obama;

I NOW REALIZE HOW BIAS CNN IS. Thank you for erasing my point. No wonder America is now what it is. If you have any decency you would air all 3 candidate's speeches.

Why is this such big news, the Clintons alway attend Black churches, every Sunday!!!. And while they're at home by themselves, they love to speak Ebonics. Don't you just LOVE the Clintons. I just get goose bumps thinking Hillary and Billary will one day be back in the White House. Then Billary can chase those young impressionable interns all around the White House to his heart's content

Anybody but Clinton!! I make no apologizes. I will stay home in November if she wins the primary race. For the first time in my life. I am 53 years old.

Danny G. You have no idea how angry I am. My anger even surprises me. When this race started, I had every intention of voting for Hillary if she got the nomination.
But after I what I've witnessed, I just cannot vote for her. And I cannot show any respect her.

I think it's about time that Hillary paid attention to folks like me. If she doesn't, she will win the battle but lose the war.

why didnt you show hilary in church also. you sure are doing everything you can to get obama elected. however there are 50 states. if left up to you guys this was over the very first primary. come on quit trying to influence the outcome and report the facts. just my observation.

Boom! I agree with your comments. If Obama were a woman with the same campaign he would have been out of this election a long long time ago! Hillary has proven that she can withstand the heat and pressure even as she is a woman in a male dominated field. She has a proven track record and a fighter! Strong on national security, champion for our children & women, an advocate for civil rights for women and the minority, champion for the middle and lower class and last but not least a loyal and faithful wife and mother!

This praise is coming from a Conservative Christian (of strick religion) who happens to be a 25 year old Black male in New Jersey!

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON FOR PRESIDENT!! HANDS DOWN..

Gee...Chelsea when to a black church service and it makes the news. I wonder how many times she has attended a black church n the past????? Who cares really, and why does it make the news? Ummm...now who is it that's playing that race card? So much pandering to black America; I hope it is seen for what it really is.

When Wolf Blitzer asked a Clinton spokesman "would a presidential running mate for Hillary be Bil Clinton", he didn't rule it out. Too bad Obama isn't running against just one Clinton at a time. Tag teaming; good cop/bad cop dirty politics is all they know. Very unpresidential in my opinion...but then we are used to having Bill Clinton embarrass America. That time old entrinched Clinton machine is hard to beat, but I'm so proud of Obama. He just keeps on keeping on.

Bill Clinton is truely seeking his third term and America just doesn't need it. As for me...a white indpendent who always voted Republican...Obama has my vote.

So if Jesse Jackson and Hilary were running for the nomination..who would Jacqueline Lavinia Jackson vote for. I am just curious to know.

Hillary Hates CATS

I love cats, so bye bye Hillary and quit using yuour kid.

when I hear ignorant people say "anyone but Hillary" it makes me so sad, to knock people down because of gender is just pure racist, if you believe there is a better candidate with better ideas then be my guest and vote for them, but when you try to suggest that because she is an ambitious woman and because she is a very savvy politician that this is somehow a bad thing; then we have bigger problems in this country, to elect the first woman or the first africa-american citizen for president of the United states is a sign of progress, to whish them ill because of some ignorant mis-informed rumors is callous and irresponsible.

I support Sen. Clinton, but I would never say "anybody but Obama" it shows no respect for the person and for the sacrifices he/she have made to be in the election and to put themseleves out the way these candidates have... so have some respect you jerks!

Wow, everyone needs to know that Hillary is a decendent of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and because of that Hillary is Black! I'll bet the Clintons ALWAYS attend a Black church every week, don't they?? Another case of pandering for the votes. Hillary and Billary are always telling people that some of their best friends are Black. You can tell that Billary is Black because of the rhythm he has playing the sax.

I listened to Obama at church in Atlanta and it was a political speech for promoting a socialist/welfare state. I saw Hillary in Harlem leaving church and it was a political speech promoting a socialist/welfare state. I bet Chealse and Vernon got to give political speeches in balck churches too. I guess there is only "Seperation of Churc and State for Republicans". These churches should lose their tax exempt status like the Christian Coalition did during the Clinton Administration for promoting specific candidates, not just a certain party.

Obama is running scared.
Nevada is the carbon copy for the rest of the west.
He needs the Latino vote plain and simple guess what he aint going get it.

kalliope has it right (above)!

If Hillary is the Dem candidate, you can rest assured there will be droves of multi-party Anti-Clintonites (Dem's & Indies) voting right along the Newly Re-United and Re-energized Republican Party!

Anybody But Clinton! Again!!!

Actually, I'm 32 and I like being called "Black" just fine (as opposed to African American)- it's less of an apology and besides I know less about Africa than I do Mexico & the same goes back at least 5 generations on both sides of my family tree. I support Hillary because people are crazy to assume that simply because she is a Clinton that she is a part of some tactical dynasty.
-Point is, this election is so umpredictable because of the way that this country has effected ALL of us. The Presidency is a job- refusing to select a candidate that can do the job simply out of protest for US politics as a whole is irresposible and that's where the Obama agenda is going. If Obama were a female of any color with the same campaign, he would have been out weeks ago.

Obama has the capacity to positively impact every aspect of America's existance: national reconciliation, international awareness, youthful involvement and connection with/to politics, education, industrial and social opportunity, the environment... Hillary, dispite all protestations to the contrary, represents the status quo.

Everyone joked during Bill Clinton's administration that it was really Hillary running the country. Now for Hillary to be president, wouldn't Bill be undue influence on her?

Our forefathers stated no one would hold office more that 2 terms. At that time women did not have the right to vote and didn't hold political offices. If the forefathers could've foreseen today, husband and wife team would count as one. As far as I'm concerned....it is unconstitutional for Hillary to even been considered. Especially after all the hype during Bill's presidency. Or is that why her documents are kept under lock and key until after elections? By Bill saying it would take that long to get the papers out of the archives...well, FEMA acted faster.

Hillary using her time as First Lady as "experience" running the country is a RED FLAG. Something smells fishy.

I have no problems with children running later...but husband/wife? NOPE

South Carolinians take their religious beliefs seriously. With the ill-advised comments and personal attacks against Obama, African-Americans will look hard at the Clintons, especially Bill. Both Barack Obama and his wife are members of the church community in Chicago, IL and have fellow church members as advocates. Hillary Clinton and Bill are members of what church? No personal attestments from fellow Clinton churchgoers will be present in SC. Sending Chelsea to attend services in a black church? That is weak.

Obama's campaign has tried to remain positive but the Clinton's play hardball. As one Democratic political strategist said, when you take on the Clintons you better watch your back and knees.

Obama needs to play up the fact that he was a community organizer and civil rights attorney and has always supported civil rights, but at the same time point to the fact that Hillary Clinton was a Republican who supported Barry Goldwater for President when he was AGAINST the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964.

OBAMA in '08!

Charlotte, the time for Hillary is not now, not ever. Not because she isn't qualified, doesn't deserve it, isn't experienced...it's because she CANNOT win. Hitting the ground running where? It won't matter.

She will unite the currently disjointed Republican party with the same hate and vigor we know they can muster. We need someone who can unite across party lines, that is Obama. I have met so many Republicans who feel that their party abandoned them who are voting for Obama. None of them are behind Hillary. It's like one of us voting for Huckabee... that's how strong the feeling against her is. We need to win this one.

Thank you, Sunny Erikson for your post. It is excatly what I am thinking. How can anybody call Chelsea Clinton “ surrogate”, especially CNN. Shame on them!

Hillary and Bill Clinton have long friendship with Areracan-American community.
Media is trying to make SC voters think differently, because Obama is desparaite to won Sauth Carolina. He is not united people , he devides us.

My vote is going to Hillary.

My comment was the first at 1:18 , why is it still awaiting moderation? Is it because I used Madame President? What gives?

Is Obama really African-american?

Did he go through the same life experiences and injustices as other African American went through whose forefathers were brought to America in shackles against their wishes?

Obama's dad came from Kenya when the race relations in the US have improved because of works of MLK and Rosa Park to the point that he could marry a white woman.

In graduate school, I had many friends who came directly from Africa and they were somewhat offended to be called African American because their forefathers did not come as slaves.

If they did not feel comfortable to be called African American, why is Obama identifying himself that way now?

To get votes?

I have to agree with Sunny, it does appear that the CNN pundits are predisposed against Hillary and for Obama. I'm not sure why this is so, but it certainly appears to be the case. The reporters seem to find and write about trivialities when it comes to Sen Clinton, almost as if they think her campaign a joke? The one exception appears to be Donna Brazile who seems to have a genuine respect for both Senator Clinton and Senator Obama and appears to be fairly weighing their performances against the issues facing the American public. BRAVO Ms. Brazile! You are as a journalist should be, soft spoken, considered and impartial! As to the "race" issue, I have a serious problem with Sen Obama implying that Sen Clinton is in some way defective in her understanding of the issues facing African Americans. The Clintons have been civil rights advocates since the late 60's. And civil rights issues are not just African American issues as Sen Obama seems to be implying, but women's issues, latino issues, poor single partent issues....all of these have a civil rights component regardless of the "race" issue.

Hillary received a very public endorsement today from Pastor Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem. I wonder whether CNN will headline this story, or bury it along with the rest of the postive news about Sen. Clinton. Come on, CNN, report news about the candidates equitably.

I meant "I like Clinton O.K." (by the way) but was also thinking to write "I think Clinton is O.K." which is why I have the funny mistake there.

I just wanted to give a quick response to Xlotus. Hahahahahahahaha.

Hillary Clinton self-made. Hahahahahahahahaha. You're cracking me up. I hope you're kidding with that.

I like Clinton is O.K. and I'll feel fine voting for her if I can't get someone in the general who I like more (Obama or Edwards).

She is smart and I think might make a good President but "self-made" hahaha. Funny. You think a junior Sen. from New York being the front-runner as soon as she announced being self-made? You think Bill Clinton going around and winning votes for her is "self-made"? You think using her husbands record is "self-made"? She started her Senate race with instant name recognition because or her husband.

I like her o.k. and think she has some good ideas but if people wanted to elect a real self-made woman they should have put their effort into getting either of the Sen. from California to run. Nobody would even know who Hillary Clinton is outside of Washington if it were not for her husband.

wow. anyone CAN type.

"fine"....please learn to form a coherent sentence. yikes.

Hillary is a strong leader, committed to this country, committed to her marriage for better or worse. It takes a lot of strength to make it through the rough spots of life. Too many people throw in the towel and quit. She has shown me strengh and character. I think Obama is a fine young man. I think he has a lot to learn. If he could have answered last on his weaknesses, in his own words, "I would have known how to play the game." We can not wait for someone to figure out, there isn't a pea under any of the three walnut shells. We need someone who can hit the ground running, knows how to play dodge ball, knows it isn't going to be a cake walk, knows it will be an uphill battle and has the intestinal fortitude to get it done. That is Hillary Clinton!

This going to church is pure propaganda coming from people who will do and say whatever it is needed to get what they want, they should retire! and give a young, smart, honest, energetic man the chance to fight for America...get informed, read about all the legal and other scandals the Clintons have been involved in, and there are still people who want them in the White House, unbelievable!. Here in Europe, most people believe Obama will do the best for America and the world. Just read some European news and you'll see. Hopefully the Democrats get smarter between now and the conventions...otherwise the next president will be a Republican, which in any case, will be better than any Clinton..

People of SC please open your eyes.

These Clintons are in it for themselves, not for you!!

so that chelsea can claim 20 years later that her civil rights credentials go back to.....

America is broke with BUSH in the white house. We need Hillary. The more the press gangs up on her, the harder she works. This is hard times and we need her experience.

Go Hillary!
from Basque Country (Europe)

If you become president, help us with the Basque Conflict against Spain and France!!

To all of you are childishly whining "I will not vote if (fill in candidate's name that you hate for whatever narrow-minded reason) wins the nomination", hear this: IT'S ABOUT THE ISSUES! The fact is that whichever of the top Democratic candidates wins the nomination, the others will stand behind the winner and ask you to support that candidate. Why? Because the ISSUES are what really counts and the differences between the Democratic candidates' stand on the issues are NITS compared to the differences between any of them and the Republican candidates.

Hillary can do one thing that none of the other Democratic candidates can do for sure... UNITE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. Yeah! Now there's something she can add to her list of experiences, party unifier.

OBAMA '08

I am sick and tired of the Clintons claiming to be the best Friends of the African Americans. They only run to them when they need their votes. The AIDS epidemic is killing millions in Africa and the rest of the World. Why did Bill Clinton not bring out Billions of dollars to support AIDS vaccine research during his 8yrs tenue? Why did Hillary Clinton vote in support of the Iraq war that has left 10's of thousands of young american soilders either dissabled or dead? The war is costing our tax payers billions of dollars every month. 20% of the amount spent on Iraq war would have been more than enough to put an end to the AIDS problem in the entire world.
Obama stands for change and its time we say YES to him.

And those pastors show how illitrate they are. I am voting for obama. This is 21st century not when pastors and civil right leaders used to tell us who to vote for.....

Those African Americans must have no issues to be discussed. All they need is chelsea to go to those churches and those pastors endorse hillary.
We don't need another white president for blacks we already have a real one!!!!

Hillary will be the next president of USA ! No one now can stop her to go to White House.All the supporters of Obama are bullshed and nonsense.Its very crystal clear what Obama did and what Hillary did. There can be no comparison between sun and moon . Go Hillary Go ahead !

People always quote the Bush/Clinton/Bush Clinton thing – get a life.

The only time during any of the above where we were respected in the world, were not in a major war and had a good economy and had a balanced budget – was when CLINTON was in the white house. So dont bunch them all together – Clinton did it then Clinton can do it now.

I am an American 1st and Canadian citizen second. People all over the world hate americans now. If I travel almost anywhere I travel on my Canadian passport because people so hate Americans. They did not do that when Bill Clinton was in office.

Hillary knows people and she can bring respect back to America. Bring some respect back to us as a people – cause people hate Amercians – I hear it everyday up here – everyday.

I am making so much more money here than I would be in the States – get a grip guys – you have to be peaceful to make money – all the fighting is no good.

Hillary should tag Obama for VP and give him a chance to gain some experience. That would be an awesome ticket.

Is Obama running against one or two Clintons. I can't tell from day to day. Who's runnning Bill or Hillary? We need to be very cautious of another DYNASTY! Haven't we learned yet?
The clintons will tell you whatever you want to hear and IF they get back into office they will say it wasn't their fault that they couldn't do anything the promised they would and continue business as usual. Her answer would be similar to this current statement "I voted for it but I hoped it wouldn't pass" If you don't think so vote for her and then blame yourself when the times get worse!

I hope in the next week,voters will take a close look at the clintons,and what they have done for country!no matter if you are black or white they stand on our side.They are the only people who have stood up against the power hate machine the republicans own and run very well!! and win in 08.

Ya, those African Americans kids look like her.Those African Americans must be thinking like they live in Africa. Good Job chelse. Thanx for trying. Ask Hillary to block Obama's name in the voting booth.

Shoot! I forgot chelsea was running for presidency. She has my vote!

hi guys,never you vote for the CLINTON,the husband was the president and now the wife want to be.they just want to make history just like BUSH.things are going to be rough if this lady is the president.just look at BUSH era the father was not bad but look at the son he is a case study to people and a scandal in the streets all over the world.BILL CLINTON with his infedelity and how Hillary forgive him meaning something is wrong.please voters wipe these names out of America history,if not after Clinton it is going to be BUSH WIFE THEN LATER CHELSEA AND THEN LATER BUSH DAUGHTER

It is good that Chelsea and Vernon went to church. . .but that they went to a predominantly African-American church seems a bit political.

In response to Win James ridiculous question, "if Barack were a blue-haired (I think you meant a blue-eyed) blond, would he be as successful as he is today?"

For me, the fact that he is "black" is of little consequence. Barack has a tremendous passion about how he thinks this country should move forward. It is his "intellect," his "oratory" skills , his "experience," and his "message" that are leading many Americans to support him.

Another question could be posed, "If Hillary Clinton was not the wife of a former president, would she be in the position she enjoys today?" Personally, I think the answer is "no."

Both of these individuals - Obama and Clinton - are breaking new ground. Both are capable of being president. What it comes down to is which of them can move the voters to become involved in straightening out the mess that we have endured for the last eight years? It is my belief that Obama will serve us best.

Obama 08!

Thanks Susan for your misinformed civics lesson – racist!

Chelsea came with a package of healthcare to those African Americans. We see you through Clintons. You can abuse us and that translate to vote. May be with those uneducated.

Chelsea alienating African Americans. I think seeing her would make my daughter think how much far apart we are in prevelage. This means that we don't have to listen to candidates or have needs what we need is their daugthers to attend our churches and vote for them. God help us.

She didn't pander in Nevada for the black vote, so why is she doing it here? Because she doesn't need the Hispanic vote in South Carolina to win. She needs the black vote. She didn't need to black vote in Nevada, so she pandered to the Hispanic vote. She plays the RACE CARD very well. Sadly, this long time democrat (Hillary) is piting two economically disadvantage groups against each other. When the primary is over- this divide between Hispanics and Blacks will continue. It will not be so easy to foget what the CLINTONS have done. However, this time it will not work with African American. OBAMA will receive an overwhelming percentage of the black vote in South Carolina and throughout the South. The Democratic party has forever changed for the best!

The black community has found it's voice- say no to hillary, say not to pandering!

IF CLINTON IS THE CHOICE, I WILL DEFINTELY SWITCH PARTY AND VOTE REPUBLICIAN IN THE GENERAL ELECTION! OBAMA IS THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR LOW AND MIDDLE CLASS PEOPLE.

Kobe, Clinton was not championing human rights when he was asleep at the wheel during the Rwandan Genocide. Hillary is more of the same old corrupt washingtion insiders. She can not win the national November election. Many second admendment, labor, blue collar democrats will not vote for her. It is a fact go to any bar or social enviornment in middle-class America.

It will be a big disaster for me, the Democratic party, the entire Americans and the rest of the World if Hillary Clinton is elected as the Presidential candidate of the Democratic party. There is no way she can win against Mitt Romney,John McCain,Huckabee or who ever is elected in the Republican party. It will just another Republicans one way ticket to the White House and they will continue from where Bush left.
Americans are not looking for another Clinton or another person that has been part of the old system, what Americans are looking for now is positive change. Changes that will affect the lives of we all in a good way. Republicans are very afriad of Obama and will love to see Hillary Clinton win. Obama is a great guy, he is for change and we must vote him in. Think of how beautiful and safe this world will be if Obama becomes the President of this beautiful and blessed country, USA.

Please, please, put aside your party and candidate loyality, and instead think about our country. The Clintons played their role, so did the Bushs. Let the family dynasties end in 2008. Else...should we expect Jeb Bush to run in 2012.

Power corrupts and is addicting...Bill's red face and wagging finger resemble that of a junky..

Silly me, didn't know chelsea attending that church would mean African Americans will vote for Hillary........

I have one question for Hillary supporters. Please answer honestly and without flaming because I am really trying to understand the point of view. How does Hillary sit at a table with the Presidents and Ministers of upcoming economic power that is China whom do not believe women should have the same rights as men, and how does she sit at a table with muslim countries and other groups who do not share our way of life and convince them to do anything when they have made up their mind about her even before she sits down? Furthermore, tell me what we do against some of these countries such as China are becoming economic and military power houses? I sincerely hope your answer is that we make them see things our way because that's just not an intelligent answer. We saw the reality of losing our own during 911. We are not as invincible as we like to think we are. Are we possibly adding fuel to a fire in her election at this time? Again this is not some attempt to sway voters, its an honest question that I am hoping someone will intelligently answer.

Thank you.

LOL!!! You Dems are funny, I'm loving this. I'm an independent and I support Obama!!! You know going into this election I was thinking the Republican party is over, people are pissed. The Dem's would have to do something totaly stupid to lose this election, and sure enough a good portion of you want do exactly that. You want to elect the one person (Hillary) that can lose it for you.
I don't know how else to say this, there is a very large group of people that will support Obama or Edwards, but they will not vote for Hillary. And that number is getting bigger with the Clinton attacks, dirty politics and lies they are playing. I personally don't think you Dem's alone can win this, the two party faithfuls will cancel each other out, but with Independents willing to vote Dem, you can win. But it's your choice, Roll your dice LOL!!!!

Tyler,
If a white person has black supporters it is pandering. If a black person has white supporters it is not pandering. If a black person has Oprah, it's great. If a white person has Magic Johnson, they are pandering. Go figure....

Chelsea and whoever she was will not translate to votes with African Americans. I am an educated African American woman who will not be fooled by Hillary.

Susan, you are DEAD ON with what you said about the Republican Field.

Why is that Clintons have no version of their campaign, they are copycating Obama from day one. How is she experienced if she can not run her own campaign?

Bill and Hillary Clinton have never cared about the African-American community, and the most disgusting thing is that they did this for media coverage! They basically sent Chelsea, and then loudly announced "HEY WE SENT OUR DAUGHTER TO AN AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHURCH THIS SUNDAY! SEE? WE LIKE BLACK PEOPLE!" How petty. Is this what American politics has come down to? And then best of all, the Obama Campaign, (drawing from it's vast store of originality) declared "OH YEAH? WE SENT OUR CANDIDATES WIFE!!!!!!!!!!!" It's just sad.

And those slave owners continue to lol in their graveyards.........Could they have been right?

http://thepage.time.com/

A Obama banner hung across from the church where Hillary was speaking...if Hillary people did this at the church Obama spoke at the Obama campaign, supporters here, and the MSM would be up in arms.

The white South Africans were primarily Dutch with some lesser numbers of German French and other white European settlers. They were the "Boers" who fought the English in the Anglo-Boer War. They were all despicable landlords that were finally thrown out.

Black Americans WANT to be called African Americans because they are proud of their heritage from that continent. I don't see bigotry here. So let's not go there.

I do see a fair fight between two (or three) strong democratic candidates whose surrogates don't like one another and often start squabbles that turn into harmful he-said-she-saids that get the candidates off point.

Let the people stay on point. Eventually the spats blow over and everyone gets down to business. We the people get it. We really get it.

Through my lens, the Republican field is cloudy. If I were a conservative, I would hate to have to chose between an admired, straight-talking, authentic war hero whom I believe too old for this harrowing job; a silver-tongued charmer of the pulpit with some far out amendment to my beloved Constitution, and a handsome, don't touch the hair, flip-flopping business executive I'm reluctant to trust. A dilemma.

The Nevada caucus was the best civics lesson I've ever had in my life. It should be shown in every schoolroom.

I think Obama praising Reagan tells you who is pandering......how is that suppose to rally the base. I don't get it at all.

He will win SC, but will lose big time Feb 5th. Just look at the numbers and percentages when you break down the vote. The female vote is powerful and the African American/Latino vote cross cancel each other. It's that simple.

Don't over analyze these things.

Has America turn into a monarch , Look at this:

1)Reagan/Papa Bush = 8 years
2)Papa Bush / the idiot VP = 4 years
3)Clinton/Gore = 8 years
4)Little Bush/ Cheney = 8 Years

That is a total of 28 years of Bush/Clinton in the White House. If this sleazy chic and her slick husband are back in the White House that will make it 36 years of either Bush or Clinton running the country.

Is America this bankrupt ?

Hillary promises a job for all who have lost their jobs in S.C to out sourcing.Just go to your nearest Walmart and tell them Hillary sent me.Go Hillary08

Is there anybody among Hillary's friends to be honest enough to tell her about her outfits? It looks like they are all the same, just dyed in different colors, made many years ago i some old factory that had one pattern only. And the cut of those pants and jackets!!! And she talks about change? What about "Dress for Success", Hillary? She looks worse than all the people around her. And today, in the Baptist Church in New York, her jacket, whose was it? Some security person on a construction site? But they didn't give her a helmet, maybe yellow, it would brighten the attire. Could anybody help her? Is there any hope for change?
B

How about this:I went to church today,I support a fair tax system that counts every dollar earned for equitable taxation,I support family values,I am for the control of our borders,I believe in freedom of the press,I hink every American is entitled to Helth Care,the corporations should keep the jobs here or face tariffs,and that lobbyists should be branded as financial terrorists and be forcibly removed from Washington,pay for C.E.O.'s should never exceed a companies combined payroll,and we need to return our weary Army to bases that appreciate theeir presence.Vote for ME!!!God Bless Americans!!!

I just wanted to let everyone know that I didn't attend any church service this morning, black or white. You may now get on with your lives.

if Obama wins nomination then we will have a Republican president for next 100 yrs.

The Clinton will indeed do anything do get back to the White House. Including not supporting Kerry in 2004 (what a timely operation that was, Bill) so Hillary would have a chance in 2008. It’s all about them, not about the democratic cause and certainly not about helping Americans. Are Democrats today as blind as they thought Bush supporters were? Does Bush – Clinton – Bush again – Clinton again sound like democracy to you?

After the dust has settled we will need to come together as one for our party. We should be proud that our party has such a diverse field of candidates. Look at a picture of the Republican party candidates then look at Democratic Parties Photo and tell me who best represents America. I will say I am a Hillary supporter and still believe she can unite this party and win the White House in November. Barack Obama is a nice guy but with the mess Bush is going to leave this country in (and parts of the world also) we will need more then just nice. Senator Clinton will be able to get things done starting on day one. She will be able to continue working for African Americans and all Americans the minute she takes office. Obama would need such a learning curve of which this country can not afford to wait on. I hope that the African American community votes on record and merit and not just to have an African American as president. If Obama is the nominee the Republicans will eat him alive on experience and record to date. America is ready for an African American president but Barack Obama is not ready to be president. Lets unite as a party and not hand the election to the Republicans.

Hillary is the only Democratic candidate that I would trust in the oval office. She can resolve the problems we are facfed with today, and she and Bill are highly respected around the world. And as a woman, all women should vote for Hillary, she has the qualifications, plus she is female. Sure Obama is black, but he is still a MALE, we needed to break that glass ceiling for the future of our daughters! And for once show the men women can be everything they can be, and even do it better!

Hillary's suck-up antics make me just SICK! She won't even let Chelsea talk to kid reporters then sends her to church in South Carolina??? I just had to turn OFF the CNN broadcast of Hillary being backed by a church in Harlem...and how unbelievable it was. She just stood there blank-faced shaking her head while the pastor READS pages and pages and pages of how great Hillary is and her 30+ years of service to the community, etc. It sounded like HIllary wrote the speech for sure.

I HOPE Obama wins by a landslide! He will if the African American community has brains to think for themselves instead of the Clinton machine doing it for them and CONSTANTLY reminding the people of "favors", whatever that was and now it is Clinton's turn to GET the favors. Give me a break.

I am ashamed of the split African American community to preferring "friendship" over someone who is about to make Martin Luther King's Dream come true and show pride in what Obama has accomplished. All the blood and grief since the 50s and 60s and now the chance to have unity only to let it slip on by. Good grief...even whites vote Obama...he has the country pulling TOGETHER but 1/2 the U.S. population hates Hillary!

SENATOR HILLARY CLINTON IS GOING TO MAKE A GREAT PRESIDENT.

Let's all work together to defeat the repubs. It goes beyond getting upset that our man or woman didn't win the nominee. There is a possibility that there will be 2 openings on the Supreme Court . Imagine what the supreme court would look like if a repub were to win. McCain is a decent man (except his Iraq war stance), but should we give him our vote because we are mad that Hillary is the nominee or Obama is the nominee? Come on people, we have to pull together. This is not American Idol.

This just makes my stomach flip.
Chelsea going to this church as a pawn in her mothers pandering shenanigans.
Ewww!

Hillary will do anything to win.

I will not vote if Hillary win this nomination

Hilary may be buddies w/the who's who of the Blacks, Hispanics or whomever, but the fact still remains that she voted pro war, is pro war and will continue to be pro war. Everyone is forgetting about the war and focusing on the economy. As long as we are at war the economy will be disabled. And as anyone can see she will do anything to get elected just like Bush. I do not believe a thing that comes out of her mouth. She reminds me of George Bush. Don't trust her. Angie in Washington

just to make it very clear to the people of sc,the clintons are asking for you to give them power so they can do for you as always!!why don't you take the power and do for yourself for a change?!think about it people!!!do for yourself!!

The notion that the Clintons do not care about nor support the African American community in America is absurd. They have championed the cause of civil rights, women's rights, and human rights for decades. This campaign should not be about race or gender, but about experience and the ideas to bring about real change. All any voter need do is look at Hillary's record to see that she is the best candidate to move America in the right direction.

Hillary '08!!

I'm so exhausted with the Clintons and their bogus interest in the African American community. By the way, Hillary claims to be a big girl, is she running for president or BIll? Bill needs to chill in his rocking chair.

If you want to really know if race or gender are factors in the race between Hilary and Barack ask yourself the following questions: If the only thing about Hilary that changed were she was no longer a woman, would you vote for her to be President? If Barack was the same man you have listened to for the past year but he changed to a blue haired blond, would Hilary as she is right now pose any meaningful threat to his candidacy for President of the United States?

If your answers to both questions are no, then it is reasonable to conclude that you will vote your conscience on voting day!

God bless hillary a billion fold,GOD bless American a zillio fold.she is who america and thenwrld needs

I am ok with hope – just as long as we know that's what it is – but if we start thinking that we can stay at home from work and “hope” will get the job done than we have a problem, if we start thinking that “hope” will correct this economy than we have a problem, if we start thinking that “hope” will stabilize the middle east than we have a problem, if we start thinking that “hope” will pay the mortgage and the rest of the bills than we have a problem. Now when you look past the "record" of “hope” what else do you have ? “present” will not do the job or anything else for that matter.
I will vote for experience and that vote will be for Hillary, which is the best way to make “hope” becomes a “real” possibility!

Hillary Clinton '08

Perhaps, the cynics need to listen or read Reverend Dr. Butts endorsement of Senator Clinton. Substance trumps rhetoric!

I am ok with hope – just as long as we know that's what it is – but if we start thinking that we can stay at home from work and “hope” will get the job done than we have a problem, if we start thinking that “hope” we correct this economy than we have a problem, if we start thinking that “hope” will stabilize the middle east than we have a problem, if we start thinking that “hope” will pay the mortgage and the rest of the bills than we have a problem. Now when you look past the "record" of “hope” what else do you have ? “present” will not do the job or anything else for that matter.
I will vote for experience and that vote will be for Hillary, which is the best way to make “hope” becomes a “real” possibility!

Whatever happened to separation of Church and State? Why are Clinton and Obama giving political speeches from pulpits all over the place? These churches should NOT be tax-exempt.

Hate to break it to you Tyler but Obama is considered the one folks would rather have a beer with. The President should be someone that you trust to lead the country through good and bad times. I don't drink beer so I wouldn't want to have a beer with either. I met Hillary and she is great one on one, it isn't what you see in the press or hear about. She was nice, down to earth and just as real as Obama seems to come across. However I would love to sit down and talk to obama as well. He is just a bit busy right now. Obama is too much of a wild card for a time as serious as this. In 2000 no-one thought we could be where we are today. Well we are and we need a pragmatic leader to deal with it. Don't blame Hillary for her last name. She is her own person and will make her decions just like Obama. If you are anti Clinton then don't support Obama because he has Clinton advisors as well. If he didn't think highly of them he wouldn't be getting advise from people who worked in the Clinton administration. Have a great day and God Bless America!

Why is Michelle Obama only deserving of a footnote in this story? And where is the story about Obama's incredible speech at Dr. King's church this morning? Well, if anyone is interested since you can't get this story on CNN, the full text of the speech is on Obama's website under the blog entitled "The Great Need of the Hour"... it's currently the first link on the main page.

I Hillary does not continue surrogate based attacks on Obama, (I won't hold my breath). Has anyone stopped to think what it would look like if Obama answered in kind. What would the media say if he lined up a dozen white women on stage next to him to launch fiery attacks on Hillary.......It would look absurd.....the same should be said of the Clinton's actions.

Just give Hillary a chance. Just give women a chance. Just another guy is Obama.

Women account for more than half of the US population. Why can't we have a woman represent us?

And, Hillary is a very capable woman. She has worked hard to get where she is now. What a self-made woman!

Let's support Hillary because in doing so, we acknowledge that women have so much to contribute outside of her home.

Hillary 08

German/Danish/british descendants in South-Africa call themselves AFRICAANS-to distinguish themselves from the native african population and by the way they don't make a big deal out of their so called adopted homeland-like here in the USA-African-Americans-l guess we should have a term like European-Americans. And in South Africa or the African continent as a whole, Obama would be recognized as one from the "caste system," that is his biracial lineage would be acknowleged not like the term "black candidate,"!!!!!!!!!!!-l agree with you from Canada-at least, it is good to get an international viewpoint-well you are right William***

If Hillary gets this through tactics like this, I am voting for McCain.

McCain: apart his 72 years, could we have a prognosis on his "melanoma"?

So, do they go to church on a regular basis where there is a mostly african-american congregation? No? Hm, dumb, way dumb!

If they did, this might have credibility, since they don't it's plastic, you know, fake.

Where is her regard for black people when she's not running for election, oh, did I say that out loud, please forgive me, we now return you to the crap the media normally feeds you.

hillary 08!

Any body but not Clinton

Is this the best you can do for Hillary Clinton. You have articles that are positive for John McCain, Huckabee, Edwards.... But Hillary gets a little article that's like a wink, saying her surrogates went to church today. Did you report where everyone else's surrogates went to church. The Clinton's have been going to Church in African American communities for a long long time. I'm sickened that suddenly the Clinton's are anti-black and are making some kind of "extra" effort to go to areas that are ethnic specific.

The media is now getting their chance to get back at the Clinton's based on the fact that most of the cable media wanted the former president to be impeached. Everyone I know thinks the same thing and I live in Orange County, CA.. Not exactly a libral hot bed.

As a Democrat I like all of our choices for president. I was leaning towards Obama in the beginning, because I thought it would be wonderful for an African American to be nominated by my party. I have changed my mind because I'm appalled at the way it appears that folks that have fought for cival rights all of their life are cast as enemies suddenly for political purposes. Does that mean that people like me who has worked for civil rights, been a part of any coalition I could join that stood for the rights of the underpriveled is throwed out the window if I choose to cast my vote for someone other than Obama? Additionally, nominating and electing a women is just as revolutionary as doing the same for an African American. And maybe most important, Obama choosing to use the name of Reagan as an example of a person that made a positive difference in his political thinking blew me out of his camp.

What started as a wonder morning for Democrats is looking a little cloudy in the afternoon. Let's hope the evening brings stars and not thunder and ligtening.

Still a faithful Democrat...

To CNN, stop deleting a post l wanted to share with people please!!!!!!!!!11

Per my doctor's orders I recently went to a very well recomended hospitaal for a chest x-ray that took five minutes however the occasion required just over two hours == fortunately there was no insurance or costs issues. I observed over 14 supposedly patients (no doubt spouces were included) waiting and some appeared very impatient and there were some noisy complaints of neglect . I also had a prevous occasion to accompany my neighbor in a visit to her daughter and it appeared to me that the nurse though concerned about her patient, seemed to me very exhausted.Though I did not mention my observation, my neighbor also made the observation as we departed, just recently there was a report of a short supply of nurses. Also a report regarding a problem regarding imported nurses. PLEASE ASK OUR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES WHAT MAGIC WAND THEY POSSESS TO GRANT EVERY AMERICAN THE HEALTH CARE PROGRAM THEY PROPOSE . PLEASE BE HONEST WITH THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

A church is just a Church. In one hundred years you can not predict the superficial colorings of the parishiners of that church. You are by nationality all Americans.

"Hillary will represent everyone!"

She only represents illiterate latino voters and menopaused white women.

Brasil ill ill ill

the clinton's are not sincere or honest people. and the out of touch and disconnected black friends they continue to trot out is laughable. elite upper class black folk who have very little understanding of the simmering anger of regular black folk such as i....people here in brooklyn have been calling for a protest of the clintonistas and their campaign tactics.....right here in ny.....

Obama 08 Thats written in the stars.
No one noticed GOD lifts honest leaders usually from the most humble situations and Obama is proof. If America has any doubt just retrace his beginning.

obama 08

Are German descendents from South Africa African-Americans? Are Egyptians?

Bigotry...

Its called pandering... and no one does it like a Clinton.

Well, I guess Bush was close. As long as American's feel the need to vote for the guy they would like to have a beer with or that plays down to them, this is what we are stuck with.

Hopefully this time we get an Obama or McCain instead of Clinton or Huckabee.

I have to admit, she is a hell of a politician, she may be saying what ever she has to say and doing what ever she has to do, but I have to admit that the way she does it is better than any republic political machine that I have ever seen (next to george bush).

One way to judge a candidate's character and thinking is to look at their friends.

Clintons have kept their friendship with Vernon Jordan for a long time through thick and thin.

For someone to question Clinton's commitmeent to African American is to look at Vernon Jordan and Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet. who in a CBC broadcast last week also mentioned her long-time friendship with Hillary in explaining why she supports Hillary over Obama.

I heart Chelsea!!

Hillary will represent everyone!

Hillary '08 and '12

Let the games begin-- will Hillary bring her fake southern accent again like she did last year? "I don't feel no ways tired."

Great job in Nevada. Good luck in the Debate on Monday, will be watching ! You go Madame President !

Who Cares! Chelsea is just another family member. The exploitation of these figures gives nothing of a boost. This could be considered the Family of Triangulation.

I respect everyone of them for fighting for their mother/wife. But let Hillary run her own campain. This is beginning to look like a desperate family dream. Who is Hillary without Bill? Great record on the civil side. As an elected official, 4 years only.

I am voting for Obama because he is a true leader. he's been in an elected office for 8 years. He's someone who gives me hope, looking to the dreams that us Americans once saw, but lost in the process.

The Old guard led this process but forgot to inject this in the new.

Clean America,
Self Sufficient,
Unity among divisions so we continue to expand,
Using people of true knowledge and Scientific backgrounds to lead the way, not politicians.

***Note: To most estimates, the Vietnam war would of been WON in 4 years, had it not been for the politicians to get in the way. One example, Vietnamese supplies, troops and essential transport units were saw in a neighboring country preparing for an attack. Washington interjected into the conflict and ordered that they not be fired on even though the neighboring country was supporting them. That night, under the cover of darkness, we were attack and lost many lives.

Here we go. They attended Church on Sunday...BIG NEWS

HILLARY IS GAINING GROUND BECAUSE HER MESSAGE IS HONEST AND SHE HAS NOT CHANGED IT SINCE THE START!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I AM THRILLED FOR HER IT GIVES ME HOPE THAT SOON WE WILL GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK AND BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME FROM IRAC ETC. CONGRATS HILLARY!!!!! HILLARY CLINTON 08

Will she be allowed to talk?

I am just at a lost with these clintons. i am just at a lost. but i do know this

from looking at the polls. hillary is bearly winning and refuset to accept the fact that the american people do not want her.

a racial insult to one black person is a racial insult to all black people.

frankly i am ashamed to be an american citizen.

i have seriously thinking about leaving american and moving to another country. when i was in the m iliary i often wondered why americans could not go on the soil of other countries but now i am beginning to see why.

i would not let hillary clinton into any church after the way her campaign has behaved before a free nation.

honorable discharged citizen.

Wow–did they actually stay for the sermons, unlike Hillary? Want to convince Christians that you believe in their values, then sneak out AFTER the sermon...not after your speeches.

How transparent and shallow. Just what I would expect from a Clinton.