CNN

Reich is a disgruntled former employee.

Why doesn't CNN ask for specifics when someone makes charges against the Clintons for "for injecting race into the campaign?"

CNN ,this story does not even have the pretense of being responsible journalism. Your bias in favor of Obama and against the Clintons is overwhelmingly apparent to any reasonable individual.

You, CNN, and the news media in general have replaced whatever social conscience you might have had with a pure lust for ratings and profit.

The harm the media is willing to do to our country is limitless.

George Niman January 25, 2008 12:07 am ET

"Bill Clinton,

Once a liar always a Liar. Don't believe a word he says."

Well said, George!

I must personaly say that it is disgustfull to hear such lies and disturtion from a former president of the United state of America, just because he want his wife to become the next president. Everybody should recall the former lies of Bill Clinton, he may not have repented yet.

All of you Clinton campaingers now try to smear CNN as an Obama advocate, are mearly partisan yourself. So, its both funny and ironic to hear you all crying foul. I think the news has an obligation to cover things as they are, and not give favoritism to legion and legacy. For instance, you can not turn your head, as a news organization, when major political figures are all coming to Obama's defense. And since CNN can not take a side either way, it is just going to look like they're favoring Obama, more so if you are a paranoid.
Edwards, '08.

HIlary voted for Iraq and then recently voted for Iran. I guess she has all the experience we need in America.

She would know exactly what to do on day one. She will take us straight to war!

Go Billary!!!!

I remeber the 1994 Rwanda genocide.One million people lost their lives while Bill clinton was in office. He ignored as if it wasnt there. BUt when it comes to yugoslavia ,kosovo ...Ireland his response was fast . I dont think the clintons care about blacks. Words and actions are different.

I noticed that most of these blogger that support Hillary are in the blue states and you think that she can win without the blue states? They are die hard, don't think outside the box, status quo supporter. Divide and Conquer that's her plan but if she's the Democratic nominee the Republican will WIN.

Bill Clinton,

Once a liar always a Liar. Don't believe a word he says.

Ok....now that I've vented a bit. Here's the deal – for all you fellow Democrats who care about taking our country back anyway. As much as I despise the tactics of Clinton, we simply can't let the Republicans win. Plain and simple. Even if HIllary does win the nomination – and I would still submit Obama has a chance – we all MUST support the eventual Democratic nominee. Yes, I agree it's going to be tough. Consider the following. All we've seen from the Clintons is nothing compared to what the Rove attack machine will unleash on the Democratic nominee. Eight years is enough. For years, the Republicans made the argument that if they were just given a chance, the country would be better off. Well, they had their chance and they screwed it up. Unfortunately, unless you win in politics, it doesn't matter how great your ideas are – and believe me, Hillary is far closer to what Democrats want than the Republican alternative. We have to remember that. McCain brags about being anti-choice his whole life, is fine with being in Iraq for 100 years or more, and joked about bombing Iran. I do believe fundamentally that the Clintons have our interests in mind – they simply know that in order to accomplish change, you need to get elected first. Politics is by nature a slimy adventure. Maybe it takes one to beat a worse one. One thing is certain, we need the Democratic party back in the White House, so no matter how we feel about Hillary, in the end, even as we hold our nose, we need to ensure a victory for the Democratic party in 08. Party unity, even if it isn't our ideal, is our only hope. Do I support Hillary now? Now way, I just ordered my Obama bumper stickers. Will I support her if she gets the nomination. Absolutely. In the end, politics unfortunately requires compromise. Letting this next election go to the Republicans would be our defeat and we simply can't let it happen. Let's roll up our sleeves for Obama in the primaries, but aggressively push for the eventual Democratic nominee – even if it's HIllary. I mean let's face it, the 90s weren't all that bad... : )

Obama Himself brought race into the equation. He also brought his drug use. I don't think anyone knew about it until he told about it in a school speech. I doubt many people had read his book until after that. And I saw and heard the entire speech he made about Reagan and it sure sounded like high praise to me. I guess he forgot that Reagan is the one who started all the welfare reform hoopla because he and most republicans believed that the vast majority of welfare recipients were black which was then and is now, patently FALSE. They skewed their research results because they used only cities like Detroit, Chicago and St Louis, among others where that could have been true. And Reagan is the one who started the fantasy about the black "Welfare Queen" scamming the "system". Most welfare fraud is carried out by people who WORK in welfare offices not by recipients, though a small number of recipients DO fraud the system. Remember the "tent cities" that were set up to protest Reagan's policies. At least he didn't have protesters arrested.
And Obama STARTED the dirty politics in the first place then turned into a baby the first time any of the other candidates struck back. He should just go back to Chicago if he can't take the heat. He started by saying Hillary was too ambitious and wanted too much to be president. Talk about sexist.
What they need to do is stop attacking each other and start talking about facts. What about Barbara Bush's comments about how wonderfully Katrina worked out for "those people" in New Orleans. That's the attitude most republicans have about black people in particular and all POOR people in general.

Eric,

You can't honestly say with a straight fact that Obama is a divisive person. He's the uniter, bringing in independents and disgruntled Republicans. That is the basis of his entire campaign.

Divisive politics is when you:

1) Point out that another candidate is African-American, so that there is a white backlash against that candidate.
2) Constantly position yourself against the opposing party and say things like. "I've taken their punches." "I've been through their fires".
3) Leave your husband behind in a state you have conceded to attack your candidate incessently so you can play good cop in other states.

Sound familiar. It should.

Your blindness to this will ensure that Hillary is the Democratic nominee and that the Democrats lose in the General Election.

If you watched the Republican debate tonight, you know exactly how they will run against Hillary and that it will work. She has the highest negatives of any candidate. This will be like taking candy from a baby for the Republicans.

Open your eyes, support your party and nominate a candidate that can beat the Republicans. Obama!

This is a little man with big integrity!

It's nice to see him standing up to the Clintonistas and their political war machine!

Hillary Voted for war with Iraq and Iran(2007) for Bush

someone explain how experience paid off. She never learned from her mis-takes.

Nafta – SC loss Jobs

Please explain why would you want more.

That type of old broken experience is irrelevant when you want change

Once again, apparently, to know them (Team Clinton) is not to love them.

I have attempted to add a comment regarding Hillary's questionable fundraising campaign for the US Senate and how every major news media, including CNN, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CBS, etc, aired it for months because it was such a serious issue. It was major headline story regarding the Clinton's relationship with Peter Paul that most of us almost "forgot" about. Everyone regardless of political affiliation should take a moment to look at "THE VIDEO THAT HILLARY DOESN'T WANT YOU TO SEE" on the Internet and draw their own conclusions before making any serious decisions about their favorite candidate. Just trying to "keep it real".

The interesting thing here is that you all know Bill is lying and your hate for your country allows you to integrate these lies into your very core. I guess the saying is right, birds of a feather LIE together....

Mr. Davies I agree with you 100%... I first supported Hillary Clinton before the primaries started. I begun to listen to all three leading canidates on their policy issues regarding the war in Iraq, Health Care, Social Security reform and the economy. I agreed with most of Obamas plans for the future, but yet I still was going to vote for Clinton in my states (South Carolina) primary. Until Hillary started all this anti Obama rethoric after her lost in the Iowa primary. I lost all respect for Ms. Clinton and she will not get my vote. I am sure she will win the Democratic nomination for President. But she will not even get my vote there. Ask any Republican, especially here in the south and they will tell you that they hope Hillary wins because it will be their best chance for winning the White House.

Obama, the Great Uniter. All he seems to be doing is dividing. Oh well. Guess it's the same ole same ole.

Is not Reich the person who Presdient Clinton gave him a job and mag=de him famous.

What a traitor?

Hey Sylvia,

If you can intelligently argue your point, I'm all ears. Unfortunately, unlike the candidate I suspect you are supporting, I was simply telling the truth. I'd happily support a woman – Claire McCaskill, for example – and initially supported Hillary. I even met her in person and asked her directly why she supported a bill to outlaw flag burning. She told me she co-sponsored the bill – knowing it was unconstitutional – because she wanted to avoid efforts to amend the constitution. Interestingly, she supported it just before her re-election campaign. Clever yes, but she essentially caved just like she did with the Iraq war vote and again with the Kyle-Lieberman bill. She has demonstrated that she has poor judgment and now we are heading toward a recession largely because of this ill-conceived war.

This has absolutely nothing to do with Hillary being a woman. It has everything to do with her behavior and her lies. Unfortunately, if Hillary gets the nomination, we'll all be crying because the Republicans will likely win – this has been their game plan all along. I know dozens of Democratic woman who aren't supporting Hillary. For months I've been telling them to support her if she gets the nomination. Unfortunately, Hillary is doing this to herself. I'm sorry you've let your support for someone based on their sex cloud your judgement. Yes, I am crying for you and it is quite sad. Call me a "weak man" if you want, it won't help your candidate. Face it, you just don't want to hear the truth. Please understand. I'm a solid Democrat. This is a major problem. She's losing support and dividing the party. She and Bill need to tone it down. Politics of division are out of favor. Obama 08!!!!!!!

Reich has no credibility as far as I am concerned.
The unfortunate thing for Obama is that he is having a bunch of disgruntled folks come to his defence.
You will see that these people will be invisible once Obama loses the primary!

This convinces me that Obama cannot face the republicans, they will chew him for breakfast. The general elections will be another 1984 election

Up Hillary '08

Prof Reich should quote Bill Clinton where he injected race into the campaign.
Fact of the matter, it is Obama support use race to attack Clinton. Obama and his supporters should stop whining, saying that the clinton misled their campaign without any concrete evidence. An fact is, Obama is not above the negative, untrue attack on Clinton while he is whining. Most of his democrat supporters are losers who do not have the spine to answer the GOP attack machine.,, naming one, John Kerry-what a loser. Kerry has the ball to attack Clinton for Obama which he had no spine while he was running. Prof Reich, what a idiot, is a typical Obama supporters, whining about the negative attack on his boss, but at the same time, lashes out poisonous attack himself on behalf of Obama. Obama, should know that he cannot have it both way. He cannot just he is a new type of candidate, above the negative attack and the same time, calls Clinton a liar and saying that last 15, Democrat did nothing to help America unlike the GOP and Reagan.
If he is running for the GOP nomination, I can understand what he is shooting at.

Obama's relation with his long friend Riozo reminded of the relationship between characters in the movie "The Departed" . I think it raised serious question about his claim that he is politician of high ethical standard.
joe

Democrats, we have lost the election. Hundreds of thousands will refuse to vote for Hillary and will instead vote for Mccain.

Sadly, you people don't realize it yet. But you soon will.

more cry babies attacking HILLARY
so many WEAK men!!!

Ken – you speak as if there was "an affair" when Bill Clinton's entire marriage was filled with many different women, some of whom alleged that Bill's behavior with them was not consensual. This behavior was rampant in all of his political positions.

Things were much better than they are now under President Bill Clinton. Things will be SO MUCH BETTER when President Obama is sworn in.
All you Dems spewing hate-STOP ALREADY!

I read a lot of what regular folk have to say about this mess that democratic has suddenly become. Splite along racial lines. Anyone objectively speaking who say's Barack Obama is in any way responsible for this is out of their minds, on imported chiness dog food or both. Why in the hell would he want to inject race into this race. He above anyone else understands that he cannot win such a race. No person of color will ever win such a race against a white candidate unless of course their race is greater in numbers. So we all who have it in them to be honest first of all, know that the Clintons throw blacks overboard because anyone with any sense of this nation knows that was the only way hillary could beat Obama. Iowa proved that point. So we are seeing plan B. Calling Barack Obama any and everything up to but meaning the big – N – word. That's what's really happening here, and it's so sad to see whites (women especially), hispanics, and some blacks (predominately power brokers in Washington seeking to hold on) being taken in by what has to be a brand new low for american politics. I thought people who supported bush and ran his campaign were bad. John Edwards doesn't ever desreve comment because he's a flake and a fraud,. Why do you think he dropped out of the senate before he's second term re-election bid. He couldn't help the democrates carry North Carolina in the general. If Obama is not on the ticket, I do not believe democratics will realize a return to the White House. What a waste. And after what is arguably the worst presidential adm. in the history of this nation. Go figure.

This dwarf has some nerve.

For all of you that wonder why the Clintons would bring up race is because they are trying to alienate white people by pushing Obama to be perceived as the "black candidate". Look at some of the polls. Whites are beginning to desert obama because unfortunately some whites are paranoid about issues of race. They have calculated that the more they get Obama off his message the better their chances of discouraging whites from voting for him because in their minds they may think he is playing the "race card" which is a term I abhor because it's often used to de-ligitimize serious consideration and discussions about race. If you are really being objective about making your choice don't be manipulated by such transparent deceipt by the Clintons.

GOD BLESS YOU ROBERT< ENDORSE OBAMA IF HILLARY WINS I WILL RE REGISTER INDEPENDENT THANK YOU

It amazes me that their are so many who believe the Clinton distortion that the Obama is injecting race. First of all the MEDIA is the number one contributer to race issue. Also, blacks make up 12% (maybe 13%) of the us population and vote in even lower percentages than that. Do you think he doesn't know this? or his campaign manager? That would be a recipe for failure. Identity politics only benefits one candidate in this election and its not Obama.

Tony of Enterprise, Alabama...

Nobody is saying Bill Clinton can't or shouldn't campaign with his wife. But most would expect Bill to tell America why he thinks Hillary should be President. What can she bring to the office? What specifically did she do during his administration that he can support with documentation? Those are the things America expect of Bill. Not distorting and lying on the campaign for Hillary. It's upbecoming of a former president (even though Bill has a history of lyihg).

Obama in '08!

Clintons did you mean Peter Paul?

You people who keep bringing up Bill Clinton's 'affair' as some sort of meaningful political gauge on his presidency or his wife's campaign are morons. The affair was none of your business, was none of Congress' business, and was not even the business of the special council until he figured out there was nothing to the charges he was actually hired to investigate. Sure Bill lied; he lied to people who should not have been asking the question in the first place. And if you are idiot enough to ask me about my personal concerns that are none of your business, I'll lie to you.

But his personal behavior is now public for all to judge...so go ahead and judge. Just what does that have to do with his policies and successes as president? How about judging the [R] special council and [R] congress who publicized the private matter, exposed the public to pornography, and embroiled the country in an unneccessary impeachment, all this for POLITICAL gain? Now there is something that should be judged for its political merits and its real effect on and disruption of the people's business.

And, in the late 90s the guy ran the country, essentially with one hand tied behind his back, 10 times better than our current disaster-in-charge. You'd be LUCKY to repeat now the policies and successes of the 90s, if you feel Hillary is just another repeat of Bill.

You repub-bots that spew this old nonsense are baboons, You dems and so-called independents that do so are even worse.

Senator Obama,

The Haitians community would like you to be elected. And what are you going to do change the imigrations policy regarding the haitians imigrants.

i agree with maria. this guy is just a whiny man jealous of the clintons success. see my earlier comment above

The tone that has been set by the Clintons leading up to South Carolina has turned my stomach. I was a staunch supporter of the Clintons and have voted Democrat for the past 30 years. The way I feel now is if Hillary gets the nomination I along with my family will vote for the Republican candidate. I've spoken to co-workers who feel the same way. Enough is enough.

Yes, he is a former president and so shouldn't be saying much on his wife's behalf. But Obama should have known that attacking Hillary – when he said Hillary voted for the Iraq war, bankruptcy laws – was expecting that nobody will say anything about his own record? I am a black and I do not think exposing Obama's record was racism. politicians get treated like politicians – especially in election like this. Democrats should be thankfully that Obama's record is getting an early review for americans to make an informed decision. Remember the Republicans could wait to tear him apart

Thank you, Robert Reich. I hope the Democrats will pay attention to a man of your stature.

I shudder at the thought of the Clintons possibly returning to the White House with all that baggage.

Time to reveal TRUTH!

I am so happy that someone who used to work for Clinton to stand up for the TRUTH and for the sake of US.

I appreciate that!

Thank you

GO OBAMA

Hillary is the Joe Lieberman candidate in my opinion – not only would she abandon her party in a New York minute to suit her own interests, but I fear the the same type of people (those that don't pay much attention to politics) will be duped into voting for her the way they were for Lieberman. The re-election of Lieberman (R-Israel) has been a boon for neverending war and not much else. Would Hillary not be the same? PLEASE let's elect someone other than Bush / Clinton to lead this nation in my lifetime! OBAMA is the only choice!

I agree with Keith Austin, I am so tired of the hearing the words, change, new direction and the like without hearing how this change will occur. To my mind, like it or not, Hillary Clinton is the only democrat that has the political experience and chops to be able to work on real change and get it accomplished. People may not like the Clintons but remember, they have the disadvantage of being tested and transparent, while Obama has operated and continues to some degree operate in the dark. Everytime one of the other candidates tries to bring up his record as a State Senator in Illinois, he becomes flustered and says they are distorting facts. I dont know about anyone else but if Hillary Clinton and John Edwards can fluster him when they talk about his voting record, exactly how will he react when Iran comes knocking on the door. I believe the Hillary is the candidate for here and now, she can get things done, she knows how it works. I just cant see how, with all of the problems created by 8 years of the Bushies anyone can effect any change to an ageless system and be effective handling everything else. Obama's time may come but it is not here and not now. Clinton/Edwards 08

Was I the only person watching the debate when Obama told Hillary that she would not be a good president because she graduated from Yale, was a superb laywer, and was on the board of Wal Mart when Mr. Sam was alive?

In essence, he told her that he would be a better president because he was running on the streets when she was a productive member of society and gaining economic and political experience.

Obama accused Hillary of bashing him the next day when she responsed to his personal attacks on her during the debate. Get real!

Mrs. Obama also made reference to Hillary as a person who cannot even take care of her own home. The Obamas started the negative attacks. Not the Clintons. Then the Obamas yell foul when their words are challenged. They began the "smack attack," and they need to stop.

Obama reminds me of a spoiled little boy. He runs his mouth and then denies everything negative he said, blames everything on others, or simply evades the issue.

Robert Reich and otherObama supporters have their own agendas at heart so its easy for them to go and make false accusations about Bill and Hillary without any proof, but in the end it will be the American people that decides who is the most trust worthy. Hillary 08

Now do you really think after the media has exposed the Clintons' for playing the race card do you think seriously that African American voters would come out in droves to support or vote for Hillary?

I think that if Hillary would had campaign above the fray and her husband was left at home, i think she would really had a chances but now she have torn the Democratics apart and it sad because she should have been tryng to unite but she didn't. There a good chances she might be the Democratic nominee but that's all she will do.

As I listen to MSNBC as they get ready for the Republican debate. The Republican straegist are stating that they want Hillary because they know they can beat her.

Congratulation, Bill! You did it.

All Bill was doing was create this racial divide knowing that as a result of all this, black people will vote for Obama, and then white people in other states will look at Carolina and say, "But all the black people voted for Barack, so we have to vote for our white girl, Hillary". If Hillary took Carolina seriously, why would she go to California and New Jersey in the last few days?

It is a shame what is going on.

Bill Clinton makes me sick. he is just a whiner and his legacy will go down in flames. He is not acting like an elder statesman and he is acting like a little child trying to defend Hillary. Hillary, for her part, is three times as smart as her philandering husband. Give me a royal California break1!!!!!!

i thought reich was fired by Pres. Bill Clinton. Is he being vindictive?

obama is such a baby

go away

Hillary will be the next President of the United States. Get used to it....

CNN did do a fact check on the debate and Obama was lying. He can't get away from that and going to be a republican chant day in and day out. Obama never should have been promoted so far by so many with such skeletons in his closet.

I agree – “Robert Reich has a long history of false and negative attacks on Bill and Hillary Clinton. This is nothing new.”

Robert, why don't you and Donna Brazile stay out of it? Forgive and forget Robert. So you didn't get things all your way in the Clinton Administration. You were not elected President. Get over it! Your statements are biased nonsense. I know Obama is an inexperienced novice, but your blog smears of the Clinton's don't help Barack, and they make you sound spiteful.

Only a person with a huge ego would attempt a presidential run with nothing to offer, but an – I am an African-American (half white) so don't touch me campaign.

African-Americans deserve someone to be proud of!

Robert Reich is just discovering that Bill Clinton is a liar? Where has he been?

Ya-know, the true colors are coming out of the Democratic party now. Bill and Hillary care nothing about blacks in America, that is nothing but getting their votes. Now that there's a black man that has a chance to win the parties nomination this is a problem for the Clintons. I feel that the Clintons are using Hillary just to get Bill back as President. A loop-hole if you will. Listen up America, do we REALLY want the Clinton back in charge. Are we that short to forget all the mess we had during the Clinton years. Bill and all his sex charges and Hillary and her White-water deals that stoled money from seniors citizens life-time savings and MANY more that I could write about but hopefully this will joggly your memory. Personally I haven't heard anything new coming from the Denocratic candidants that will solve the problems we face in the next four years. Security MUST be a top priority in the coming years because radical Islam haven't giving up on killing us. We MUST secure our borders along the South and North and at all our ports. I haven't heard the Democratic candidates speak strongly of these issues. All I hear are the pandering comments that are trying to apease the Latino's for votes. We MUST be able to have an inteligent conversation about illegal immigration and how vonerable we are with the open borders we have now. Please America, let's stop calling it a race issue or bigitry. It's about our security, nothing more and nothing less. These points were brought out in the 9/11 commission report but we have let the allogations of race coming from the open border crowd skuew our minds and intelect.. We need to demand that ALL the Presidential candidates tell us where they stand on national security and our borders.

If only John Edwards had about 20 million more dollars or so, he could get in on some of this swashbuckling!

Former Secretary Reich was one of the most interesting memebers of the Clinton Administration.

However, he declared his support for Senator Obama long ago. Any complaints he has about former President Clinton campaigning for his spouse is a load of crap!

Unless and until Senator Obama sends Michelle Obama back to Chicago (a strong, successful attorney in her own right); and former Senator Edwards sends Elizabeth back to NC (also a strong, successful attorney in her own right); they should mind their business!

If I were a former Presidnet and my very qualified wife was running hard for the job, I would go all out, all in, to WIN!

Clinton '08

There are many people with their right minds that are speaking up. We should not let this opportunity go. Now now not ever. This is the defining moment to end politics as usual!

Obama 1) is not whining 2) is taking every punch Hillary and Bill can dish out and is laughing it off.

If Hillary wins the nomination, I hope Obama will run in 2012 to defeat the incumbent McCain.

This will NEVER see post,but I must attempt it to keep MY integrity.What has happened to my CNN?You wre wonderful during the first Gulf War,and kept up the good work until Sept. of last year.Does your moderator have a thing about Obama?Have you gone gay?I am truly at a loss as to where you have gone.Please return to us without the backing (unfairly)of a single candidate.We miss you CNN.

If Billary is the nominee, I can't wait when she looses the national race. It will be funny to see all the Clintion supporters who drank all the kool-aid blame Obama for this fiasco. The fact is, the Clinton's are pushing away black voters in droves. If Billary is elected, they will try to call upon blacks to vote for them but when the time comes, I bet you McCain will be the first Republican to get 20% of the black vote. Then, all the Clintonians will blame black voters for their loss because the Clintons are making a HUGE mistake. They think they can insult Obama and inject race into the campaign. However, all will be forgiven and we'll vote for them anyway. Boy... will they be mistaken!

The way a candidate runs their campaign is exactly how they run their life and work.

Imagine how much messier their administration would be if this is how tacky they run her campaign! Her advisor, mr. bill is really wrong on this one.

Couldn't agree more.

The Clintons' conduct has been deplorable.

We can only hope that we don't have to deal with them anymore after November.

"No comment from Reich on Obama supporters comparing Clinton to Lee Atwater I see."

Well, in this case it is deserved. Nobody in the Obama camp would have compared Hillary to Lee Atwater if there was nothing to talk about. They only compared Hillary to him AFTER she and Bill started flubbing the truth and injected race into the campagin. End of story.

Thank you, Mr. Reich for speaking up! I agree that Bill is being ill-tempered and shamelessly spreading lies. Bill lied under oath before and he's doing it again now. Hillary needs to stop hiding behind her philandering husband.

Michelle Obama is right. Her husand is not relying on an ex-president to campaign for him. He's relying on us voters, millions of good and honorable people who know a good thing when we see it.

Vote Obama '08!

Just because you keep saying, doesn't make it so. Senator Clinton did NOT cry.

This is a reply to Stopwatching CNN–Obviously he/she does not read LA TImes. Two days and 2 negative articles on Obama– They amount to nothing, but Hilary supporters are at it-

It's like watching Obama battle some kind of two-heading political monster. I was on the fence for some time about Clinton versus Obama, both being less-than-perfect candidates all told. The recent Clinton shenanigans, however, have swung me well into the Obama camp.

You know something’s wrong when you’re a die-hard Democrat and actually start pondering voting for a Republican in November, or at least half wishing that the Democrat, if Clinton, loses just because you can’t stomach the idea of such shameless ambition being rewarded. Then again, shameless ambition is likely to abound on both tickets regardless of who gets the nominated, it's just a matter of degree.

Robert Reich has a bone to pick with the Clintons. He's trying to settle an old score with his ridiculous accusations that they are injecting race into the campaign. The ones injecting race are Barack and Michelle Obama and their surrogates. Obviously Reich hasn't done his homework. He should sit up, take notes, and watch as Obama debates ("John, you'll get the male white vote.", etc.). One doesn't hear nearly so many racist remarks from Obama in his scripted speeches that he reads off a teleprompter, but when he talks off the cuff, it's obvious who the big race-baiter is. And Michelle is off the charts with her racism. Her stump speeches on behalf of her husband are blatantly racist but, of course, the biased media never quotes her or even mentions that she's out on the trail.

The Clintons have worked too hard for civil rights and for righting racial injustice to be using racism as a tool in this election. This little man, Reich, is trying to interject his accusations against Bill Clinton because he felt ignored and hurt when President Clinton rejected his flawed economic advice and balanced the budget. He felt betrayed by Clinton and finally sees an opportunity for revenge. This has been simmering for years.

Reich is just wanting his own few minutes of fame. Got it, too, as usual from the press that just can't get interested in issues.

Thanks God, about time, one of them waking up and knowing Bill is a master liar and whiner.
We want to have the real Leader to be our President, we do not want to see the liar to come to our White house to make it as a sex house for Bill Clinton.
Why don't our party wake up and speak up, if you want a job from Hillary is okay, but don't be stupid, don't let Bill and Hillary to lie to you and our Country.
Don't you remember Bill did lie under oath before? don't you know Bill play dirty game before? are you a dirty game player? that's why you accept Hillary who can say any things to be ellected, grow up please.

Regards,
OV
Orlando

Well, Bill Clinton thought he had it wrapped up on the likeability aspect. Now most of his inner circle cabinet members are starting to come out with the truth about Clinton and how he treated the people in his administration. Bill Clinton inherited an economy that was up and coming from the previous administration. I guess Bill Clinton created so many jobs that he also created NAFTA to outsource them. Again, this man ran a corrupt operation in Arkansas and gave the people there his secret library as a thank you present. Bill Clinton is the only former president that does not live in his home state, because of his past corrupt dealings. Despite all the negative things Bush has done, Bush Sr. did not belittle himself the way Bill Clinton has done. Once again, Bill Clinton is tarnishing the office of presidency.

Obama and his supporters are whinning about their treatment in the primary, it doesn't get any easier in the general election.
The Republican don't play nice, and that's why they win elections. Too many Democrats want to take the high road and that's why since Johnson 28 years of Republican Presidents and only 12 years of Democratic Presidents.
Repubilcans believe "Winning is everything, It's the only thing".
People say they don't like negative campaigning but have you ever noticed that he campaigns the most negative wins.

love Hillary taking charge during the debates, but crashing EMOTIONALLY before or after the debates.

The answer is simple, American men do not like to "attack" or challenge their women in public, period.

So, Obama and Edwards, please let Hillary win the DEBATE and all the women will get your votes. That is, be "GENTLE-men; do not beat on poor Hillary."

Karen, you keep saying that after every Ticker post as if desperately hoping it'll happen.

Hey, I am Black, New Yorker and Republican. I am voting Republican. But I have been saying all along, the Clintons are pushing for Blacks to vote for Obama so Whites can vote fo Hillary.

Former Bill Clinton advisor, Dick Morris prdicted as much right after New Hampshire and now we're seeing it.

We heard long ago that Hillary is a polarizing person, but we never knew to what extent.

When fellow Democrats can come out like this against her, knowing Obama is a long shot win anyway, it tells us something major about the Clintons: THEY ARE DOING THIS FOR THEMSELVES!

They don't care about America. They don't care about New York, where they came to live, er, use us on their way back to the White House. They don't even care about Blacks. Everyone, including the Whites who will vote for them, is a means to an end. THEIR END!

Thanks for the article. I was a long time Bill supporter. I now can see why he has been so disliked by the Republicans. He is out of line and I for one am tired of the "politics as usual." I am a Barack supporter because I want to see someone get into the White House that can start to unify our country. Hillary will only continue the gridlock that we have experienced during the Bush regime and experienced while Bill was in office.

The Democratic establishment realizes that everything that Bill says and does will just open the floodgates for the Republican Party if Hillary wins this election. Instead of acting like the leader of his party, Bill is once again creating such a mess that he will take the election away from the Democrats at a time when it was supposed to be an easy win. They remember how they lost the House and Senate in 1994 because Hillary and Bill were both soooooo unpopular that Democrats stayed home. The establishment can seeing it slide away, and that Bill and Hillary do not care, because this is not about what is right for the country, it is only about winning at any cost.

Tony, calling Obama a crybaby is rediculous. Has anyone ever told an untruth about you. Did you call them on it. If so, you too must be a crybaby.

And name one prominent Democrat who has openly supported the Clinton's campaign tactics.

But more fundamentally, think about this. If Hillary wins the nomination, what will the Republican campaign strategy be? They will run not against the Democrats, but against the Clinton's. You want to motivate the Republican base? Remind them of the Clinton's! You want to pull in independents? Remind them of the Clinton's! Hillary has the higest negatives of any candidate in the race. She can't win, because she can't motivate the center.

Your blind support for Hillary will ensure that a Republican wins the general election. Try this:

Find me a Clinton supporter who would rather vote for a Republican than Obama. I'll bet you can't.

Now, find me an Obama supporter who would rather vote for a Republican than Clinton. And then look at how many comments in this string say exactly that, me included.

People, check your facts before you put your fingers on the keyboard. There is a independent site called factcheck.org which analyzes and gives the correct quotes for all of the candidates. Let's get back on message and make our decisions on credible facts, not just hearsay and Clinton or Obama hating.

the clinton know hill's negatives are sky high. the only way she succeeds is by driving the other two's much lower negatives.

big problem – hill's closet has some really really nasty unfinished rodents in it. so when she picks at something in someone else's closet which She Also Owns, eventually the conversation returns to her. and not in a good way.

she's supposed to be smart. you'd figga she would get that by now.

Well I actually have an idea that CNN is personally invested in this election. But anyways my point is I like both candidates but this is getting ridiculous. Every time I see a headline about Hillary Clinton it is always saying they are on the attack or running negative attack ads. Obama's camp is doing this too, but you see now news articles or headlines detailing this.

Both candidates could do the same ad with the same tactics and the headlines will read completely different. CNN will post a headline like "Hillary on attack again or Bill gets raging mad at reporter." But with Obama they will post "Obama defends himself against attacks or Obama takes aim at the Clinton campaign." It's ridiculous. It's biased and it's not fair. CNN get it together. You're a pathetic news source when it comes to politics. Worse than fox news. Nothing is fair or balanced when it comes to CNN anymore. Treat all of the candidates the same or don't talk about it at all. But's it's getting ridiculous. It looks like CNN is pro-obama

Mr. Obama, I suggest that at the next debate you should set some ground rules, agree to talk about issues only. Ask the moderators to only ask questions that solve problems for the nation. When Hillary begins to get out line with her a attacks that become dirty, respond kindly and professionaly like you've done in the past. Next, shake her hand, John Edwards hand, and the moderators hand and thank the auidence. Inform them that the nation has asked for a debate about the issues and since it is ovious that Hillary wants a fight, you will be happy to do a one hour exculive interview with them on your stand on the issues. Leave and encourage the people than have the same attitude that you have, to do the same.

Pam

Real breaking news CNN, or will you censor this like MSN has. BTW, how many here have been censored at MSN or even here? Taking a poll myself. Just curious. Anyway, back to real news. We here about endorsements of BAMA, why haven't we heard the latest endorsements for Hillary? The Myrtle Beach Sun in SC endorsed her today along with other high profile endorsements yesterday. That is newsworthy! Robert Reich is ....well you can fill in the blank. His news is nothing and I want to get real news out. REAL NEWS!

HRC in 08!

Obama stands with truth!

Thank you, sir. You are absolutely correct. It is so sad. Let's get back to the issues and respect and honor, ON BOTH SIDES.

Get off your soapbox Reich! What a boring figure this is. This guy's self righteousness is nauseating. He sounds like some some child throwing up his arms saying "that's not fair!" Politics is a warfare of ideas. Candadates have to do what they have to do. It's up to the American people to be smart enough to see through the tactics. This guy is just trying to sound off to the media on a sensational issue so he can see his name in the headlines. What a feminine cleansing agent!

Hillary will win on her own, .because she has experience and good platform to stand on. Obama will go back to the senate and maybe do the job he was sent there to do, He need to grow up . His free ride is almost over. Everyone is forgetting , he does not come out smell like a rose either. He has done his fair share of dirty politics, distorting facts even about himself to seek the sympathy vote. WAKE UP AMERICA! Democratic party did this to themselves by putting a woman and an African American on the ticket together. All fair in love, war and politics, they say.

I will say it again.

After reading these posts, we should honestly consider instituting an IQ test requirement before letting people vote.

I dont think one person here has a clue what is going on with this article.

It seems Bill wants to do some more White House interns. I guess he seems to miss those wild parties.

Anything for Sex... way to go... Screw the american people for the next 4 years,.

Also we didn't have 9/11 or a "war on terror" in the foreign relations scene. Bill Clinton didn't have to make important decisions relative to defending the national security of the US. He sent troops into a few places like Bosnia and Somalia, but that really was it.

I am so outraged by the Clintons that I will vote straight ticket republican if she is the nominee.

Your bias is showing again.Shame on you.

I would love to see Bloomberg run for presidency so that we see what Hillary is going to do with her lies...

Mike of Houston, TX, for "closet rascists" (your words and misspelling) the Clintons sure have devoted a lot of their lives to helping those of other races.

Why don't we let Barack stand up for himself? If he can't handle it now, the Republicans will clean his clock.

I live in the UK and we had Tony Blair, who came in on a campaign of change. When he entered the UK national conscious he was a breath of fresh air and the UK went on to enjoy a booming period of economic growth. Sadly, his legacy will be all about Iraq. In the UK his reputation for many people is to be a lapdog for your President Bush.
My point is that a great speaker and someone who can galvanise support (in the short term) is not neccessarily the right person to lead the country for the longer term. Words are words – action is required.
Who is the best placed on either side to facilitate action?

For goodness sake when will people stop asking someone to deliver 'SPECIFICS' to them on a gold platter? If you can read the CNN political ticker and you are technologically adept enough to leave a comment here, then you have the ability to search the internet and find these supposedly missing 'SPECIFICS'.

I personally find it refreshing that so many candidates in this year's nomination race have been SO much more specific than politicians usually are. There are plenty of specific plans put forth by most of these candidates, in particular the leading candidates, and it's quite simple to compare them. To me that's one of the most exciting things about this election cycle – how clear the choices are and what an opportunity we have to choose someone based on a fairly realistic expectation of what they will do and who they will be once they get in office. Of course having the good sense to see that Obama or McCain would be the best choice might be a bit beyond some of you, but I guess we can't all be so wise By the way, that would be an interesting ticket, wouldn't it – Obama-McCain?

It is scary how the Clintons distort what someone says. And I write "someone" intentionally–get in their way, and they shamelessly distort and lie.

This is not what my country is about.

Hillary-Obama feud alarms party officials. It should. It doesn't turn off only blacks.

After 9-11, I not only read about how black and white Americans were coming together, reaching out to one another, but felt it in a tangible way.
Obama continues on that path.
Bill and Hillary can get back into the White House only if they destroy that advance and continue on their path of polarization.

By winning New Hampshire in the destructive way they did, they already may have succeeded in their efforts. Their attack machine may have destroyed Obama but it has reinvigorated the racial and other polarizations that are sapping the energy of our people, white and black, and of our country. They really have destroyed hope for a better future in their attempts to go back to a more polarized country. It may have destroyed any real opportunity for the democrats to repair the destruction of our county and our way of life by Bush-Cheney-Rove-Rumsfield-Gonzales.

AJ IL.

All those people you listed are from the establishment in Washington. What is Obama doing another Flip-Flop. They got him no where. You do not get to see Senator Clintons Endorsements. Penn. Governor. Ohio's Lt. Governor., California U.S Congressmen, Arzona U.S Senator, Mrytle Beach The Sun Newspaper.

You see CNN is not covering Clintons news. If it is possitive they are only covering their neg.

CNN IS BAD FOR AMERICA> THEY ARE TWISTING THIS ELECTION AND CAUSING A GREAT DIVIDE IN OUR COUNTRY> LETS PITCH TOGEATHER AND SHUT CNN DOWN

Senator Clinton for President Of the United States

Obama may be running against both Clinton's, but Hillary is running against Obama, The Republicans and CNN. and she is still ahead..

SHAME ON CNN THE DIVIDERS.

If Hillary Clinton wins the nomination, I will be starting Democrats for McCain. Let's do all we can for Obama. Hopefully, and if this country is serious about moving in the right direction, he will win. If not, let's move away from the Clinton's like a runaway train. RGreen7756@hotmail, if interested. Obama-Bloomberg anyone?

AAH! The anonimity of the blog. All these Repubs writing in opposed to Hillary and pretending to favor Obama. They fear Hillary because no Repub nominee has a chance against her and they want Obama so any Repub nominee can triumph with experience

"Hillary stuck it out with Bill through all his girl friends for Political reasons only , and that speaks volumes about her Judgement and character." -James Brown (Independant)

For Hillary its not about the American People, for her it is and always was to be the first woman president.

Hello everybody! I like Mrs Clinton since she will send jobs here, to Bangladesh. Thank you Hillary, for supporting free trade and many bush policies. it has helped us very very much. also, much thanks to getting many jobs here. the rupee is very strong now thanks to bill & hillary and bush, so sorry about your dollar though. thank you hillary for helping bangledeshis!

AS A STRONG DEMOCRAT AND IRAQ VETERAN I HAD ALWAYS ADMIRED BILL CLINTON ,HE WAS MY HERO! BUT NOW I HAVE LOST ALL RESPECT FOR HIM AND HIS WIFE. SHAME ON YOU CLINTONS.IF HILLARY WINS THE NOMINATION I WILL BE THE FIRST IN MY FAMILY HISTORY TO VOTE REPUBLCAN.

We need more prominent politicians like Robert Reich to speak up!

I hope they will find the courage to speak against the Clinton empire and save the Democratic Party !

Frank

Hey Bob Baker it show's how much you know about women power!!!!!!!!!!!!! Look at all the press she is getting, look at what she is running for and I'm sure she's got more brains than you! If she didn't stand a chance we wouldn't be discussing her and people wouldn't be bashing her! I guess Obama will not win either because he is black....give me a break. Look at what a Republican president did for this country.....nothing except put us in a deficit. Remember who runs the household- A WOMAN, and I think Hillary has more guts than all of those candidates combined!

Key word here is Obama Supporter. We in the public know who played the race card. Barack Obama and Jim Clyburn, This guy was not asked to join Clinton's team so he joined Obama's and started cutting down his last Boss. Barack Obama campaigns CHANGE, but runs his campaign like campaigns have always been ran.. Telling people what they want to hear, anything to get ELECTED, with no substance. John Kerry is a candidate from the establishment, I thought Barack Obama was trying to get away from that, OLD POLITICS. He will say anything to get Elected and if he gets caught in a lie he says Clinton's are picking on me. AN OBAMA QUOTE "CNN PLEASE HELP ME".

CNN THE WORST ELECTION COVERAGE> Watch your election coverage on PBS. Public television. They are paying attention to the Issue's not what ever non-sense headline they can came up with

CNN HAS NO Creditability

Senator Clinton For President 2008

Seems like Obama is hiding behind the 'race shield'. People are afraid to make any comment, without RACE being injected. Shame on Obama and his supporters !!!!

Check the national poll numbers, Hilliary has you beaten !

It is pretty shabby when Hillary hides behind Bill's skirts.

We can appreciate the works and we can give Bill all the credits for the good things he has done. However, It is sad to see how they (the Clintons) are desperately trying to get back to White House. That makes me think what exactly they are trying to do. To me it looks like a Clinton and Bush family duel which involves the democrats and the republicans as the respective partisan in that duel. The truth is America does not and can not move over the economic and political "mess" we are right now without having a president who can bring the republican and the democrat together to find a new direction for the country. Time has changed people. Wake up ! and lets keep America prosperous and flourishing by electing a president who can do that..

Robert is just know figuring out that Bill and Hillary are closet rascists.

It's just tad bit ironic that all the Hillary supporters are calling Obama a crybaby. Dude — crying is what saved Hillary's campaign, remember?

More evidence that they people to know the Clintons the most....DON'T LIKE EM. Why is that Clinton Koolaid drinkers?

Amen. At least someone is stating the obvious.

I have ALWAYS supported a woman's right to choose and Bill Clinton is listed as one of the people I'd like to meet most on my myspace page……BUT….it's pretty obvious that the Democratic party has gone the way of the Dodo bird. Consistently the Democratic party is proving to be a party of NON-THINKERS and knee-jerk reactionists. I despise the tought of restrictions on the freedom of speech….I despise the spectre of what happend in Katrina….but it is obvious Democrats have no intention of listening to reason…..My reasons for not supporting HRC have everything to do with my desire to see this country healed, pull out of Iraq and have our respect restored around the world. Hillary Clinton will not be able to work with the other side that is NEEDED to accomplish anything!

I am sick and tired of our government NOT GETTING ANYTHING DONE!! This country needs someone who can reach out, work with and compromise with Republicans…..HILLARY CLINTON IS NOT THAT PERSON.

The pro-Hillary posts I see here are a perfect example of the very closed-minded, non-thinking, vitriolic, ignorance that will drive people like myself out of the Democratic party….Let's see what happens to a woman's right to choose when you keep losing people like me….

Reich is the one either patently lying or patently stupid if he doesn't know who injected race into this discussion. Obama and his camp did, and there's a memo from them to the press to prove it. Furthermore, it was Obama's surrogates who ran that obscene radio ad in Nevada telling Latinos in Spanish that Hillary "doesn't care about our people". So where does Reich get off claiming Clinton started this.

Well, Obama's strategy will work in South Carolina, much as it didn't work in Nevada. But if it comes back to bite him in A@# in the end he has no one to blame but himself. He should have recognized that it would be a turn off to the rest of the country and marginalize a South Carolina victory as nothing more than bloc voting and him as nothing more than another "race man", hustling to get over.

Reich and the others are now sounding desperate in their effort to slow Hillary's momentum. If Obama doesn't know how to scrap he should go somewhere and sit down. The Republicans will be ten times worse than anything he's facing now, and they have their own tv networks and newspapers, so his lovefest with CNN and MSNBC won't keep the Republicans from getting the message out and spinning it accordingly.

This guy sounds like a little brat who hits his big sister and when she knocks up side his head for doing so, he runs blubbering and whining to mommy (in this case the MSM). Stop the whining!

I know because of the old tired political tactics of the Clintons even if She is the nominee I will not cast my vote for Her. I rather sit out the election, I am tired of all these old political tactics of smear and tarnish anyone who is trying to make a difference.

most of clintons bright ideas during his time as president were already on paper by the republicans, he just put them to law, yet he takes all the credit for the economy! the republicans started the change process!

Its amazing, about a month ago Dick Morris, a former Clicton advicer said on Hannity and Colms that the Clintons would use race against Obama and Colms argued with him, and Dick Morris said that was the tactic he and the Clintons userd in the 92 race.

People who would vote for Hillary...baffle me...

Its so sad that Hillary has to lie, and cheat just to make herself look better then Obama. She need to worry about herself and let the people choose.

That's a false dicotomy. We are not weighing Bill Clinton vs. George W. Bush.
We are weighing Hillary Clinton versus Barack Obama. And Hillary Clinton has once again reminded us what a polarizing, divisive, and dishonest political team the Clintons have always been.
A vote for the The Clintons is a vote for complete government gridlock.

REICH .UH I WONDER IF HE WANTED A FAVOR FROM CLINTONS AND THEY REFUSED
AND OBAMA OFFERED IT
WOW
I LOVE CNN
THEY ALWAYS FIND NEGATIVE STUFF TO PRINT ABOUT CLINTONS
AND THEY SHRED EVERYTHING ABOUT FAIRYTALE GUY
WOW
SHAME
SHAME
ON REICH LOOSER LOOSER

The problem with the Clinton's is that they are lying. The problem with liars is that they do not keep their promises. What else are they lying about?

Robert Reich's words of wisdom to the Clintons as well as to the democrat party to stop the attacks and again Clinton's campaign spokesman comes back with an attack. This is getting so disgusting until it just turns one off.

I'll be less and less interested in the presidential campaign until SOMEONE on the Democratic side comes up with SPECIFICS.

WHOEVER gets elected will provide "change" and an improvement on the last 8 years (even if Ron Paul pulls an upset), so let's have SPECIFICS and not buzz words like "change" "moving forward", etc.

It's agreed that Sen. Clinton needs to send her husband home for an extended rest before the media spins more negatively on snippets of his harmless comments.
When did President Clinton "inject race" , by the way?

Nobody can say anything about somebody's record or lack of it without being called a racist? The fact that people of color waited around to see if Obama won Iowa before getting on board is patently racist.
Just say Obama's being completely VAGUE about everything and that has nothing to do with color (except being GREY on every issue perhaps).

So we blew out more-qualified people like Biden and Dodd for THIS???

Thank you Mr. Reich. You continue to distinguish yourself as a scholar and a gentleman as well as a true public servant. Now the Clintons are dishonoring you in order to promote their own agenda. Shameful.

And the guy who supports the Clintons casting aspersions such as "bitter little man." I would expect no less from someone who can overlook honesty and personal integrity in your choice of a candidate. I believe the majority of the American people are better than that and most of us value the dignity of every person more than the Clintons and this supporter demonstrate.

I'm glad that the truth regarding Obama's record is being upheld. Bill Clinton is clearly wrong in his attacks, and he needs to stop. I don't want our next President to be elected because her husband was President, and if Obama proves that he can withstand the Clinton machine, then he can probably withstand the Republican machine as well.

It's possible that HRC may become president, but with all of the division one could hardly say 'united' in that same sentence.
President of the Divided maybe.
Meanwhile all of our representatives live on incomes much higher than those they supposedly represent.
Let the disillusion of the represented continue.

The truth matters. How do the Clinton supporters keep fighting for a candidate who lies?

Don't you want a president who tells you the truth? Eight years of lying Bush, and eight before that of lying Clinton . . .

How do you do it? How do you convince yourself that supporting yet another lying liar is a moral thing to do?

I remember when Democrats were calling out Republicans for their lies - Al Franken's 'Lies and the Lying Liars who tell them," etc.

Is Obama perfect? No, he's not. But he's a long sight better. And the Clintons are so indefensible that the only way they can maintain themselves is by tearing a good man down

Robert Reich, I don't know how much his criticisms are worth. He is a commentator on the business channel CNBC and I've yet to hear him direct head-on criticism at the lack of market regulation and oversight (begun by Reagan with his 'magic of the market' IDEA).

Now we have Robert Reich, George Soros (remember Moveon.org) and John Kerry (Moveon.org's darling) supporting Obama. Anyone else from the 2004 Democratic fiasco? There is something rotten in Denmark.

If Hillary found her voice in NH, why is it so necessary for Bill to be doing all of the explaining and leading? I thought she had 35 years of experience. Will Bill be leading too on DAY 1? Shame on the Clintons. They are a disgrace to the office of the presidency.

THANK YOU for doing what less people can do. With our media outlet who have dared not to do it, and checking the accuracy of a politician's claims. I've had enough with he-said-she-said. The media's common refusal to check whether candidates are being factual or not, out of fear of being accused of bias against any given liar, has done irreparable damage to our politics. Thank you for taking a step in the right step. This is nothing but the beggining of going the right direction.

Why Bill Clinton anyway? It says alot when the first woman with a shot at becoming president is so openly dependent on her husband to drag her over the finish line. It confirms that Hillary can not be a president on her own.

The Clinton campaign tries to discredit every and anyone who stands up against their injustices in this campaign. It is getting pathological when they can't even see or don't care about the damage of divisiveness that they are doing, not only to the democratic party, but to the entire country.

gerald, i do not dispute the fact that I, along with most americans, were better off under the Clinton administration. Anyone who disagrees is either insanely wealthy (and if so, congratulations I hope to join you there someday) or too stubborn to see the truth. Also, there's a legitimate argument as to whether clinton deserves the credit for the prosperity, but instead of making my point to defend clinton (which, as a result of his activities the last month I am more than a little reluctant to do) i'll say only that if the economy had been awful, like for example IT IS NOW – everyone would have blamed clinton and his policies for it. So its only fair to give him some credit for the vast prosperity, right?

anyway, back to my original point. yes, we were all better off. the truth is, we'll all be better off so long as any of the three dem candidates gets the nomination. in fact, anyone elected to the presidency would make our lives better than the current president, including a well-trained chimp.

the reality, though, is this: in 1992, bill clinton was essentially obama. he wasnt a washington insider and ran as the candidate of change. it was those revolutionary ideas that can only come from not being a washington insider that led to the balanced budget and surplus. hillary is not bill. she's beholden to the very interests that exert their influence to keep the status quo because, quite literally, the status quo makes them rich.

so i'm all for economic prosperity. just led by anyone but hillary, and preferably obama.

The clintons have almost succeded in distorting Obama's Message, just because they knew she can NEVA be the Nominee, I had great admiration for Bill Clinton, but its all gone now, It shows the kind of "female" president wil would have "if" Hill can win... Bill will deliver the state of the Union address when Hill is not in.. The clinton's are so funny...

There deception has been opened out to all.

If you want Bush/Cheney/Rove 2 then vote for Hillary, otherwise the choice is very clear. Let's put america back into the path of righteousness.

"We don't want a crybaby to represent us in the fall."

Interesting for Tony to say this since everyone remembers Hilliary's teary eyed plea the day before the NH primaries. I guess for Tony it is not about not wanting cry babies given that his candidate cried all over the place in NH.

To read these stories, Obama is the pristine, perfect, quiet little choir boy and Hillary is the devil. Get real. Obama's people did some nasty things in Iowa as well, and have been spinning things too. This is politics, and unfortunately, the nice guy usually finishes last. There really are no negative articles on Obama, and it isn't because he's the perfect candidate or statesman. It's because the media is afraid of the repercussions that the Clintons are seeing should they dare to question him. Thank God for Bill-he tells it like it is.
By the way, CNN is also afraid to cover yesterday's story about Bush's 1000 lies after 9-11. IMPEACH!

I do not understand why generally the press is so reticent on pointing out that the clintons are purposefully distorting and spreading false info – are they scared – i just do not get it. We need dignity in the white house – winning with honor would be a good start,

Thank you Mr Reich. Thank you for joining an impressive list of people objecting to the poorness of the Clinton campaign tactics. Tactics that should be beneath them. I'm an older Democrat. I used to support the Clintons. What a shock, as I can finally see why Republicans object to them so deeply. Sadly, there's little credibility left to them. My sympathy and support go to Obama, who I must say has not only a better platform, but a sincere and better attitude.

The Clintons have been bashing Obama and lying about Obama for weeks now. This has brought Obama to the defense, so that the Clintons can now claim he is attacking them.

We certainly don't need leaders who feel fear-mongering and lying are the ways to lead. Eight years of Bush was enough!

hillary is not bill, she is just using him, yes the clinton years were good, but there can be better days, we done need these two families( bush, clinton), besides the economy only got better after bill enacted some economic policies which were put on paper by the prior republican party!

My comments are never posted...they are pro Hillary, that tells alot..I think Cnn is turning into Fox..msnbc here I come

Whoa there! This comment comes from the west, but has anyone noticed the very negative things about both Hilary Clinton and Barack Obama circulating the net....All my rowdy Republican "friends" have been sending this kind of junk for several months....this isn't just a product secretly injected by the Clintons....One especially negative jab insists that Barack will insist on being sworn in on a Koran held in his hand.....This to me is political hogwash...and I am sorry that anyone would send it, much less to me! I am also sorry that everytime Hilary defends herself it is taken in such a negative light. Ah, well, politics at large. What ever happened to the coverage on that little Middle Eastern War?

Hey John,
Why don't U do some research on Obama's record and report back to us what U found out. Just give us facts not your opinions.

Obviously during 8 years' as president, you are going to step on a few toes, here or there. Obviously, Mr. Reichs' toes were stepped on. However, he has the right to express his views. Hope he feels better.

Tony, you mentioned cry baby, I think you were talking about Hillary! And yes it's true I don't think we need a cry baby!

With all due respect, Robert Reich hasn't been following the campaign closely enough to know the truth. Nobody said a WORD about race, until AFTER Iowa and NH (where there are virtually no blacks) Isn't it amazing that as soon as the campaign heads to SC (with 50% black voters), all of a sudden this comes up?

Now, who thinks the Clintons are stupid politicians? Why would they bring race into the campaign at the MOST inopportune time? They wouldn't – and they DIDN'T.

MSNBC, CNN and the Obama campaign pulled the race card the very DAY after NH. If anyone (including Reich) bothered to watch the Nevada debate, perhaps they'd remember the question posed to Russert (that his campaign developed a four page talking points piece – alleging racial insensitivities). Shame on Obama, Reich, CNN and MSNBC !

I understand the bitterness some of you may have against the Clintons, but lets remember how well we all were doing doing Bill's administration. Compared to the lies Bush has told the country, the little affair that was exposed by the Republican party is small in comparison. Hilliary should be the next president of the united states.

It is encouraging that so many Washington leaders are coming to the defense of Senator Obama, who–in my view–has run an honorable campaign.

Hopefully, the end result will be a true uniter of our country and a leader who will bring credit to America once again.

Go Obama 08!!

The media is saying that the Clintons are attacking Obama like Obama doesn't use rhetoric that should be challenged or charges of racism surely follow.

The majority of the Democrats basically want to hand the nomination to the first black man that is fully qualified in much the same way the GOP handed the nomination to the son of George HW Bush without any challengers putting up
much of a fight.

The nomination process will suffer in the long run. Sounds like it's time to break the 2 party lock on the system. A third choice would be refreshing.

again no negatives ever ever on Obama
he's that perfect
or do you just hate the clintons
CNN you are so biased I am completely turned off by you
fact is Bill Clinton as well as Oprah as well as Michelle O and whoever else are allowed to campaign for whoever they want to
why is it right for everyone else and wrong for the Clintons
talk about being biased

Tony, Obama will win outright after super tuesday. I just gave a scenario of his worst possible events and i'm sure you can't say the same thing for your gal Hillary.

Why does Hilary bother to attack Obama on comments that had nothing to do with her? .

It's even more obvious when Obama's comments are juxtaposed against Hilary's criticism of what obama said, like the regan and Obama's mlk comments.

all you have to do is look back a few weeks and see who really and who started attacking Obama. No one really until Bill came into the scene.

Each time Obama defends himself, Bill accuses him of attacking Hilary.

Bill plays the bad cop and Hilary can point her finger back and say, "my husband said that, not I." And she did so in the SC debate...

The clintons are experts in putting a spinning the truth. It's amazing how people just don't see it.

I guess, people don't care how dirty the clintons are. They just don't want a black president.

Watchout Madeline Albright and Wesley Clark, if you mis-speak about Bill or Hillary, they will dis-own and bad-mouth you too. No one is safe from the CPA (Clinton Party Machine)!

Ahhhh -sooooo very refreshing to hear someone call it like it is. Honesty in politics is a lost virtue. Reich is absolutely right. I'm beginning to loath the thought of another Clinton in office. No more Bush/Clinton divisive "fear and smear" politics.

What the heck has Bill Clinton said that injects race into the campaign??? I just don't get it!

The only ones I ever even hear mention race being injected into the discussion are Obama supporters when they make this accusation against the Clintons.

Reich...and Obama idolators...need to turn on the listening ears!

I like both candidates but this is getting ridiculous. Every time I see a headline about Hillary Clinton it is always saying they are on the attack or running negative attack ads. Obama's camp is doing this too, but you see now news articles or headlines detailing this.

Both candidates could do the same ad with the same tactics and the headlines will read completely different. CNN will post a headline like "Hillary on attack again or Bill gets raging mad at reporter." But with Obama they will post "Obama defends himself against attacks or Obama takes aim at the Clinton campaign." It's ridiculous. It's biased and it's not fair. CNN get it together. You're a pathetic news source when it comes to politics. Worse than fox news. Nothing is fair or balanced when it comes to CNN anymore. Treat both candidates the same or don't talk about it at all. But's it's getting ridiculous. It looks like CNN is pro-obama and anti-hillary.

who really cares what reich says or thinks...give me a break!

Mark C.

Al Gore couldn't take out GWB in 2000 because he had the baggage of Clinton personal failings dragging his candidacy into oblivion. Clinton's personal failings delivered the presidency to GWB on a silver platter. It looks like he's gonna do it again.

Turn the page.

Reich has been mad a Clinton for years, mainly b/c the Clinton administration did not follow his economic advice (spending) and instead they balanced the budget. This is well documented and the reason liberals like Reich hate Bill so much...they feel like they were betrayed in 1993 when Clinton took office.

Here are the facts: Obama is a political novice and while "change" seems o be the word of the day, you would not let a "coalition building" mail boy move up to CEO. The Democrats HAD good candidates that were an alternative to the Clintons, but Dodd, Richardson, and Biden are now gone b/c everyone got so caught up in the rock-star campaign of Obama.

Now, it looks more and more like the Dems are throwing away another election.

AJ – Montpelier: If Reich is gay, someone should tell his wife!

Seriously, he's been happily married for a long time. Perhaps you are thinking of Bush's Secretary of Labor who rumor has it might be gay.

You Clinton lovers are stupid for trying to have Hillary be the democrat nominee.

Hillary will not win the general election against the republican war machine.

Why Not?

1)she's a woman. Sad to say people

2)Hillary is untrustworthy

3)The rest of the world wouldn't take her serious.

Watch n learn people

I like both candidates but this is

It's time that the Clinton campaign folks quit crying foul play all the time and concentrate on the issues facing America. I can't believe how many times they've uttered the words "unfair" "untrue" "misquoted", you name the excuse, they have it! I'm not an Obama supporter by any stretch of the imagination but at least he tries to stay on point by addressing the issues at hand. I used to have such respect for Bill Clinton but that is waning quickly these days and if Hillary isn't able to run a clean campaign without crying wolf all the time what will make her any better in the whitehouse than the one who currently occuppies the oval office? Edwards is the only true choice but he can't quit talking about the guy with the cleft lip long enough to talk about the real issues!

This is a traitor and his words means nothing, you can tell what kind of people are Obama supporters, this one is a typical one.
Media contimues to pour the bad mouth news on Clintons, I could not see any on Obama, that's tell how biased Media in this nation.

The little man who is bitter b/c he couldn't win the governorship of MA. The nomination will not end at the convention. Hillary will win outright. We don't want a crybaby to represent us in the fall.

Obama has some girl power on his team.

Claire McCaskill and Janet Napolitamo are strong courageous women who didn't rely on their husbands to get where they did. (Janet isn't even married)

It's about time someone called King's X on Bill Clinton. It just shows the typical Clinton attidude of entitlement concerning the White House. Why can't people see through his,and Hillary's,crud and call it for exactly what it is? Change cannot be about another Clinton in office....we've had 20 years of a Clinton or a Bush in the White House; crimeny, let's give someone, anyone, a chance. How could things be more dorked up than they are now?

Why does Reich feel that he is any better than the Clintons, he is speaking his mind just as they are, it makes no difference if you are a former president or a file clerk we all have freedom of speech...this man just wants to be grand standed and get a minute in the media....and the media will sure give it to him if it is about the Clintons. Obama made this racial, he started the negative crap several months back, the Clintons ignored him & when the Clintons started firing back with the negative stuff he has been crying & whining, if he thinks the Clintons are bad just wait until the GOP gets a hold of his behind...hopefully Reich will be there to console him with Clyburn & Oprah....VOTE Edwards or Clinton in the SC 08 primary.

John January 24, 2008 3:39 pm ET

Anyone who criticizes Obama is called a racist by his attack dogs. What a despicable tactic. The pattern is clear now, Obama refuses to tell the truth about his record, then plays the race card whenever he's challenged on it.
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It's your opinion, but you are WRONG.

the Clintons are good at this, they cut their teeth on this kind of politics.
The sad thing is, I am disappointed in Bill. I expected better. However, Barack has to keep going with his message. This is what will get him elected. There are times
when he will have to set the record straight, but move on. If Barack didn't fight back
everyone would say he is too weak to be president. And its's ok newspeople to talk about Hillary and Bill without including Obama. You have to give the Clintons credit for one thing, they let Bill do the dirty work, and Obama is fighting off Bills remarks, that keeps everyone off Hillary'. Barack need to get into more of Hillary
mistakes . Ignore Bill

Oh the Clintons....everyone is against them...everyone is "spreading false rumors"..is this really what the country and the world wants?? Is this what they are going to say about world leaders and our allies like the vicious attacks when Bush invaded Iraq? Sounds like ,more and more of the same.

TIME FOR A CHANGE!!...or all of the Clinton supporters going to call of the people speaking up "crybabies as well"?

Robert, I like your comment about "Alls fair in love and war and politics" That was really funny. And saying that a politician should be telling the truth. That was even funnier yet!!! Since when have you EVER heard of a politician telling the truth. Just look at our president, He's lied to us so much that even his dog doesn't trust him, let alone foreign Governments. All of the hopefuls are just politicians and by their very nature are liars. That is all except Hillery Clinton.

Everyone should be reading this article. Bill Clinton former AID himself is called the former president for the actions he has committing over the past month on behalf of the "first, strong, independent female president lol, really does show by having her hubby do all the dirty work eh?" All hillary supporters should see this as the kind of behavior america does not need.

Obama 08 Positive change for America

Now we know this nomination thing is going to end in the convention. Obama will win it there because after all ballots are counted I don't see hillary having more delegates than Obama. Even if Hillary beats Obama by 120 delegates after the ballots the super delegates that are afraid and right on what her nomination will mean for them and the party won't allow it to happen. Super delegates will give Obama the nomination in the convention.

Thank god for super delegates.

Many of us are old enough to remember the shame the Clinton administration brought to this country and the White House.

They are a ,say anything do anything "FAMILY"…………its not about what can i do for my country with the Clintons………..it's all about ,HOW CAN WE WORM OUR WAY BACK INTO POWER AGAIN,SO WE CAN SCREW THE AMERICAN PEOPLE !

Hillary stuck it out with Bill through all his girl friends for Political reasons only , and that speaks volumes about her Judgement and character.

This is just plain funny and ludicrous! You've got former Clinton Administration officials and Democratic Party Leaders telling Bill Clinton to stop this. Stop this lying about Obama! This just looks tacky in 21st Century American politics when members of the same party start correcting Bill Clinton.

Has anyone notice the many Democratic leaders who have come to Obama's defense of Bill Clinton's false claims against Obama? I'll list the ones I know of:

John Kerry
Ted Kennedy
Jim Clyburn
Tom Daschle
Rahm Emanuel
Janet Napolitano

Have any Democratic leaders spoke against the Obama campaign has been run thus far? The answer is no.

Obama in '08!

Here's the scenario. The Billaries win the Democratic primary and then many of us who have never voted in our lives and who believe that anyone is better than the Billaries, go and vote Republican for the first time ever.

Who wants to go back to same old, same old at a time that the country is ready for and needs a new direction? Who in their gut would trust the Billaries to do anything honest... maybe Bill but Hillary!!! You gotta be kidding.

Anyone who criticizes Obama is called a racist by his attack dogs. What a despicable tactic. The pattern is clear now, Obama refuses to tell the truth about his record, then plays the race card whenever he's challenged on it.

I do think Bill Clinton is overshadowing his wife's campaign. I understand He can't help it because of course "most" husbands want to protect their wives, its human nature. But Hillary needs to appear that she can do this on her own. Bill got into the White House the way he knew best. Now step back Bill and let Hillary find her OWN way.

The Democrats see this that is why so many are speaking out about Bill involvement

i couldnt have stated it better, its time to move America forward not backwards, the clintons dont seem to care about this country all they care about is power and getting back in the white house, and they will do and or say anything to get there, lets end the bush-clinton-bush dynasty folks, lets take back America, the white house does not belong to two families, it belongs to the American people!

Still not one negative article about Obama on any news website for the past three months. No one is that perfect unless the media wants you to be.

This gets more interesting by the minute. Clearly both candidates are flawed but they're politicians so what would you expect. I do believe Obama is wrong for trying to challenge the Clintons. He cannot win that fight. He needs to appeal to his "coalition" message. I do also believe people want to move past the partisanship – it is the single most nfluential reason why nothing ever gets done in this country. Even if one thinks Hillary has the chops to be President, I just don't see how she will rally Republicans and moderate Democrats to get things accomplished. Al Gore had even better credentials in 2000 and still could not overtake Bush Jr.

And Bill Clinton has a history of lying too, even when sworn under oath. Remember that whole impeachment thingy.

I remember Robert Reich, he wrote a book after leaving the Clinton administration, the publisher had to rewrite the book, reprinted it and sell it as PAPERBACK due to a lot of inacuracies Reich had written about the Clinton administration which was pointed out to them where Reich has erred what he wrote in his book; they have evidence to prove it. The publisher lost a lot of money.

Reich has no ounce of credibility.

And there plan is now starting to backfire onthem! Eventually life is fair, indeed...

No comment from Reich on Obama supporters comparing Clinton to Lee Atwater I see.

Go Home Reich and change Obama's diaper.

It seems to me the presidental race is between Hillary Clinton, Barak Obama, and his tag team champion CNN.

One more time for th Obama supporters... one, two, three..... hate.