MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (CNN) – This heated back-and-forth is benefiting neither Barack Obama nor Hillary Clinton. It's exactly what turns off voters - but it does make for good television!
– CNN Senior Political Analyst Bill Schneider
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Obama had every right to defend himself against Hillary and Bill. First , of all I want to congrad Obama for standing up to Hillary. He has every right to stand up for himself. Second, the media, press, and supporter of Hillary need to pick up their faces. Obama was not to hard on Hillary, he just wanted to make his points. I don't want the same old people representing our country. Bush, Clinton, Bush Clinton, I want real and honest change, and Obama has proven he can and will deliver. Edwards does not have a chances against Obama nor Hillary. Obama Supporter!
I love it when these incompetent anti-American socialist morons begin eating their young.
Obama is the Man!!!! Don't lie down to them teaming up on you. We know that they stick together when it all comes down. Hillary is a joke and Edwards needs to team up with Obama.
It was truly an episode of The Bickersons. Hilary must have had a monstrous sized team to analyze every blink of Barak's eye since kindegarten. Sheesh....but, Obama knocked her down a few times. Good for him. She glared at him a few times which was very funny. In spite of what Hilary says, Bill is totally getting in the way. Vote for Hilary and you get a package deal. I think Barak Obama is the man. He was the only person last night who used these words in a sentence "there are limited resources!"
The Clintons are real politians. They lie, cheat and trick their way into what they want. They are experts on spin. You didn't here about spin until they came on the scene. "What is, is?"
Bill and Hill are doing everything they can to make this election a scrappy, feisty mudfight because that is the one fight they both have "experience" fighting and winning. Just when we thought we might finally have an election that might be a positive one about issues, Bill is doing all he can to make it personal.
Bottomline – Obama won the debate but Bill continues to win in making this country more polarized.
HillBillary keeps touting her 35 years of experience but yet no one has called her out on it, but yet they keep talking about the inexperience of Obama. Why is it that she can tout her civil experience but not him? She has not more experience than Obama and why do people keep saying she does is beyond me. Being the wife of an EX PRESIDENT does not count as experience. So she can give it a rest.
Secondly, as for all these women who say they will vote for HillBillary because she is a woman now I see why BUSH got a pass. Idiots to say the least, you should take note from Pelosi, who has the opportunity to impeach but these imbiciles but refuse too. Gender nor race should be the determining factor for chosing a candidate. Change is needed and HillBillary is not it. It should be Obama/Edwards or even Kucinich. The media played the politics and did not give all the candidates a fair representation. That is why no media outlet should be moderating these debates. They should only report on them peroid.
OMG.....hillary is now taking credit for the success that the surge in iraq is having. she said they (iraq) has listened to her talk on tv and are afraid that when she becomes president, they will be done for.....talk about unmigated gall...this woman thinks of noone but the big "I", certainly not the people of this country.
Hillary For President !
She held her ground against a very hot headed opponnent.
It is something when a debater cannot remember what he
quoted to the editorial board in Reno, Nev. the previous day?
He should be greateful that Hillary did not mention that
Missy Michelle Obama served on the Wal Mart Board too!
Kudos To Hillary !
Raymond R
San Antonio, Tex.
Hillary has Obama for dinner.
Hillary demonstrated tremendous resilience, preparation, and intelligence. She clarified plans to the audience while making Obama look green, angry, and dazed. JE, bless his heart, means well. But, how will you convince rich people to lay down and give it all to the poor. Not gonna happen.
IT'S HILLARY IN '08.
GO HILLARY!!!! Hillary looked great in the debate yesterday. We need a president that will stand up and not be afraid to deliver hard punches. Senator Obama's immaturity was clearly reflected. It seems like Senator Obama has difficulty figuring out whether he is running against Hillary or Bill. That’s not a good sign if you are running for President of America. The guy needs to get a handle on who his opponents are in this race. He needs to have more substance that saying that he is all about change. At this point it’s all Hillary.
Did everyone catch the comment Hillary made about our country being in disgrace across the world??......she can thank Bill for that.......we became the laughing stock of the globe due to his and her shenangans and immorality......do we want this in our White House again?? Bush may not be perfect but he has never(in fact no one)has done anything akin to the Clintons disgrace to our country. Clintons, please go away!
Why do we need to see the Clintons income tax returns ?? People that have very little money don't run for office. I don't care how much money they make. Our current leader makes loads and just keeps adding it up as the price of oil goes up.
The debate was terrible. CNN encouraged this behavior. Obama did talk over Wolf and did not stop when asked. Not just Hillary.
I agree the use of the race card has to stop and stop now. We don't need 4 years of that. How did race come out of "fairy tale"
If this behavior keeps up they will turn the election over to the republican candidate.
Stop balming each individual for the economic mess we are all in. Its not just credit cards, it high energy costs, high gas costs. its the selfish corporate giants. Over $100.00 a month to heat a 870 square foot home (ranch style) no basement and the heat is set at 60 or below at all times. I know its just Michigan
Bill Clinton should stay out to attach Obama. It is his wife's camgaipn, His wife should face off with her opponent. If she wants to lead on this country and its people she should have its capabiltities to defend by her self. NO from outsider.
Therefore, Hillary Clinton should stay out of this game. She is not a good candidate for American people. Because she can not handle business on her only.
ALL candidate should not attach each others past. They shold address what they will do and can do for this country in the future in my opinion. Everything in the past doesn't meanit will repeat. Lets not play dirty politic.
PETER CHOI
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
I watched the democratic debate and I got just what I wanted. I wanted to see the gestures, eye contact, spontaneous reactions and i wanted to hear who best gave their solution and agenda and plans to putting Amercia back on it's feet.
As an African American woman it would be great to see diversity in the selections over the upcoming years for the position of the President of the united states. It would be great to have Barack Obama as President if he was suitable and ready for the position. My reason for the debate was to specifically listen to all he candidates in explaining in detail within the 1-2 mins. as to how they would address the issue that face America now. It was easier for me last night.
Hillary has been a good student under Bill Clinton, you could hear that she had done her homework. She was more than ready to address any and all of the questions she was given concerning issues that aile the American. She was precise and detailed and explanatory in her delivery. She held her own. She had plans, and numbers and future goals on the table. I didn't really see her react until Barack included her in his response. She was convincing and she stood firm on her beliefs and ventures.
Barack didn't seem certain enough of his plans. He babbled and piggybacked and he seemed uneased by accusations by the Clintons that he couldn't seem to shake, and it hurt him last night. He spent most times defending himself on issues with the Clintons instead of telling the American people what he plans to do to get this country back in order. He didn't give a financial plan, a healthcare plan, a plan for security along with some other things he just didn't give direct answers to. We don't need him to give his numbers to Hillary we need him to give his numbers and budget to the American people. Where will he get the money to support his plans? He gave mini-speeches just as Edwards did. He didn't bring a lot to the table as he didn't on the first debate which was my reason for watching this one. I wanted to see if his actions were a pattern. I don't think he would be a bad choice for Presidency , i just think it shouldn't be this upcoming term, there's to much at stake right now for America, to much to be dealt with that causes for more than just hope and a new and fresh start.
We can't start brand new by sweeping everything old under the rug and trying new stuff we have to get in and determine where we went wrong , keep what worked and review the "new" as it pertains to what we can chance changing to make life better. We don't need "fresh and new" we need realistic and established and stable processes that have worked. We need hands on experience with great knowledge of what got us into this status, and can go forward running with resolution. I belive that Hillary can do that. She came out with most areas covered and no problem with addressing spontaneous questions.
John has done some homework but spent most of his time selling himself and his history in South Carolina, i was excited that he got the debate back to it's focal point as needed. He wasn' t afraid to answer questions concerning race and did very well in explaining himself. He was a voice to say HMMMMMMMM about if he could come with strong plans. He needs to find a way to be taken more seriously. He became famous when he put the debate back on track.
Originally I thought i would be voting for Barack because he was prepared for the chaos ahead but after last night i wasn't convinced. I will look to Hillary to see if she remains consistent in her agenda. thank you CNN for the coverage, the media isn't all bad(smile).
Imagine what this debate would have been like without John Edwards. It would have been only a nasty back-and-forth between Clinton and Obama. It makes you wish he could carry on with his campaign just so he could take part in any remaining debates. He was really smooth in this one. "Smart, Edwards is smart" is what I came away saying. It doesn't mean I'm voting for him, but I was impressed!
I think that as viewers get a closer look at Obama they can see how shallow he is on substance and how he is simply trying to ride the race card and his charm into the white house. What a disaster that would be!
As an African American I am apalled at Obama. He is using his color to misled black voters into thinking he knows what he's doing and that he is capable of leading international change. Who's he kidding! He's still in grade school. He needs to wait his turn and get some experience. Just cause he's a brother doesn't mean he's qualified to lead the nation, especially when so much is going wrong. We need EXPERIENCE and PROVEN LEADERSHIP, both of which Hillary has. Not to mention, we get Bill as an advisor.
Devon, as an African-American, I am appalled that you have not given greater scrutiny to Bill Clinton's record. Why Bill Clinton and not Hillary? Well, because Hillary is competing for the African-American vote on the premise that her husband (Bill) helped African-Americans realize significant gains. Everything she says points to Bill's achievements, not her own. Now, back to Bill. The trouble I see in most analysis of Bill Clinton's presidency fails to place into context that America was coming out of 12 years of a Republican administration that crippled black America. Bill Clinton's policies were a reversal of most of the policies of Reagan and Bush and, inevitably, did have some benefit for black Americans.
However, to some degree, his record is embellished because of the reality of his providing a different platform from the previous two administrations. But as Malcolm X once said, "You can't drive a knife into a man's back nine inches, pull it out six inches, and call it progress." Black Americans must realize that King was not Reagan, but he was not the "black President" some of us held him to be. Did not Clinton ignore the Rwanda crisis? Did Clinton not dismantle the AFCD? Did not Clinton bring about the NAFTA agreement? Is Clinton not the reason why young black males face tougher jail sentences for committing similar crimes as white Americans? Did Clinton not institute the Rockefeller Drug laws? DId not Clinton have more prisons built during his watch than any other President in the history of the United States? Did Clinton not hang Harvard law professor Lani Guinier out to dry? As Bill Clinton would say, "GIVE ME A BREAK!" Wake up and smell the coffee. Bill Clinton cannot be solely examined for what he did better than Reagan and Bush but what he truly did for black America. While he did some things to improve the quality of life for Americans, he did a lot that directly hurt black Americans. Thus, to willingly give a vote to Hillary on the alleged great work of Bill without critically examining Bill's record would be a mistake on the part of black Americans.