February 29, 2008
Posted: 12:13 PM ET
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(CNN) — Hillary Clinton Thursday jabbed at Sen. Barack Obama for being a first term senator and called her rival for the Democratic presidential nomination a "blank screen."

In an interview on ABC's Nightline Thursday night, Clinton dismissed notion's Barack Obama voters are uninformed, but said the Democratic presidential front-runner aptly described himself in his 2006 book, "The Audacity of Hope."

"I think the best description, actually, is in Barack's own book, the last book he wrote, 'Audacity of Hope,' where he said that he's a blank screen," she said in the interview. "And people of widely differing views project what they want to believe onto him. And then he went on to say, 'I am bound to disappoint some, if not all of them.'"

"He was in the state Senate, what, three years ago, four years ago?" Clinton said in continued jabs. "It's hard to know exactly what his positions are because they have changed rather rapidly in that four-year period. But there is something very appealing, and people have a right to vote for whomever they want."

The comments came a day before the Clinton campaign launched a tough new ad in Texas that aims to portray Clinton as considerably more prepared to handle a foreign policy crises than Obama. Over scenes of sleeping children, the ads narrator asks, "Who do you want answering the phone the phone?" at 3 in the morning.

Obama Campaign Manager David Plouffe forcefully responded to that ad in a conference call with reporters Friday morning."We don't think the ads are going to be effective at all, because Senator Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was a decision whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq, and she answered affirmatively," Plouffe said.

– CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

Filed under: Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton


I Love This Country!   February 29th, 2008 11:29 am ET

REJECT FEAR!!!!

Mimi   February 29th, 2008 11:29 am ET

We don't know what Sen. Obama believes in either.
He's pandering all the time.

BUTTACAVOLI   February 29th, 2008 11:29 am ET

when my children were asleep i didn't want to answer the phone,i let my wife get it,why should i wake up let hillary get it obama is a man just like me he don't want to get up. unless it's his girlfreind calling then he better get up and run.

David C. In Indianapolis   February 29th, 2008 11:29 am ET

Experience you can Xerox

Go Obama '08

VA   February 29th, 2008 11:30 am ET

OBAMAS PLAN ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS IS NOTHING SHORT OF BRILLIANT….TO REALIZE THAT WE AS AMERICANS KNOW THAT WE ARE TAUGHT, FROM DAY ONE, TO LEARN COMMUNICATION SKILLS..THAT IS WHAT OBAMA HAS THAT HILLARY DOES NOT….
THINK ABOUT IT, PEOPLE…. SHE DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILTY TO INSPIRE AND SHE NEVER WILL HAVE.
OBAMA WILL HAVE
GREAT PREPARATION AND MEET WITH FOREIGN COUNTRIES…COMMUNICATE…DO NOT ACT LIKE WE ARE ANY BETTER THAN ANYONE ELSE..THAT IS WHY THEY ALL HATE US…
THAT COMMUNICATION WILL BE LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT…
COMMUNICATE..RESOLVE….LESS CONFLICT…..PRAYERS OF NO MORE WAR AND GUESS WHAT….
MORE $$$$$$$ FOR AMERICA…THUS MORE BOOST FOR ALL IN THE ECONOMY.

I BELIEVE IT IS TIME TO TRY NEW THINGS…CHANGE AND OBAMA IS STRONGER THAN I EVER IMAGINED AND I WOULD BE PROUD TO CALL HIM..THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!!!!!

Eli   February 29th, 2008 11:30 am ET

I love the BLANK SCREEN and that people just project what they want onto him. THIS IS SO TRUE. He cant complain he said pretty much the same thing in his book. Lets just hoep the people of TX , OH, VT, RI sees this and does what is right. HILLARY08

Jim, Carbondale, IL   February 29th, 2008 11:30 am ET

Clinton didn't even read the bill that she voted on to send us to war! That is supposed to be leadership we can count on at 3:00 am?

Patrick, Indianapolis   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

Hillary is a pathetic liar. What a disgusting excuse for a human being. Actually she is human slime. She can't win fair and square so she resorts to lying about Obama. How typical of a worthless excuse for a human - Hillary Clinton

marge   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

LOL! Yeah Hillary, you voted for Iraq…I don't want you to answer the phone!!!!! LOL!LOL!

therealist   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

Better a blank screen than a corrupt and broken one…

jamal   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

Hillary is whining too much now remember being negative is what got her out of the race to begin with and it's definetly not gonna help her at this point, she needs to focus on her own issues not obama, she needs to worry about TX, OH not Obama, negativity, whining and crying will definetly not help her.

Bill Murray   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

To repspond to Hillary's political ad:

It is 3AM and where are your children? They are in Iraq fighting a useless and costly war.

Go Hillary, Fort Lauderdale   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

Good Job Hillary !!!!

Deann   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

Sen. Obama cannot answer and handling the question well for the Foreign policy at the debate, he definitely not knowing how to face if the real situation happens. But I feel very clearly in my mind that, I love Sen. Obama, because his ability should be suitable to the top sales person in our country and no questions for him to be the #1 talk show "DJ" for America to provide us for the entertainments and more funny easy life…. So I am thinking, when we are enjoying the entertainment, we also need to face our hungry, we need to pick up a leader who could produce the real problems resolution for our nation and the world, and the ability leader must bring us the real benefit for future.

WE ALL SHOULD CONSIDER WHAT WE WANT…

ENTERTAINMENTS? OR THE REAL RESULTS FOR OUR BENEFITS IN OUR LIFES?

NickNasc   February 29th, 2008 11:31 am ET

Hillary has made 2 fatal mistakes… well atually many more but just 2 more today alone.

Again waiting until the cameras are off to make VERY odd attacks against Barack so he cannot blow them out of the water or basically laugh them off to her face as he does in the debates. But acting so nice in the Debates then going dirty within days almost everytime shows us all her true character.

The new ad. Fear Mongering 101

I KNOW people in Ohio, went to School in Texas and met hundreds of great people there and you know what? Not ONE of them would be fooled by this ad. Hillary is plainly running on Bill Clintons record and international relationships but guess what Hillary…ANYONE who has the title of President of the United States of America can call ANY leader in the World and they WILL answer the call. This is NOT a Country Club position you are going for where "clicks" run everything.

SCARE people with images of Children?? BUSH IN A DRESS I SAY!

zulu   February 29th, 2008 11:32 am ET

This lady is desperate to get to the white house. What ever she says againist Obama is going to back fire. He is the best candidate to be the next presedent. She represents the old.

Jenny, Rio Vista, CA   February 29th, 2008 11:32 am ET

I don't know about you, but i think we get enough fearmongering from Bush & Co. I can't believe that a democrat would sink that low. Perhaps Hilary has been around too long and now there is no difference between her and Bush.

SID FROM NEW YORK   February 29th, 2008 11:32 am ET

“We Have Nothing To Fear But Fear It's Self "

And Those Who Would Exploit Our Fear For Power And For Their Own Personal Selfish Cynical Gain.”

OBAMA 08

Vee   February 29th, 2008 11:32 am ET

Hillary…I am waiting for March 4th…then we will see who is blank screen
the more you go negative, the more you irritate others.
Negative reinforcement is not going to work- why do not you understand that?

HILLARY CLINTON FOR POTUS!   February 29th, 2008 11:32 am ET

Well, the media certainly isn't pointing out his lack of accomplishments - why shouldn't Hillary? SHE'S RIGHT!!!

I want Hillary answering that phone!

CLINTON for PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!!

v.ananthan   February 29th, 2008 11:32 am ET

IRAK WAR IS A FACT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WAKE UP OBAMA AND DEAL WITH IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"PRESIDENT" OBAMA WILL BRING THE TROOPS HOME AT ONCE…

IF AMERICAN TROOPS WITHDRAWN BEFORE THE JOB IS DONE THEN THERE WILL BE A CIVIL WAR AND MANY MANY MANY INNOCENT MENN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN WILL GET KILLED…

ALL THE COURAGES ACTIONS DONE BY THE AMERICAN SOLDIERS SO FAR WILL GO WASTED AND IRAK MIGHT EVEN GET A WORSE DICTATOR THAN SADDAM HUSSEIN……

DONE IS DONE AND USA NEEDS A PRESIDENT WHO CAN SOLVE THE PROBLEM WITH DIGNITY………….

THE FUTURE IS THE CASE NOT THE PAST…

Anyone But Obama   February 29th, 2008 11:34 am ET

Plouffe misses the point - Obama NEVER had to vote on Iraq as he was NOT a senator at that point. Who knows which way he would have voted if he had had to vote. It's easy for someone who has not made a decision to criticise those who have. Many who voted (and supported) going to war in Iraq did so on the basis of the available information.

Or iare Obama and Plouffe criticising the vast majority of voters who supported the Iraqi invasion on that basis too?

LadyLeo   February 29th, 2008 11:34 am ET

If Hillary would spend more time running her own campaign instead of overseeing what Obama is doing she MIGHT be doing a better job with her campaign. I honestly think Hillary has the Obama fever, she is just in denial.

"OBAMA Fever 08″

Sergio   February 29th, 2008 11:34 am ET

Now this really pisses me off. It's getting really old attacking Obama with nonsense. Hillary , you are Dismissed.

Obama Fired Up !

Joan   February 29th, 2008 11:34 am ET

Hillary, you are finished. Stop tearing down and smearing the eventual nominee in this way. You ae only helping the GOP

Please quit now for the good of the party!!!

Hillary, do the RIGHT THING and end this gracefully!!!

PLEASE!!!!

Jerry Tsai   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

Clinton must think "Saturday Night Live" is real. How pathetic an attack!

Clinton, we're going to cancel your show. It's not going to be renewed.

Jerry, Denver,CO   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

Another desperate cry out, from a candidate who is just about finished. I, for one, will not be sad to see her go. It's just been one attack after another on Senator Obama, and I believe that at this point, these attacks are just helping Obama to put the nail in Clintons proverbial coffin. Once the intelligent voters of Ohio and Texas have cast their ballots, Obama will secure the nomination, and then it's on to the Republicans. Barack Obama has captured the attention and the hearts of the nation, and this time, in this election, the will of the people will prevail.

JUDY   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

this iraq issue does not have any legs. he was not id the us senate at the time of the vote. he had no idea of the flawed material the senators and congress were fed by the bush adminstration. and at the time 95 percent of america thought it was right thing to do. is the world better with out saddam yes.hillary you did the right thing.

A.B., Warner Robins, GA   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

I'm not sure what changes in position Senator Clinton is referring to in respect to Senator Obama but he has not changed his position on the war unlike some candidates.

Chuck Lauria, Suwanee, Georgia   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

I've heard that the Clintons are coming out with a new book soon. It's entitled "The Audacity of Hubris."

dj   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

Hillary needs to go crawl under a rock. What she is doing is reprehensible!! My husband and I were at complete odds as to whom we would vote for. I am obviously an Obama supporter and he a Hillary supporter.

After the "Shame on you Barack" comment shortly after the "I am honored to be here with Barack" and the sarcasm. He has concluded as I have that she is schizoprenic!

Her tactics and methods are so obviously calculated and her judgement, campaign spending and mental health all point to one thing. Loser!!!

GO OBAMA 08

Bayou Joe   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

Hillary had to make a decision because she was in the Senate at the time. Obama did not and his decision would have kept Saddam in power so that he could kill his enemies and also allow Al Qaeda to set up shop in Iraq. So who has the better judgment. Know the facts before you vote. Hillary or McCain I can trust, NOT OBAMA. The enemy is already here. LOOK around you. These are the last days of the New Roman Empire. Obama will accelerate our demise.

Tom Swift, NH   February 29th, 2008 11:35 am ET

`
John McCain has more experience than Hillary & Obama Senate time put together.

McCain '08 - A Change We Can Live With

Anyone But Obama   February 29th, 2008 11:36 am ET

VA - it's a pity some of you Obama supporters can't manage the basics in communication skills - bottom left, third key up - Caps Lock - press to switch it off.

Mike   February 29th, 2008 11:36 am ET

David Plouffe is correct on the matter. Everything Hillary has attempted to date has failed with the exception of the fake crying stunt in New Hampshire. The only thing she can do now is target the "uninformed" voters who havent been paying attention to the race. What I mean is this, there are plenty of voters out there who will cast one on Tuesday, yet have paid little to no attention to the campaigns. Hillary is banking on cathcing those undecided and uniformed voters off guard with her ads. The hope is to capture some votes based on "scare" tactics, etc. I cant blame her for it, her message falls largely upon deaf ears and her personality is regarded by few as somebody voters would want in the nations highest office. Hillary's survival of Tuesday will require a large scale vote capture of those who are relatively "uniformed."

Athan from MD.   February 29th, 2008 11:36 am ET

The woman's instinct is far superior.
It is time to for the USA to elect one, and Hillary is the BEST QUALIFIED person out of all running for presidency.
Wake up America!!!!
One mistake is too many. Do not fall in a trap like re-electing Bush in 2004. What a mistake that was!

Pia   February 29th, 2008 11:36 am ET

She's too desperate and that's not good!
I look at her and all I see is blank, blank, blank.
Her face is phony. She only wants to be president for her own benefit.

Tim   February 29th, 2008 11:36 am ET

When is Hillary going to start promoting herself instead of trying to take other people down?

Maybe its because she understands that no one likes her, so she has to make everyone hate obama. Winning by convincing others you are the lessor of two evils.

What a horrible tactic. People can see through you Hillary.

Dave, Santa Barbara   February 29th, 2008 11:37 am ET

Maybe he's a blank screen, but I prefer that to the current administration that thinks WE are the blank screens.

Martin   February 29th, 2008 11:37 am ET

Hillary, it is time to bow out gracefully.

Thanks,

America

Goon   February 29th, 2008 11:37 am ET

Hillary said it right at the last debate:
She WILL do everything she can to win the nomination

the problem is, that none of her ideas on how to win work, and all of her attacks are going to blunt the force of them when McCain tries the same on Obama.

Obama's responses to her ads have been too quick and too sharp to make this "Daisy" style campaign she's running now effective. theres too much precedent, too much obvious fear tactics, too much shown lack of judgment on Clintons' part, for this to win new voters over.

Darth Vadik, CA   February 29th, 2008 11:37 am ET

This woman needs to go.

She really needs to get out of this race.

She is disgusting, and anybody that still suports this wretched woman is not in their right mind. We have had Bush pull politics of fear and Karl Rove, and all of us on the left are sick of it, now Hillary does it and some people on the left think that is ok.

Well its not OK, I didn't approve of it when Bush did it, and I don't approve of it when Hillary does it. No ifs, ands, or buts about it.

HILLARY GO AWAY, you won't sue your way into the white house.

Susie   February 29th, 2008 11:37 am ET

Obama's Monday morning quarterbacking on the Iraq vote cannot be a substitute for real experience but he is using it as just that. In the last debate he was asked experience and he continued his "nanny nanny boo boo" politics over the Iraq vote. We all know that the country was lied to before the vote and people were duped by our liar-in-chief. He's got no depth so he keeps banging this same old drum. We're gunna need more than that to run the country - no matter how well he gives a speech.

Clinton has real substance. This is what we need.

Martin   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

Hillary,

it is time to bow out gracefully.

Thanks,

America

Patricia   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

She's desperate, poor woman.. and who do I want answering the phone at 3am? Obama, of course. If Clinton answered it , the caller would have to listen to 30 minutes of : I did this, I did that, I am great, I am smart, I am ready, I was married to a President, I am woman, I know this, I know that, I went here, I went there… by the time she said 'hello' to the caller, we would hear….BOOM

susan   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

Obama is a blank screen, he had an opportunity to go to Louisianna and take his red phone with him and use it during black forum. Hillary cared and took that red phone with her to keep in touch with the people. Go Hillary !!!!! Answer our calls!!!!

Kelly Anne   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

It's remarkable that every day Hillary has a new name-calling smear campaign, and yet just loses more and more.

For the good of the party and the nation, end this now!

Debbie   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

Hillary, you voted for Iraq.

I certainly don't want you to have the red phone.

PDC   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

I think Hillary is slinging so much muck that she's confused. I suspect she's thinking this the general election, and beating Obama means she's our new President.

She's so divisive that she's dividing her own party for personal power. Imagine what she'll do to the rest of us if she actually does become President?

Scary thought I know.

Pia   February 29th, 2008 11:38 am ET

To Bill Murray:
Your post is the best one, you got it 100%!
By the way, are you THE Bill Murray, the actor?

paforhillary   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

wow, what a choice…..well, with all obama's uh…well uh……is it stuttering, plus the fact that he will have to have someone there to tell him what to do, my guess would be hillary will be best. sure obama can talk, but lets look for something else america. open your eyes!!!!wake up!!!!!!!!!!!!!vote clinton 08!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack Robertson   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

Shame on you, Hillary Clinton! It seems that you have learned well from your political mentor, Karl Rove.

Andy Krammer, RI   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

Dream on Hillary, if you think this feeble attempt to attack Barack is going to shift the tide thats turning toward a better America, think again.

Americans want our country back, and no scare tactics taken from the Bush/Rove administration is going to work.

Obama 08

Haighter   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

Wow! I never thought Clinton would make a "Daisy" ad. Cold War fear mongering does not become you, Hillary!

Ami   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

Woman power!

Go Hillary, with you in the white house, things will be different.
We will rethink who gets to do stuff and our country can be run with sense.

Dave   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

Hillary is so desperate after having lost 12 in a row she's slinging the mud in every direction she can find. It's pretty sad. I can only imagine if she were president she'd be slinging mud every day. God help us. Fortunately Barack is above this kind of childish behavior, as we all know.

AISHA   February 29th, 2008 11:39 am ET

hillary,,you are right,,

obama sounds very good like jimmy carter ,,,,,,,and everyone knows,,,,

AJ, IL   February 29th, 2008 11:40 am ET

Good counter-punch to Hillary's Ad! Beat her over the head with her Iraq War vote. Most important Commander-in-Chief decision she has come across since being in the Senate and she "fell down on the job". Has anyone ever honestly notice how Hillary Clinton blames everyone else accept herself?

She blamed Bush for her vote for the Iraq

Vern   February 29th, 2008 11:40 am ET

Hillary need to concentrate on being positive & stop being negative. I think by now she would have learned the best thing to do is promote herself.

Jim   February 29th, 2008 11:40 am ET

Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode Island, you can change history next Tuesday and help send Hillary to the White House.

Unite behind Hillary to give her the victory and we will have a great President who will really change the US.

Time is running out on Barak and his bubble is soon going to burst.

Go Hillary, all the way!!!

Lloyd Hansen   February 29th, 2008 11:40 am ET

She absolutely nailed it this time. He is a blank screen. Unfortunately he does have an agenda and it is clear that it is the far-left liberal agenda. People can't see past his skin color and flowery speeches long enough to see what he plans to do: Berkleyize the US.

Sharon   February 29th, 2008 11:40 am ET

"And then he went on to say, 'I am bound to disappoint some, if not all of them.'" His own words, didn't he say words were important?

HC   February 29th, 2008 11:41 am ET

What an admission !!!

Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania - You are hiring someone to be the President of the U.S. It is the hard job and it is a dangerous, troubled world we live in.

Look at their credentials. It matters.

Frank   February 29th, 2008 11:41 am ET

She has a pretty big mouth when she is not sitting next to Barack Obama, hasn't she ?

So fear mongering is the 'new' strategy. You know, however this plays out - it's a Karl-Rowe-Strategy that was used successfully in 2004 - Clinton is killing support she would need in November … if she can smear and fear her way into the nomination.

It's OBAMA'08 or McCain here in Missouri, I can tell you that.

Antoinette   February 29th, 2008 11:42 am ET

I dont think Hillary realizes that the more she does things like this, the more she turns off the voters

She needs to really stop

Jen-0-palooza   February 29th, 2008 11:42 am ET

If Hillary thinks Obama is a 'blank screen', then I'd hate to imagine what kind of screen SHE qualifies as.
EWWWW! She sickens me and the majority of the rest of the country!

Matthew   February 29th, 2008 11:42 am ET

The phone the phone… come on CNN, step up the editing

Anna, IL   February 29th, 2008 11:42 am ET

Is Hillary still in the race? I had thought the '08 campaign has moved on to Obama vs. McCain/Bush.

By the way, where is Huckabee?

Henry   February 29th, 2008 11:42 am ET

After sixteen years of watching the Clintons, haven't we all learned that they will do anything to get back to the White House, no matter how much damage they inflict on the people, party and country. It's time to get a new broom and sweep them off the stage.

Holly B   February 29th, 2008 11:43 am ET

Her last 3 am call was probably to learn her campaign was running out of money…if she doesn't have sufficient experience, judgement and independent thinkers around her to run a campaign, a different kind of 3 am call to her scares me to death!

Roy   February 29th, 2008 11:43 am ET

C'mon Hillary. You're so 1990s. Get out of the way.

marge   February 29th, 2008 11:43 am ET

umm after the iraq vote…i don't want Hillary to answer tha phone!!!!

Micahel Guinn, Ventura, CA   February 29th, 2008 11:43 am ET

I will be so glad when Tuesday is over and Hillary HAS to stop her slams. This is another pathetic negative slam and keeps her Clan more hostile. She should know after "35 years of experience" that as she continues this, the chance for party unity diminish. The Clinton folks call us Obamabots, cultists, delusional dreamers, Obummers, etc. They need to see that their candidate is the one who is splitting the Democrats and her rhetoric is one of panic and innuendo. Hillary, just stop.

joanne   February 29th, 2008 11:43 am ET

I am behind Hillary 100%!!!! If she loses I hope Obama can take the heat from the Republicans like a man the way Hillary has from the media and the Obama campaign. My geuss is he'll whine like a baby.

I.D.   February 29th, 2008 11:43 am ET

Oh, Hillary's still a candidate? Wow.

If she weren't so blind with ambition, she'd see the only option left for her is the same one so many of her influential supporters, in growing numbers, continue to take: abandon her campaign and endorse Obama.

Just go away   February 29th, 2008 11:44 am ET

It's over. Go home, Hil.

Deebo   February 29th, 2008 11:44 am ET

I'd rather have a 'blank screen' as President than a practiced politician.
She just doesn't get it - It's to her disadvantage at a time like this to claim experience. I wish everyone would wake up, and learn to vote against the incumbents, no matter what political office they hold. If you see a name on a ballot that you recognize, vote for the person you don't know. This fluidity will keep our Government honest!!!

Jordan Howard   February 29th, 2008 11:45 am ET

What bothers me is that bother these candidates are Democrats and Hilary is talking about Obama like a Republican. I always thought fellow Democrats would help eachother out, and if they do. Then wouldn't Hilary help Obama with some of her valuable experience. when he is President. All she is doing is dividing the party.

M. Miller   February 29th, 2008 11:45 am ET

Yeah Hillary-Its about time someone gave Obama some of his own 'words' to chew on!

noelle   February 29th, 2008 11:45 am ET

he may be a blank screen, but she will always be remembered as the woman who wasn't strong enough to leave her cheating bastard of a husband

Brian   February 29th, 2008 11:45 am ET

There is something very annoying about the smartest one (or worse still, the one who thinks he/she is the smartest) in the room. People just don't like Hillary and it gets worse when she gets backed into a corner.

Bye bye.

Conrad   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

How is she going to explain all this when he's the nominee? Damage control doesn't seem to come all that easy to the Clintons. Definitely going to be hard to keep her Senate seat when NY voters are reminded of all the vicious attacks on a DEMOCRAT. Maybe she's angling for a McCain VP spot.

Joanne   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

Hillary, you are showing your bitterness, again. People are tired of the "same old same old". People easily see through your attempt at Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt tactics.

Stop it!

Kat Williams   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

Obama has not changed many positions because he NEVER actually voted on anything! While in the state senate he did not take a stand and voted "present" and then, yes he did give a speech against the war but then once in the US senate he voted to continue funding it? He also managed to simply miss an important vote of Iran. He is a blank slate and if all you bandwagon jumpers get your way, we are in serious danger. Hillary may not have always voted the way I want (I too have always been against the war) but she has always taken a stand and has the experience to lead this country. Please people the sooner you all realize that a trip on the obama bandwagon is a trip to nowhere, the better off we'll all be-vote for experience and stong leadership. Hillary!

LisaMpls   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

That was not a red phone moment for Hillary. She had time to carefully consider her vote. Plus, she may not have read every single piece of intelligence, but neither did the majority of the senators. Why? Because they were briefed in detail by the very person who wrote the intelligence. I support Hillary 100%!!!

April in Texas   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

Trying again to get a post listed…

I would feel better if Obama answered the phone. One thing many can't deny is Obama is sure quick on those one liners. I can not see another Clinton in the Whitehouse and sadly the repulican politics have swayed me to vote democrat. Most of my adult life its been either a Bush or Clinton in the Whitehouse as I am 38 years old and it was Reagan before these two familys started political shuffle in and out of the Whitehouse.
Its time for someone new who will stand up for the little people in the country. I hope he can change Washington because that is what we need. It will still take us the voters to stay involved in politics and stand firm but together with Obama leading I really think we can change how Washington works because it isnt working the way it is now.

Tom   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

What would you expect from a candidate who feels the nomination should have been handed to her. Enough with the hissy fits!

Bill you forgot to add the kids are in Iraq, a war hillary voted for!

Dana Broxton   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

man, please hillary go away. how is it that obama never utters your name out of his mouth unless responding to your attacks, he is focused on john mccain, you are old news. we all know you are desperate but maybe if you focused on mccain more instead of obama you could actually make some sort of a comeback!!

anything the media asks her she will compare it with obama. if they ask about your childhood would you compare that to obamas childhood as well? and stop taking incompleted lines from his book and trying to turn it against him . it is obvious that he was tallking about a previous maybe younger time in his life
you are becoming almost unbearable now!!!!!

Deloris Rozier   February 29th, 2008 11:46 am ET

Senator Obama just responded to the latest Hillary fear tactic. His response was brilliant. Senator Clinton had her red phone moment and her judgement was poor.

Hillary do not complain when the Obama camp comes out with what you perceive as negative ads.

Continuing to instill fear in the American people is what we are voting against. I hope folks in Texas will not be drawn into this mean spirited last minute fear tactic.

Once again the American people want real change not just surface moments. Senator Clinton you do not understand the art of collaboration– clear and strong leadership verses fighting and dividing folks. We want real change!

Thanks Senator Obama for showing your leadership and ability to bring us together rather than creating an atmosphere of fear and hate.

Joan   February 29th, 2008 11:47 am ET

Did Karl Rove design this ad?

Reminds me of the "wolves" ad Bush ran against Kerry in 2004.

Carl   February 29th, 2008 11:47 am ET

The full quote from The Audacity of Hope:

"Undoubtedly, some of these views will get me in trouble. I am new enough on the national political scene that I serve as a blank screen on which people of vastly different political stripes project their own views. As such, I am bound to disappoint some, if not all, of them. Which perhaps indicates a second, more intimate theme to this book–namely, how I, or anybody in public office, can avoid the pitfalls of fame, the hunger to please, the fear of loss, and thereby retain that kernel of truth, that singular voice within each of us that reminds us of our deepest commitments."

I think that, in full context, Barack speaks for himself. Context is everything. Clinton really should know better.

Lily   February 29th, 2008 11:47 am ET

This is so tiresome that the Obama campaign harps on the decision Senator Clinton, along with many others in Congress, voted on the Iraq war because of misleading information from the Bush administration. She admitted that it was a decision she wished she could retract. I guess Obama voted 'present' on this issue. His only claim to fame is raising that one issue over and over and over again. What if his detractors constantly brought up his drug use and 130 votes of 'present' while being a Senator? That certainly evidences his reluctance to make a definite stand on issues. For one who is such a smooth talker, he ought to speak to decision-making evidence of some import in his Senate record. We don't want another talking head in the White House.

Mike D   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

Bill Murray is right! lol

Stop giving in to these fear tactics, people!

We've been dealing with them for the past seven years!

Roger   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

Blank screen is better than what you get with Hilary. I'll take that blank screen any day over someone who has proven their lack of judgment.

S.M   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

I guess Senator Clinton hasn't done her homework, otherwise she would have known that Senator Obama had been in the State Legislature for eight years, so this qualifies him to be more experienced than she. Even his campaign Manager has more smarts than Hillary.

A   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

Hillary's interpretation is a strong abuse of literature. She desperately tries to compare words in a book–that use trope, imagery, and descriptive language–as ammunition in political rhetoric. If anything, this just exposes her abusive politics and language. Orwell once said, clear language leads to clear thought. It would seem, that her campaign could benefit from some "clear language"

Renee   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

I'm beginning to think we are witnessing a "Walking Nervous Breakdown"
Hillary is insulting our intelligence.

Vickie Oatman   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

So , was Hillary answering the phone during her husband's tenure there? Just because she can answer the phone doesn't mean she is qualified to be Pres any more than her opponents. In fact, she is making one wonder who was running the White House during Bill's Presidency!

Vote for Hillary   February 29th, 2008 11:48 am ET

You can hope and promote change. If you're talking about what Bush did and other did, it means you're not promoting change. Mr. Obama's can talk about his plans. He copies Hiliary's ideas on Nafa. In teh dedate, I" agree after condeming her for NAFA."

How can talk about changes in the future if he doesn't have any clues or expreince . An expereinced leader undertsand the past issues adn devleivered the actions. This man should come with ideas and action plans instead of delviver fancy speeches.
Like Bush, Bush used fancy phrases all time before he elected. If Obama wins, I'll for Nader and convert myself to Independent part.

Dee   February 29th, 2008 11:49 am ET

Was that Chelsea sleeping on the new ad?

Vince   February 29th, 2008 11:49 am ET

I agree - Bill Murray's is the most spot on!

Ellen   February 29th, 2008 11:49 am ET

The answer to Hillary's ad is obvious: Which Hillary is going to answer the phone? Angry Hillary? Crying Hillary? Mocking Hillary? Conciliatory Hillary? It's like playing Russian roulette!

JarryHames   February 29th, 2008 11:49 am ET

Hillary is really turning into a hag! I've seen this woman moan and complain over the past few weeks non stop. Everyone is taking jabs a Obama. He must be doing something right. It seems like he's the target from Bush, McCain to Hillary. I think that they're mad because people are actually listening and voting for Obama. Yes, he is young and doesn't have much experience. WE ALL KNOW THAT! We are also voting for him because maybe that is what we need to get this country back on track. I don't see where experience has helped over the past 7+ years. Do you? Hillary should get on her broom and fly back to New York state. I'm so sick of her!!!

Lisa - NY   February 29th, 2008 11:49 am ET

I can see the future now:
Year 1010 - Obama president

US makes deals with terrorist
US no longer a super power
US economy sinks

What happened?
Americans believed in words and not actions
Americans needed a big change… and they got one!!

Tom   February 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

Besides Hillary is used to answering the phone at 3am trying to find out where Bill is!!

Susan, Orlando   February 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

I am so sick of this "He opposed the war" mantra. The fact is he was not in the senate for the vote so he does not know what he would have done under those circumstances. And as aptly pointed out, he voted for everything Hillary, et. al voted for once he got into the senate. I also take issue with the fact that if he was so against the war…why did he vote to fund it and why did he support the surge. And, if he is so opposed to the war and constantly goes after HIllary for her vote on the war, how does he justify soliciting support from all the other senators and representatives who voted for the war (i.e., Edwards, Lewis, Kennedy). If he were truly a man of principal and the messiah he presents himself to be, he would either shut up about his vote and not make that an issue, or…not chummy up with those who did vote for the war just to get their endorcements and superdelegate votes. How many of those superdelegates voted for the war? And how many has he pandered to? He is a politician and obsessed with becoming president, period. No better and no worse than the others and just like the others, has selective principals.

Tex'un   February 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

Let's put Hillary's "expertise" in conrtext. She voted for the invasion of Iraq without reading the available intelligence briefing. Later, she claimed that she had been "briefed" on the document, but no one has come forward to say that he or she briefed her. No one on her staff had appropriate security clearance to access the document at the time. She has a major credibility problem with me!

Shannon   February 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

IF he was in the senate he would've voted not to invade Iraq, but he wasn't!!! Enough said

Kathy   February 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

The moderator hasn't liked my comments lately–no profanity but just the honest truth. Has anyone ever gone to the hospital without insurance? well, very, Humiliating, diffuclt to explain and I don't think The President's position is for on the job training. Will Obama have his writers next to him when answering the phones??? Is there a prepared speech which he can deliver? ..Wake-up, Vote for Hillary………………

Rick   February 29th, 2008 11:50 am ET

Anyone that can honestly look themselves in the mirror and say that they actually trust Hillary Clinton and her judgement are not dealing with reality. You do not have to look very far to find all sorts of incriminating information on Hillary and Bill and how they have feathered their nests on their public service. They came to Washington with not much money. They were almost broke due to Bill's legal problems when he left office- and Hillary is able to loan her campaign $5MM in January? Wow! Looks like government jobs pay pretty well. Don't you think we all should see where that money is coming from? I agree with the above comments. If Hillary did not have enough common sense to vote against the Iraq war in the first place - like some of her senate peers - then I don't want her answering the phone. She changes her message depending on who she is talking to. Get real!!

jonathan   February 29th, 2008 11:51 am ET

wow i just realized something when i was watching McCain this morning he is left handed as well as Obama
maybe you guys could get someone in your studio who is an expert on left handed people and what that could mean for the election
wow 2 south paws pawing on the issues of this country as they set their eyes on the the white house

DeeNC   February 29th, 2008 11:51 am ET

it absolutely amazes me how Hilary Clinton, keep claiming she has all of this experience. She was the 1st lady.. whoopee!!! Then she touts her senate record.. people please do you home work. check out the library of congress site to. you might be enlightened a little bit. Then speaks about readiness on day one, she will be ready on day one to call Bill and ask him what to do. her true colors are coming out, every thign that comes from her campaign is reeking of panic and dispair, every dirty political trick in the book is now being used, old washington politics at it best.

Praetorian, Ft. Myers, FL   February 29th, 2008 11:51 am ET

If the President gig doesn't work out for Hillary…

She could create her own reality show: "Desperate Candidates of New York"…we could get hold of Rudi Guliani, and of course Hillary, and perhaps……

Franky, New York, NY   February 29th, 2008 11:51 am ET

Hillary is right (and generous) in even calling him a 'blank screen'. He's as empty as a clay pot. I wouldn't let Barack Obama answer the phone to a Domino's pizza order…Hillary is the real leader, with the real experience and the real agent of real change.

Go Madame President!!!

jeremy   February 29th, 2008 11:52 am ET

Oh hillary,

you make yourself look more foolish each and every time you take a jab at mr. obama.

just because you lived in the white house doesn't mean that you have the capacity to be president. i really don't want somebody that voted to allow our country invade another country based on lies to head our policy. if you were so smart you wouldn't have voted to invade!

get over yourself and work with a person that can unite a country. your polarization is reminds me of the neo-conservatives.

Meghan   February 29th, 2008 11:52 am ET

Hillary you lost the trust of the American people when you voted for the Iraq war. Your husband called it an emotional vote. Do you really think you should be the one answering calls in the White House at any hour?

MattOhio   February 29th, 2008 11:52 am ET

Check out Austan Goolsbee and CanadaTV drama…They are saying the story is true. Obama is gone……

amber   February 29th, 2008 11:52 am ET

I surely don't want an inexperienced, naive, empty promising Obama to answer that lil red phone. If he gets the nomination…bend over and grab your ankles, people.

KC   February 29th, 2008 11:52 am ET

It's Obama who called himself "blank screen", not Hillary. The article's subject is misleading.

Of course Obama is blank and empty, besides his words. Folks, research, research.

kevin from alaska   February 29th, 2008 11:52 am ET

Hillary Clinton looks like a parody of Karl Rove.

Aaron   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

Her ad is further fear mongering. I love that shes been flaunting her "experience" as the pillar of her campaign against Obama in an attempt to run again John McCain… Who would trumph any cries of experience she has to offer. She's only in this race because shes married to the former president. She's only in washington because she's married to the former president. She continues to use devisive and fear mongering tactics to try and bring down the democratic party.

She claims to be the clear choice for a strong and suffiecient leader, but yet she continues to have public crying events to help her campaign. Because you know… nothing says stoic stregnth and leadership like crying in front of the world during a democratic primary…

Jeremy PA   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

Im sick of Hillary Clinton ms experience what she lived in the white house for 8 years and now she is riding Her Husbands Coattails to try and become president. I say its time for a change in this country. Get rid of the old politics and welcome the new. Vote Change.
Yes We Can! Obama 08

Jbecks   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

Just go away Hil. Your worse for Democrats then Nader could ever dream of being.

Jared   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

Wow, her claws keep getting sharper. Hell hath no fury as a woman scorned. I wouldn't vote for her to be President of my condo board. What a poor sport - don't spend your 30 million of retirement savings in one place!

Kat Williams   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

I agree, for the good of the democratic party and the good of the country, someone should drop out…Obama! Let a real leader take over. We need her in this very dangerous time. So, Barack, step aside and let the right person for the job lead us out of this mess. Do it for the party, the country, the world!
Hillary 08!!

Kim   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

Why does the Clinton campaign fail to realize that the American public, and in particular the portion of the American public that votes in primary elections, is not stupid?

daisy   February 29th, 2008 11:53 am ET

Is it true that Obama refuses to salute the flag? I heard from my sister in law in TN that he refuses to salute the flag. What kind of president would he make? We'll all be wearing Muslim garb and walking 10 paces behind the men. Vote Hillary! At least we'll be respected internationally, we'll have health care, a better ( and safer) quality of life and our economy will be better.

sherrie50   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

Go Hillary! You will win even if you lose.

Vote for Hillary   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

You can talk about hope and promote change. If you're talking about what Bush did and other did, it means you're not promoting change. Mr. Obama's can talk about his plans. He copies Hiliary's ideas on Nafa. In teh dedate, I" agree after condeming her for NAFA."

How can talk about changes in the future if he doesn't have any clues or expreince . An expereinced leader undertsand the past issues adn devleivered the actions. This man should come with ideas and action plans instead of delviver fancy speeches.
Like Bush, Bush used fancy phrases all time before he elected. If Obama wins, I'll for Nader and convert myself to Independent part.

Obama had bad judgment in voting for Chavo's case. I'm sure he had bad judgment not show ing up for the NATO sub commttees. He has skeltons in his closets. EXCUSES, EXUCSES!

Michael "C" in Lorton, Virginia   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

Hillary Clinton is always defending her "status quo" in debates with Obama long past the time when her "quo has lost its status".

JH   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

Obama can change everything and can do everything. That is not truth. He is big lies. He cannot trust. He like drug and made people crize. This is total wrong. CNN need 100% responsible for this. They favour Obama.

Dixon, Des Moines Iowa   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

This is why I will not vote for Hillary. She cries when it is convenient, gets angry when we believe in hope and whines when she is behind in the polls. This is old school politics and something most of us want to avoid. It is good to see candates like Obama and McCaine who try to stick to issues and not name calling.

Claire, Austin, TX   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

Something smells a bit desperate, don't you think?

BJ   February 29th, 2008 11:54 am ET

Would that be like the same call Hillary answered sending our young men and women to war to fight a war that never should have happen……Yes, I want Obama to take the next call.

Nicki   February 29th, 2008 11:55 am ET

Wow, I didnt realize how desperate she was. Keep searching and making her self look bad in the process. Instead of reinforcing her strengths she is trying to find his weakness. Go out with the little dignity you have left.

Democrat Sheep Obama/Clinton 08   February 29th, 2008 11:55 am ET

Obama always defers to the Iraq War on all issues

Mothers in Ohio For Obama - MOFO   February 29th, 2008 11:55 am ET

We definitely DO NOT want Hillary answering that phone @ 3am. The first time she answered, we wound up in Iraq!!! She's a scary lady.

Obama '08

Lisa   February 29th, 2008 11:55 am ET

Reject Repubilicans picking out nominee. Hillary hasn't done anything I consider negative or fear mongering. She is pointing out the facts, and we all need to find many sources before giving Obama any more of a free ride.

Many Republicans are voting against Hillary not for Barack and have admitted they will switch there votes in November.

Republicans have already started debateing Barack as if he is already the Democratic nominee, perpetuating the belief that Hillary has no chance to win.

Democrats are we going to let the Republicans pick our nominee and then watch as they destroy him in the November election??? Wake up Hillary can beat the Republicans!!! Obama cannot because he doesn't have the experience!!!!

Deana   February 29th, 2008 11:55 am ET

LOL Obamanites are such babies, they may whine me to death before the primaries are over.

hs   February 29th, 2008 11:55 am ET

I love how CNN made the headline look like Clinton said herself that Obama is a blank screen, when in fact she was quoting what _he_ said in his own book. Way too many things being taken out of context in this campaign by all sides.

Yankee Dog   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

Poor Hillary — her attacks are falling on deaf ears. It is clear she is the wrong person at the wrong time for America.

I keep looking back over the past twenty years of Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, and yet Bush again…. Is this country stuck in some crazy Bush/Clinton cycle? Certainly we are better than that. The Democrat field in 08 was very, very strong, and it seems clear at this point that Obama is going to be the choice of those who want real change!

RP   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

Hillary is now running ads for McCain? That's an ad that he might have put up. I hate to break it to Hillary, but we reject and denounce fear. We are ready to move this country into a better future.

Martin   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

I wonder how many people on here are paid by the campaigns to write comments for every story that comes up on cnn.com and push their candidate's talking points…

That said, Clinton's moves over the last few days have struck me as very desperate. As someone who, up until recently, would have been happy with either candidate, her smear campaigns have definitely turned me off. I don't really know why I thought she was above that, but for some reason I did. Shame on me.

John   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

If, Obama has any sense, which I doubt, he knows that Hillary is the
best qualified of all the candidates. He is too green to be prersident. He hasn't done anything but smear the great job that the Clintons have done for our country. He doesn't know how to debate. How can he talk to world leaders, if he can't even win one debate? he needs to sit back and learn from Hillary, then after her 8 great years of leadership, he will have some idea about how to talk.

Hillary has Multiple Personalities   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

Hillary answers the phone??? She would curse you for filth!!! She could care less about your children neither mine. You Hillary supporters are so wrapped around the axel that you don’t see how catty and conniving she is. When did she get presidential experience? I guess I could apply for a position as a Sr. SQA Engineer since my husband is one – I’m a co-SQA Engineer. let's see if that flies with the DoD.

Thank God for Obama!!!!

George   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

Hillary's tactics here are "conduct unbecoming". Stick to the issues..

Hawkeye   February 29th, 2008 11:56 am ET

The only blank screen will be hers on March 5th. What a desperate person she has become. She has called ole dog Billy into the fray and still doesn/t understand that he costs her votes. NOT a bright person. whoa is me????

sarah   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

As Hillary's latest ad proclaims - “Your vote will decide who answers the call." She's right! People - a vote for Hillary in the promaries is a vote for McCain in the general election.

Hillary has a huge negative side with a good bit of this country & Republicans who would not otherwise vote will vote AGAINST her. Don't let Hillary SPOIL the general election for democrats. If you really want a Democrat in the White House "get real" and vote Obama.

Obama is inspiring (just look at the voting numbers) and truly offers a different way of doing things…he can surround himself with the EXPERIENCE that he needs and offer a new & fresh perspective in the White House. America is a joke to the rest of the world - lets' show everyone that we won't stand for that. Get Bush & the Republicans out. They did enough permanent damage to our foreign policy and national policy (check out our new Supreme Court). Let Barack get in there & try to undo some of the damage that has been done.

norris/vancouver   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

Obama is a blank screen. He has politically avoided taking any tough stands so that he can win this race. He's a calculating politican and people are falling for his platform which has always been on issues that no one can argue with. "We want unity yada yada yada."
Hillary has been tested, not only in politics but also from consistent attacks by the GOP. She has endured. The GOP have attacked her, WHY? because she is a formidable foe. Obama won't last against McCain. He already has shown his colours with the inane commet about IRAQ, that McCain picked up in a nano second.
Wake up people!
Barrack can't keep living off his past IRAQ vote. That's history.

Judgement trumps experience (especially the wrong experience)   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

Judgement trumps experience any day. If you have a track record of making the wrong decisions this means your judgement is flawed. That is the fundamental issue. That is why she can not admit that she made the wrong decision in voting for the war because she would then have to concede that her thought process on the most critical issue/vote in her EXPERIENCE led her down the wrong path.

Additionally the whole notion that Obama has no track record or experience is a myth. The Clinton campaing and others have put this misinformation out there.

Mr. Plouffe said it right "….Clinton has already had her red phone moment. It was the decision whether to allow George Bush to invade Iraq…." She made the wrong decision.

Barock   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

I can't wait to see her conceding speech at the night of Mar 4

Al C.   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

It's 3am and clearly Hillary is up watching Saturday Night Live reruns since that is where this whole comment originated with Dana Carvey doing his Bush impression!!!!!!! That's what we need a president who takes cues from a late night comedy show.

Henry Hardcawber   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

At 3am it can only be the Hillary-GOP robo-call machine sowing seeds of fear into the hearts of billions.

marge   February 29th, 2008 11:57 am ET

One mistake is too many. Do not fall in a trap like re-electing Bush in 2004. What a mistake that was!

Hillary is more like BUSH than even Mccain!!!! Arrogant,Stubborn,Secretive,,Never can admit she's made a mistake.
Look at how she runs her campaign!!!!! Is that the leadership you want in the WH??????

Eva   February 29th, 2008 11:58 am ET

Obama keeps mentioning how he was against the war from the get-go, but he was not in a position of power to actually do anything. Those in the Senate were and are responsible for the safety of all Americans, and at the time it did look like America was under threat from Iraq. The Senate voted 77-23 to authorize war in Iraq and most Americans were then for the war. Every time someone asks Obama why he would be ready on Day 1 he says oh I was against the war from the start. He never mentions anything else, like what qualifications he has.

houston for Obama   February 29th, 2008 11:58 am ET

We will not be scared by our leaders anymore

OBAMA 08

NYC Native   February 29th, 2008 11:58 am ET

Mccain "a change we can live with" ???? He'lll keep us in a ruinous war for generations to come - a ruinous war that Hillary voted for!

CClaudia   February 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET

These Obama-zombies are so dilusional. But once he gets elected and destroys the country, he will be exposed.

The woman is right and with that kind of record or lack thereof he has no business in running the country.

And for someone who apparantly "inspires", Obama's supporters are so full of hate and vitriol. He has done more to seperate the party than to unify. Good grief.

JD   February 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET

So much for drawing contrasts and having a substantive debate on the issues. Clinton continues to launch personal attacks on Obama, and I for one have been completely turned off to her candidacy because of it.

kb from Iowa   February 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET

I wish the people saying they will switch parties if their Democratic candidate doesn't get elected would stop showing their political ignorance. There are fundamental differences between the Democratic and the Republican parties. The next president will choose the next supreme court justice. This will have consequences on your day to day life. The Republican party favors the money makers in our society. If you don't have a lot of money that needs protecting, you may not want to 'be' a Republican for this election. Make sure you know the ramifications of your choices. This isn't your child's soccer game.

Chuck Huckaba   February 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET

I think Hillary is really scared that she is going to get beat in the election so she is just grasping for anything she can to stay afloat. Don't know about everyone else, but I personnally am really sick and tired of the Clintons and their time in the White House. If be chance Hillary does happen to win the Democratic Nomination, I guess I will nit vote in the election. Hope there's still room in Canada???

Charlotte   February 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET

Here he goes again, I didn't vote for the war in Iraq. Is that all there is to him, I didn't do it, she did it? What a joke he is.

Waaaahhh   February 29th, 2008 11:59 am ET

There you go again Hillary. Another example of applying wishful thought to a partial quote. Another misrepresentation of what Senator Obama wrote.

Now she makes statements on a book she's never read. Amazing.

And to all those people who claim that republican's are doing this and that in the Democratic primaries. It has been proven that those with republican voting records make up less that 7 percent. That means that their votes aren't that significant.

Mani, NJ   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

Obama is a "blank" screen. The man is very intelligent however, we all know he has only made it this far because of his forceful rhetoric. Even his "change" platform is nothing but a shallow campaign slogan but its enough that there are some Americans who are falling for it. His ideas are completely unoriginal and he has no plan for change. Of course, he can not be scrutized the way McCain and Hillary are because he has not been around long enough so we really do not know what his positions are. For example, he keeps using his position against the Iraqi war as a valid stand against something. But he was not even in the Senate to have a say, so he could not have voted yes or no. Its very easy to say what you have done but there is no validity inless he was actually in a position to vote. In addition, Ted Kennedy, one of Obama's vast supporters even casted the same vote Hillary did but no one will ever mention that.

David C.   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

I am sick and tired of hearing the Obama campaign go on and on about how Barack Obama had nothing to do with declaring war on Iraq. If he were in the Senate when the vote happened, I guarantee you that he would have said yes to going in. I believe it is silly to continue spreading such notions.

Steve   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

That phone call at 3 in the morning will be from the Washington Police department letting her know that her husband was caught getting head from two hot chicks in the back of the Lemo while driving down the wrong side of the road and that she needs to send someone to get him.

Natasha   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

Desperation is not a good look Senator Clinton!!! Was that the dishwasher you tried launching at Senator Obama? Shame on you Hillary Clinton. Positions change because times change. Experience should have taught you that!!!

hms   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

In the state senate, on more than 4,000 votes, Obama voted "present"
Obama even voted "present" on a bill involving sexual abuse that he had sponsored himself - saying he discovered legal questions after its introduction.
he has not held a single hearing on Afghanistan since JANUARY 2007, and he agrees that Al qaeda is there.

And no OBAMa didn't have the red phone moment. He wasn't even in the senate and had no acess to any intelligence.. He just gave an ideological speeach. THAT"S ALL…Kennedy and Kerry who support Obama now, voted for the war…

So people, don't be so biased that you miss your red phone moment.. MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION FOR AMERICA!!!!

sascha   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

Mrs. Clinton, are you kidding? I just know one person, who completely changed its oppinions about NAFTA and the war in iraque: It's not our opponent, it's you! "Experienced" people like Mr. Bush and you are responsible for the war, that made the world more unsafe! If experience means "do do unwise decisions" than I am very happy, that Mr. Obama has not as much experience as you..

Young, Independent Chica   February 29th, 2008 12:00 pm ET

I am voting for Obama on Tuesday. I really would prefer him to be our president. We could relate to him. All the others are old-looking.

California Independent   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

Ya think? I can support Clinton or McCain. People choose not to pay attention to the obvious. Obama's whole campaign is based on this premise. HE calls himself a 'vessel' that you can fill with what? Suck it up, it's going to be disappointment.

stubby   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

at first i was like, i just want a change from the normal. i was ok with clinton or obama. just call me flipper!

now with all this negative, name calling and stuff she pulling I for OBAMA

Jason VA   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

Everything Carl Rove learned about running a campaign, he learned from the Clintons. The fact that you are all upset now when one of your guys is being attacked proves what hypocritical sheep the lot of you are. You don't care about clean politics. You just want clean politics for your guy.

I'm surprised how quickly CNN turned on the Clintons though.

Anonymous   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

I have no once heard him say what he thinks. He did not have to vote on it so how can people know what he would have voted for?He has not one time said anything different then Hillary it's always i agree with Hillary.Why can't this man think for himself and not always need someone to answer for him. He has never had one question ask to him first in a Debate and as for a Debate lets have a real Debate between Hillary and Obama.

Ed, Santa Fe, NM   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

Will someone shut her up with her stupid name calling, scare tactics, and negative no-content crap.

The more desperate she becomes the more negative she gets.

Every time time opens her stupid mouth she proves she's unable to handle "a situation" with her shrill comments.

GO OBAMA '08

Dave   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

I have had enough of Hillary.

Obama will be getting my vote.

Dave

Chuck Huckaba   February 29th, 2008 12:01 pm ET

Go Obama! Hillary, admit it, you are just riding Bill's short coat-tails because you are no more experienced than I am for President! One thing you may be more experienced at and that is speniding the taxpayer's money!!!

Naren Patel   February 29th, 2008 12:02 pm ET

"But there is something very appealing (about Sen. Obama), and people have a right to vote for whomever they want." - a quote from Sen. Clinton.
Sen. Clinton:
You are right, it is very appealing to vote for Sen. Obama, and I will, but not for you now or Republican Sen McCain later. Barack Obama is a fresh voice of hope, sacrifice, charisma and leadership. Compared to him both you and Sen. McCain are outdated, loaded with far overstated and overvalued experience indebted to Washington lobbists.
I very much hope that because of your strong and at times mad desire to be the next President, you and Bill Clinton will not undo whatever good both of you have done for our country and the Democratic Party. Thank you.

Renee   February 29th, 2008 12:02 pm ET

Is this woman actually paying Top Dollar to Campaign Managers for this kind of advice….Amazing!!!!

Wayne   February 29th, 2008 12:02 pm ET

Obama was an elected public official in the Illinois state senate for a full 5 years before Hillary won her first election in 2002. So much for her having more experience. Obama never challenged her on this.

Patty   February 29th, 2008 12:02 pm ET

Obama is a hypocrite. He keeps saying Hillary gave the wrong answer when she okayed going to war ___when he never even had to VOTE on it because he was not in the senate. But in the debate he said he would go into ANY country if he had to, and he wants to go into Pakistan and bomb Pakistan without their knowledge. He is not someone I want watching over me for my security!
Vote Hillary—You Go Girl!

Tom from NJ   February 29th, 2008 12:02 pm ET

If I felt, trapped with no way out but to fight, with all certainty I would behave exactly as Senator Clinton is now. However if a Leader of the free world is going to driven by emotions, and dogma. Succumbing to dirty propaganda Ads. I think that speaks to the question of her character as a person, not a woman.
This country has enough issues without any candidate losing focus for a moment. Stay on the issue. What will America's role be in a World where Oil sales for over 200.00 USD/barrel. Senator Clinton please think about tomorrow. Everyone what's to see America's live up it's greatness.

raouf   February 29th, 2008 12:03 pm ET

If I were Hilary, I'd hurry for the hill or should this be 'Hill-hurry'

Dylan from CA   February 29th, 2008 12:03 pm ET

More Republican-esque fear-monger from the Clinton campaign. I am realliy looking forward to her concession speech on March 5th.

wasforhillary   February 29th, 2008 12:03 pm ET

I was going to vote for hillary in the upcoming texas primary, but I am not going to now. I saw her new ad and it really turned me off. I am tired off weak candidates trying to get votes through fear. Lets think about… how many of our best presidents scared us into voting for them?

George Bush scared us into voting for him and it is now VERY clear that Gore or Kerry would have done a much better job. You really have to question a candidate who uses fear as a motivating force… I think they always end up being weak when the actual going get tough. I want my children to have a bright future. I don't want them to live in fear. Enough.

I will now choose between McCain or Obama. Grow up Hillary and get real.

Chuck Huckaba   February 29th, 2008 12:04 pm ET

Patricia, really like your comment on Hillary! I was beginnig to wonder if I was the only one who noticed about her so-called bragging!

Arkie in Little Rock   February 29th, 2008 12:04 pm ET<