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Go away Clinton. You have no business anywhere near the Whitehouse. Take your sleezy politics with you.

Obviously. Because hillary says anything against barack she is wining. If barack says anything against hillary he is praised for it.

::::yawn::::

people... please

As always she will say, and do anything. He has children of his own, and does she think he would put his own in danger? Hillary you are dismissed, get over it you are yesterdays news.

After Tuesday, Nobody will be calling Hillary.

At this point Hillary is unfortunately is doing what comes across as a hot-cold-hot personality. A male condidate would have been written off long ago. Very unfortunate. I think she has the smarts but not the control over her own emotions-how can she build any consensus with others. I wish she and Bill had shown more skills of being able to build a bridge between Democrats and Republicans viewpoints in helping the country.

Obama is doing everything to fool people to vote for him. He doesn's have any standard. He can change his promises to please diffenrent people.

Can I trust him?

NO!

Great comeback, Obama, NICe try. You're scared to answer the phone. I used to clap for you, but you speeches are no prolblem solving.

HEY CNN, stop deleting my posts.. you don't censor the Obamaniacs posting hate filled comments about HRC, but I can't post facts about Obama without being CENSORED!

Perhaps the ticket may looks like this on obama/clinton ors it coulds be lookin like clinton/obama.

O lordy please helps us.

The only thing we have to fear is Hillary herself. And McCain.

I like his response. For those thinking Clinton is not spreading fear, I would ask you "Why would the President of the United States get a call at 3 a.m. if not because of an emergency?" If your a parent, why else would you get a call at 3 a.m? Barack Obama's answer was appropriate - it's not who do you want to answer the phone, it's what decision would that person be making and is it the best decision? If it's to go to war or not, you only get one opportunity to get it right. Some would say (not Clinton supporters) he got it right. So, if he was the one answering the phone on the war for Iraq at 3 a.m., we know what his answer would have been

We should be scared if Obama is our next president. We all have seen what ignorance of the job can get us. I just wonder how Obama is going to reward all of the media for getting him that job. Talk about owing favors to big business. I have voted in every election since I turned 18, and this is the first time that I feel that I have no voice. And if Obama is the Democratic candidate, It will be the first time I stay home. We had a chance to make history and we blew it. Obama is the first black man to run for the Presidency.? If we truly believe that this country is not racist, then he is just another man running for the presidency. But I guess that is HIStory.

The only thing we have to fear is Hillary herself.

Obama,

You are living in a dream world that everything will be perfect and that all your plans will work as you have written them. However, plans never work as wanted and you have no backups or contigencies if they fail. That scares the crap out of me frankly. You are the man of change alright.. when one thing fails completely change it and act like it was that way the whole time.

David,
I like Obama because of his position on Veteran's Affairs and the implimentability of his Health Care Plan. That he is an intelligent man that thinks through the consequences and lives by the value his mother and grandparents taught him is a bonus.

i dont see anything wrong with her ad? to be honest i think i will vote for hillary now that its getting closer to march 4th here in ohio- i just think she would do alot better and after i seen Obama on "ellen" i know my vote will be right!!! i dont want a president to be in the whote house the first day and say this is really cool all day!- get to work- and hillary would do that!

I've seen some of his ads in Texas.....he must think you all are really gullable. Senator Obama did not single handedly do anything in the Senate. Check his record!!!!!!!!!!!!

His ad is a sham!

This is definitely a "scare" ad that turns off many voters, including me.

Come on Clinton. Be original and stick to the issues. Guess there aren't any, right?

Give it up!

Who do I want answering the phone at 3am? Barack Obama – enough said

I have to say, I find it odd senator obama's supporters are so angry all the time. Isn't your candidate the one of hope and against negativity, because if he is that message isn't getting through to his supporters. You need to calm down and stop being so negative, it will do your candidate no good come November (if he the nominee for the democrats).

Hillary in WHITE HOUSE scares me...

I would rather have good judgement answering the phone, not someone who uses fear mongering by picturing their opponent as a radical islamic terrorist that kills children in their sleep. I have lost any respect i had for hillary only based on her desperate attempts to sway the public from a movement that can change the world. She's experienced only in doing things wrong.

Let's all vote so that Senator Obama can answer the phone. At 3 O'clock
in the morning, no one wants to hear Hillary's voice, and John McCain
won't even hear the telephone ringing.

OBAMA 08.

Hey junebug, i agree with you, we need to stop all this fightin on CNN.

CNN are good folks....................they just like to stir a thing or to up.

Obama is ALMOST laughable....his followers blog every word out of his mouth....he says Hillary goes negative...then scores of "HATE MAIL" appear on CNN...he says Hillary's Ad is one of fear, the SCORES of "HATE MAIL" calling Hillary a fear-monger appears on CNN....

Wow...who would ever believe one person could "CONTROL" so many people? I have heard his speeches. The first one, I almost jumped on Obama's band wagon myself! However, I always ask myself the question:
Remember when you were so crazy about Carter? Look what happened!

I have a lot of Respect for Mr. Carter today because he has become invaluable to the USA in helping good causes. However, his presidency led me to vote Republican four years later.

Mr. Obama is very comfortable on stage. That is where his role should be. He has a God-given talent for speaking.

He stumbles at the debates. He orginally said he would sit down with ANY Dictator...then later amended his answers. He sits behind Clinton's questions, and agrees with her, and then tries to embellish her answer for his own benefit. He does not want to "give up" the Kennedy endorsement, although Clinton won that state, then TURNS around and complains the other SuperDelegates are not voting the way their state does.

It takes a great deal of courage to put up with the "FALSE" misleading statements Mr. Obama has said of Clinton, yet, he MAKES issues about a picture that was on HIS website, His Middle name, and discounts EVERYONE else around him that disagrees with his point of view.

I personally have a motto "Change or Die." I believe in change. However, NOT ONE SINGLE IMPORTANT CHANGE in my life occurred without me taking ACTION FIRST.

Mr. Obama has shown INACTION on one of the Most Important opportunities in the Senate he had. Inaction folks...then he says that inaction will be different once he is president.

Well my friends...you CANNOT ignore or miss an opportunity to make a difference. Mr. Obama missed his, and then rationalized the "WHY" away. I am surprised Obama supporters are NOT calling him to task on that? How do you EVER plan to hold him accountable as President.

I really would like to know.

Obama was not in the senate and did not have a vote on invading Iraq. He was not privy to the same information that Hillary was at the time. Remember that we were an angry, hurting nation at that time.

What I find interesting is that according to Obama, when he withdraws the troops, he plans on leaving somes special forces there for an indefinate period of time. Doesn't sound like withdrawal to me.

I'm scared of an Obama presidency. I'll end up with no paycheck, no civil rights but the bright side is that he will make us all hope for a quick change of presidents.

Talk about driving the bus......putting Senator Obama in charge of our national security, job, economy, and everything else is like having someone without a license driving the bus.........crash.

And then Senator Clinton will lead the way to get the damage fixed. Only thing is if we the voters do not get her into the White House, Senator Obama will have no one to follow.

"Because the question is not about picking up the phone. The question is: What kind of judgment will you make when you answer?"

This my friend (am I plagiarising?), is how you fight this fear mongering Clinton ad.

Obama just owned Clinton with this response.

Latino for Obama '08

Skip, you said it, Obama would forward the call to someone who might know what to do because he sure doesn't. ll of you who say for Clinton to drop out are nuts, she is not that far behind and if she drops out or if Obama is the nom for dems. McCain will win automatically, the only way that the dems will win is if Obama drops out, that may unite the party. If he is the VP it may unite the party. But if he gets it, then Mccain is a shoe in. You don't get it. Clinton backers are VERY STRONG ON EXPERIENCE, IF WE CAN'T GET IT FROM THE DEMS WE'LL GET IT FROM MCCAIN. Obama is the one dividing the party, not Clinton.

Hey Mickie in PA, George W. Bush had NO experience in foreign affairs. That's Clinton's point. As for JFK, he had a TON of overseas experience. Read some of his background. His father was a diplomat and he spent years traveling and meeting with foreign dignitaries.

Thank you poster John Johnson for a perfect display of the result of the fear mongering mentality.

Bad ad!!! What we should fear (and reject) are those wo spread fear!!

I think people like Obama because it seems the man has good character and the speech he gives.

If you were looking to fill an executive position, would you hire the candidate with excellent interviewing skills but no record of achievement?

HRC wouldn't answer the phone, she'll be stealing china, or chasing Bill from flirting with other leaders wives, or destroying evidence, or lying, or using our tax dollars for her special interest, or crying, or whining, or trying to quickly make her records/taxes available, or talking about her 95 years of experience answering phones

CNN, why you deleted my comment??? Ridiculous!!!

Obama doesn't have good judgement. The number one responsibility as president is to protect his country from DANGER. Do you need another 9-11????

I truly hope Barack Obama is elected President just so all the Americans that think Hillary's supporters are blind can feel really duped when he does nothing and ends up raising taxes because he has no way to pay to for anything and we have another Carter-like administration.

DEMOCRATS REMEMBER–Half the people on this board are REPUBLICANS!!! They want us divided. Every time you read a nasty comment, it is a REPUBLICAN. DO NOT BE FOOLED!!!!

Someone please tell me one piece of foreign policy experience Hillary has? Just one .... Other than voting for the Iraq War.

Didn't Obama use scare tactics with his healthcare brochure???

Didn't Obama use scare tactics in his NAFTA ad??

He absolutely did. This guy can get away with anything.

I would want Hillary to answer the phone, without question. Her experience is far more appealing to me than Obama's sound bites.

Hey what in the world is happening here. Let the people vote for who ever them wants.

It's definately scare tactics!! How can you Hillary supporters be SO BLIND!
It's not that we're following Obama like he's a messiah, you guys are just upset because the people want someone like Obama and NOT Billary!
Change means someone new, with new ideas and prespectives. He's a very smart and HONEST man. He will lead America forward and give meaning to the term 'American dream' again, he has some very great ideas for this country! We need someone to take us into the future since lately we've been going backwards instead of forward!

Obama is the future, the world will look at us with a new light if he's our president, they will know we as a nation have changed for the better and become that great nation we were always meant to be, but thanks to our corrupt government these last couple years we haven't fulfilled that.
Hillary is the same old politics that haven't done anything for the American people, REMEMBER it will ALWAYS be her interests first, she only says she cares about the people so she can get their vote. But I mean come on now, how much has she really done? Send our kids to Iraq? Meanwhile Obama was out protesting the war (theres video footage of him in 2002).
No more fear mongering politians like Hillary, McCain, and Bush!!

OBAMA 2008!!!

The hillary camp has nothing, Its really quite amusing, lets get on with the general election already!

It IS a scary thought if obama was the one who was elected President.......

I can't believe how low the Clinton's will go. I would not vote for her for dogcatcher, and that is quite an insult to the dog catchers employed around the world

Who gets scared of an ad???? You should be scared trusting someone without any experience to handle crucial decisions... Obama keeps on bringing up reasons of voting for and against Iraq as good judgement but that is already in the past.. and aside from Iraq there so many issues out there like healthcare, foreign policy, jobs, etc, etc.. The ad is a wake up call to people to decide which candidate represents readiness and the answer for me is Hillary...

OBAMA, STOP WHINING!

Politics is a filthy business and you have done some dirty, underhanded things yourself, so if you can't swim with the big kids go back to the kiddie pool.

You haven't seen anything yet and if you do become the Democratic nominee this will all seem as if Hillary has been throwing roses at you.

If you can't hack it, get out now, It's going to get a whole lot tougher and uglier, so grow up or shut up! We need a Democrat with guts and thick skin if we are to take back the White House in '09!

Hillary hasn't shown good judgement during the day! It is frightening to think of what kind of mistakes she would make in the middle of the night! Come on Camp Clinton, you can come up with something better than this 3:00am junk, it is almost as bad as Day One.

Barack Obama leaves nothing negative unanswered. Once again, the cream has risen to the top.

Does any of this really suprise anyone.
I think the only 1 thing we can expect from any Politicians Campaign is that they will do, say anything to get a vote.

The Campaign is sort of like QVC where they watch and analyze what the reactions are to what they say and depending on the way people react they will continue with the Point or not.

All those republicans in texas that are voting for obama, better worry bout McCain winning in Texas instead of making sure they're running against obama in November. Huckabee might have a bigger surprise for ya'll than the one you're trying to pull on the Dems.

I don't know Dan, how many times is McCain going to defend the worst foreign policy blunder this nation has, perhaps, ever made?

have y'll noticed that has the weather is getting warmer, Hillary is getting more desperate. makes us wonder if she wont explode in August if she becomes the nominee against the GOP opposition

Obama talks to me in my sleep! Change we can believe in!!!

OBAMA '08!!

Barack Obama is not Denzel Washington, friends. And this
is not a movie, a reality show, or "American Idol." This is an
election for the President of the U.S. Wake up.

Please drop out. She will not stop at anything! I wouldn't vote for her or McCain! You have only one choice- Obama! He is the best. Stop Hating Everybody! He is the coolest. He makes good judgments.

“Now one of Clinton’s laws of politics is this: If one candidate’s trying to scare you and the other one’s trying to get you to think, if one candidate’s appealing to your fears and the other one’s appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”

-Bill Clinton, 2004

DoveSong, Your'e exactly right. This is a weak attempt to appeal to suburban "security moms" that have been defecting to Obama. It's another attempt ultimately to divide my state and ultimately our country by using subtle fear-mongering tactics.

EFabian...Mine didn't make it either... let's see if this one does:

It was not an ad that accused flip-flopping or misleading facts (lies), it mearly poses a question. A good one. Instead of flinging insulting posts...you should consider the question. Consider this as well:

Hillary has consistently asked to be held accountable for her campaign promises.

Barack...well, it's always YES WE CAN. WE can...we have always had the power to take charge of this government. My question...
When something goes wrong and he cannot deliver on the "promise" will he accept the failure or turn to the people because THEY didn't engage in the process.

The way he has run his campaign on this statement...he will never fail...we will have caused the failure.

I challenge all of you that says Obama did nothing while being a Senator to go to the Library of Congress and check out exactly what he did. Don't forget to Check out Hillary's as well it will be a quick read. Then tell me he hasn't done anything. It is called an educated vote. Try It!!!

Cnn stop trying to silence the people by deleting my post.
OBAMA IS A WAR MONGER!!!!!!!! HE IS FOR WAR IN AFGHANISTAN!!!!! HE IS NO DIFFERNT

If you read the posts here. You can tell who is a supporter for whom, just by the reasoning and logic ... or the lack thereof... in their post.

I guess this message should go through, right? Mr. Moderator?

The people of the U.S. may see the ad by Hillary Clinton's
campaign on "red button issues" as fear mongering, but
I don't. We've had no attacks since 2001, but I'm sure that
our enemies have not been inactive in planning during this
time. It's possible that they have made other plans for
taking the White House. How about putting their people
in Congress or the Oval Office? That would certainly help
their cause.

OH yea and by the way his pastor at the "1st baptist" in Chi-town meets with this zakkawi figure.. and not to mention has one been toted as having a racist stance on caucasions.. I am not racist I am in the Army.. I am from the south and did you also know african americans could vote before women in this country?

Clinton is better prepared than Obama, he just can not and will not admit it. How could he how would he look then?

"Now, one of Clinton's laws of politics is this. If one candidate is trying to scare you and the other one is try get you to think, if one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."
-Bill Clinton, 2004

Love it!!

Well if we did let Hillary answer the phone we know how she would react:

Hillary: "How dare you! Shame on you!..Really, just how dare you."

It's Hillary who should be taking politics lessons from Mr. Obama.

We've had enough of this from the current administration. Do we really want more of the same old thing in Washington. Clinton=McCain=Bush...Vote for it and...good luck!

What do Hillary supporters want CNN to do, rename themselves the
"Clinton News Network" and only report on things that are positive for Hillary? They're simply reporting the news here, sorry that it's not good news...the fact is when you've lost 11 straght primaries, and are falling hopelessly behind in many areas of Texas, the news is not going to be good. Especially when your campaign takes on the personality of a spolied child.

I'd rather Obama answer the phone on any given day. You need a leader who keeps his cool, doesn't rush to judgement, who's steady and reliable. He certainly appears to have these attributes as seen in the debates.

Hillary on the other hand changes from day to day, first the nice Hillary, then the meanHillary, then the tough Hillary over to the weepy Hillary. Is that the kind of leader we want?

The Hill campaign has made blunder after blunder after blunder! This is just the latest. Gawd, woman, give it up...please ! ! !

Haven't we heard enough fear tactics from the present administration. The sky is falling, the sky is falling but daddy George will protect you!! I hope to god if I ever have to call at 3:00 AM it is Obama that answers the phone and not that wacko Hillary!! Given her bipolar condition I can't imagine what her response would be.

Ah, i see the Obama hypnosis is working again. If Americans do not want to vote for Hillary for themselves, please do it for your children, your grandchildren, your nieces and nephews. Barack Obama's platform of "change" is nothing but a shallow campaign slogan. Yes, Obama is very intelligent but we all know he has only made it this far due to his forceful rhetoric. His ideas are unoriginal and highly partisan, so where is this change coming from again.

Wow. If Senator Clinton doesn't win the nomination, maybe she can raise more money by selling this ad to the McCain for the fall. I was in Brazil when Senator Obama announced his candidacy and the response from the international community was that he would be a President that would restore America's standing in the world. He is a strong leader and smart enough to know how to handle national security issues. Sorry, you're not going to scare people into voting our fears.

By the way, isn't this the Clinton campaign's 494th attempt to change message? Wow, it seems like nothing works for her.

Personal to case:

You were voting for McCain in the first place, who are you kiddin'?!?!?!

Interesting.... Isn't this the same person who derided the other candidate at the last debate when she complained about his fear mongering and inaccuracies in flyers being sent out in Ohio.

For someone who is considered to be an agent of change there appears to be a lack of change when it comes to the hypocrisy that is endemic to current political campaigns.

I prefer OBAMA this time ...you had your chance Hillary ......so I am giving OBAMA his turn and that is my vote now and in Nov.

Mr. BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA !

You are playing with peoples emotions and giving them false HOPE. You are telling them that you will give everyone CHANGE in their pocket. She is just telling the truth. What is wrong in asking whom do you want to answer the phone call in case of emergency.

OK, Barack, the phone rings at 3AM – whattcha gonna do?!

Incredible.

Am I the only Democrat that is alarmed by the HUGE amount of voters pulling for Obama that are from the most politically unsophisticated segment of the population?

barack, just stop it.

Go Obama 08

Keep moving that goal post, hillary!

RI is the new firewall!

Texas isn't important....Wisconsin wasn't important.....what's that, Ohio might go to Obama? well Ohio isn't important either!

RI it is!

Please, people, Clinton and Obama supporters alike, stop being so divisive. There is no reason to call people "zombies." There is no reason to call people "hormonal." If you disagree with eachother's choices, that's fine. But, please realize that you agree on the Democratic agenda and that you agree we need a Democrat in the Whitehouse. If you care about this at all, you will stop with the rude and nasty comments. Otherwise, you are most likely a Republican.

BJ...I agree with you 100%. Additionally, how can this young, inexperienced Senator Obama, with only just a few years in the political world have so much financial backing? Who or what movement is behind him, contributing millions to him each month? This is scarey. I suggest Obama write a sequel to his Audacity of Hope and call it the Audacity of Grandiosity. Unbelievable. Please Hillary...Let's bounce him out of the box once and for all.

Obama runs his campaign on emotional rhetoric. This entire campaign is running on wild emotions, not sound logic. That's why people chant "CHANGE! CHANGE! CHANGE!" without knowing WHAT KIND of change, or HOW the change will come about.

What's the difference between what Clinton is doing here and what Obama has been doing since he first began? Nothing.

Do I hear whining? Can't be!! Obama said in the last debate that he knows it's all just politics and his team doesn't whine.

If Obama wins, I will vote for McCain

How many times is Obama going to say something along the lines of "McCain made the wrong choice of going into Iraq," in the next 8 months. It's as if that is all he has to say. We get it. Hindsight is 20/20.

McCain 08

I've just learned about another Clinton tactic that won't work... they haven't reported it here yet..... hang onto your hat guys..... The Clinton machine is in full force........ whoa baby.. if they wonder why people hate her, they're going to know now.....

Hillary is right, obama is a liability on foreign affairs. He heads the afghan affairs chair committee yet has not held one meeting since he was appointed head chair, yet he continues to talk about how we must change the situation in pakistan yet he is the only person who can setup these meetings! Hypocrisy at it's best

Obama voted over 100 times " present", also said he pressed the wrong buttons when doing important decisions.His right judgement is alsolutely a joke.

obama is a fool and a liar, and we all know what the clintons are about.....lining thier pockets!

CNN is Definately Republican owned,they won't print the truth people Blog for Hillary. They want Obama in, thinking everyone will vote McCain. Maybe people will get smart at the General Election – & vote for no one – if their choice is so scary that it's between Obama & McCain. Then they won't be personally part of the irresponsibility of what happens to this country.

So let me get this straight, she didn't say his name, she was just pointing out the importance of having someone that knows what they are doing, and somehow it is wrong, and Senator Obama starts whining. Please!

BTW – To all Obama supporters – HE DID NOT VOTE FOR THE WAR, HE WASN'T IN THE SENATE AND HE SAID THAT HE DOESN"T KNOW HOW HE WOULD HAVE VOTED HAD HE BEEN IN THE SENATE. -So please let this go, if that is all he has I don't see why he should be president, there are other problems in our country, we need someone that can handle all of them.

I like the ad.

We don't need another "nice guy" president that is missing the experience.

See Jimmy Carter.

Case, obama is not the real deal, what is real deal anyway?

No, not trying to scare people. It s a reality check.

Do you think he'll be 'present' for the call?

Laura: "I am a democrat and if Hillary is not the democratic nominee, I will vote for McCain."

Why are you a democrat? Because John McCain does not stand on any of the platforms of the Democratic party. Obama stands on all of them, just as Clinton does.

I'll be voting for the democratic nominee. I dislike this ad Clinton has put out and I've been really disappointed by the mishandling of her campaign against Obama. I'm very concerned that she has established herself as the candidate of "experience." How do you think this will play against McCain, who clearly has more experience than either Obama or Clinton. What will you and others say then? Or will Clinton quickly become the "change" candidate and borrow lines from Obama and Bill's speeches on the subject?

In the end though, unless either one of the two democrats does something completely asinine, I'll be voting for the democrat. That's a vote for change, for security, for vision, for hope.

If Senator Clinton is the one answering the phone it’s because she refused, rejected and denounced any opportunity to talk with world leads until she got the crisis call

If a crisis does happen, I can imagine President Obama will have a small nervous breakdown first (about 1~2 hours), then spend 5 hours with his buddy Deval Patrick composing a talk full of words "change" and "hope", after that he will personally diliver the talk on national TV, while stammering everytime there is a forgein name on the teleprompter.

It's the difference between answering the phone, "Who's in charge in that country again?" or "Oh, it's Mr. ABC causing trouble again. I've met him a few years ago. I can deal with it."

By the way, if Barack loses Texas and Ohio, should the media ask him to drop out of the race? After all, he would have lost every single big State in the primaries, except for his own, and every Democrat knows that the general election cannot be won without winning both Ohio and Florida (he would have lost both). Maybe the Super Delegates do have a legitimate role.

Jay with the quote of the day!

"Now, one of Clinton's laws of politics is this. If one candidate is trying to scare you and the other one is try get you to think, if one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."
-Bill Clinton, 2004

Well done!

She is obvoiusly pulling out all the stops the last few days. It's a low blow, but it will certainly help prepare him for the R's. It's sad to see people do anything/everything when they know they are going down, but does it really surprise anyone that the Clinton machine is doing this? Just goes to show you what can happen when you think you are entitled to something and don't continue to work for it.

I think the ad is trying to frighten people about their children -unfortunately, in the ad, the children are white – I think the implication is evident. As a person who do not take the bait, I can still say that I still do not envision her answering the phone. I would prefer someone with GOOD judgement and in control of thier emotions, not an over-emotional, mood swinging person like she portrayed herself this past week. My vote is still being cast for Obama. She made my choice even more clear.

do any of you care about this country????

Jen February 29th, 2008 2:04 pm ET wrote:

"Obama will hang up the phone because he doesn't have an answer for you and he will go back to sleep."

Actually, Jen. Obama would likely turn around and call Clinton to see what her answer would be, then call them back and take all the credit for her great response.

If the phone rang at 3:00 AM, I would want Hillary to pick it up, she would want to do a pole first before answering the question.

Steve

It is scare to have someone without foreign experience to be the president of this country.

I want Barack Obama to answer that phone at 3 am.

Hillary has driven enough buses into the ditch.

Hey I would like to Hillary answer the phone at 3AM.

Rather then obama, he would think I was calling himfor his breasfast menu.

Born and raised in NY.... voted for clinton as senator and regretted it ever since. Billary touts her advantage in economic issues, yet the economy in upstate NY is so bad that Governor Spitzer held the first ever "State of the Upstate" address because the economy tanked during her watch. If the red phone rang at 3am in the morning, Hillary would still be sleeping on the job .

I am voting for McCain,but i do like this new Clinton AD.I have 2 small children and i thought it was her best one yet.It made me think "wow" now thats a powerful message that really makes you think.Well done AD.

HIllary, you will try anything, are you so desperate that will go to any extent?
this shows exactly who you are...........
Anyone but Clintons

If it looks like a (scare tactic) Duck, and it sounds like a (scare tactic) Duck, and it quacks like a (scare tactic) Duck, then SHAME ON YOU Hillary. Let's get to the root of the matter, research the candidates. Any informed voter has but one conclusion.

YES WE CAN
Obama 08

Obama, You are the one that is scary to me.

"Now, one of Clinton's laws of politics is this. If one candidate is trying to scare you and the other one is try get you to think, if one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."

Author of the quote? David Axelrod?.... Nope Bill Clinton in 04'

Strung up by their own petard. Game over.

The thing that disturbs me the most are the Hillary supporters who are blindly following her through her standard washington politics, through her negative ads, through her misrepresentation of others words, and through her dirty tactics. Yes she has done some good things but I agree with her on one thing, actions do speek louder than words and we should judge both on what kind of campaign they have run. If that was the only "experience" needed, then Obama wins hands down.

Obama, I think that we are all astute enough to understand what the implication is regarding the ad. You are right about not the call itself but the judgement and EXPERIENCE of the person picking up the phone.

Go Hillary!!!

I read this on another comment string. Maybe Hillary should take some advice from her own husband. It's worked so far....right?

“Now one of Clinton’s laws of politics is this: If one candidate’s trying to scare you and the other one’s trying to get you to think, if one candidate’s appealing to your fears and the other one’s appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”

-Bill Clinton, 2004

Please vote for Obama. That will guarantee that John McCain will be President of the United States of America. Keep up the good work, Obama supporters.

Haters of Real Change will always seek to squash out an inspirational leader like Obama. The Bush's, Clintons, and McCain have had there opportunity to change our country and they have done nothing but diliver empty promises.

They are so worried about holding on to there positions of power that they will do and say anthing to hold on to it! The fact that Obama is new with little "Washington" experience is fine with me because he has been there long enough to be corupted by lobbyist and special interest!

It is time for change! Its time for Obama 08!!!

i am sick and tired of everyone having to tiptoe about obama!!
the facts are if the phone rings in the middle of the nite, i want a qualified person to answer it.......pres. clinton.....not some kid who wants to play "grown up".

i dont think this is a negative ad, its just a terrible ad, it would never influence me. she should really fire everyone in her campaign at this point, they are dinosaurs that just dont get it. she is still telling people her website address on speeches and debates, shows that she is a dinosaur herself, who still spells out their website address and puts out rediculous ad after pathetic ad.

so sad.

It's funny obama keeps saying "he didn't agree with the vote to go to war in Iraq". Well he was not in the senate at that time when it was time to vote. So, Obama stop lying to the country about you did not agree with the war... What you should be saying is if iI was in the senate I would of voted for it too. Because President Bush lied.................to everyone. Stop making yourself look good. You are arrongant. So is your wife. She said "oh my god fear bomb, they said his name. So what!! They are both lawyers you would think that before running for president they should off known this middle name was going to come up. Grow up Michelle. Your no first lady and they say people should be scare of Hillary!! yup right. Michelle should stay home she is not helping her man at all. You obamamanics are silly. Be careful what you wish for. They will not be proud of america again when he loses. I can never change my vote for him even if he does win the nom.

Can’t you see where this is headed? The American Empire is about to hit its Dark Age. It happens to every Empire, when they believe themselves to be the greatest in the entire world that they have become blind to the unraveling of their society. We can see it, but we aren’t stopping it. Unless someone stands up and says, the way things are done here isn’t working, that will be our fate too. For all of you who haven’t caught on, this is your chance to see change, it IS possible. But it is not possible when the same old, fear mongering ways. This is not change.

Take yourself away from thinking in terms of years or decades, but think centuries ahead, what will the history books write about us? Will we have anything to show besides the decline of a once great society?

Hillary is such a drama queen . what is she gonna do ? Answer the phone "Shame on you !!! OH yeah .. that works - NOT

this reminds me of the Threat warnings we use to get back on 04 while Bush war running for president 2nd term but after he won the Threat was gone i wonder how that was possible. dirty politics wont get you anywhere hillary

Obama is the real deal and Billary is running scared.

If Hillary wins I will vote for McCain.

Indpendent for OBAMA

As usual the response from Obama is not clear.

It amazes me that this guy gets by continually skirting
the issues....and people think that what...he's just too
smart, so it must be okay??

What is scary is Obama as President with no foreign
policy experience!

stop talking about experience? can anyone name the most decorated and experienced nominee to get the presidency? Jame Buchanan

By the way, Buchanan was a failure as a president... didn't stop the south from seceding

Experience is as much a talking point as what you ate for breakfast

I would want McGruff the Crime Dog to answer the phone, wait a minute, maybe Superman or someone else from the Hall of Justice.

CNN you guys really are scared to allow comments that may or may not offend obama, So why are you protecting him, he has his own secret service, he does not need you to protect him.

It isn't fear-mongering it is called being realistic. Why do so many people in this country suffer from the Osterich Effect? We can't bury our heads in the sand and close our eyes and imagine our problems away.

The best reponse I've seen for Hillary's desperate ad employs the words of her husband (who used to believe in Hope):

"If one candidate's trying to scare you and the other one's trying to get you to think, if one candidate's appealing to your fears and the other one's appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."

-Bill Clinton, 2004

Hillary Clinton has to realize that one does not acquire experience by making experiments by her campaign ads. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. Experience is a hard teacher because it gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Fear mongering is the republican tactics. When the phone rings, president Obama will pick it up and make the right decision similar to when he made the right decision not to invade iraq over bogus and cooked up intelligence. He is the right man to be near that phone than either Hillary or John McCain, and majority of the Americans believe it.

Obama supporter.

I don't understand why everything posted on these blogs has to be so emotional. All these people writing, "Think! Think! Think!" (and asking people to vote for Senator Clinton), or people writing about how "evil" Hillary is. Are you really thinking if you've bought totally into either one of these philosophies?

A lot of the ant-Obama comments ask for a rejection of his emotional appeal, but all of these comments are extremely EMOTIONAL. The very fact that you would bother to post incredibly negative (and ignorant) comments about either side speaks to the emotion that is involved in the race.

Don't pretend like Hillary is the rational candidate, and on the other side, don't pretend that Hillary is totally devoid of all capacity for 'change,' or what 'change' really means: an extreme emotional appeal that will hopefully allow for a mandate, and possibly a new kind of politics.

I support Obama precisely because he has been able to capture this kind of emotional response, and if Americans start FEELING a different way about politics, maybe politics in this country really can CHANGE for the better.

Actually having Hillary answer the phone wouldn't be bad when you think about it...as long as it's a video phone. Imagine seeing her at 3am without makeup, just getting out of bed....SHEESH, anyone wanting to cause us harm would go screaming into the night in shear terror!

I denounce and reject this type of fear mongering and emotional manipulation! Oh, and by the way Hillary: "denounce" is much more aggressive and much more active than "reject" , To reject something you simply turn away from it. To denounce it on the otherhand, you actively speak against it.

I am a republican and I want Obama in the nomination so the GOP and McCain can crush him in the general election......

And what will Obama do when he answers the "red phone" call? He will "vote" present, of course, so as to be consistent with the rest - albeit brief - voting record on any questions involving difficult decisions.

There's a fine line between "fear mongering" and "reality".

This ad is reality.

The Obama camp ought to get over it. The more they point out the ad, the more people will watch it, and the less they'll be drawn to an Obama candidacy.

So now Hillary is trying to have some votes not counted in Texas as she feels she will not win. What else are we going to let her get away with. She is always wanting to change the rules when she is not winning. It that who we want to run or country, I don't think so.

I don't think the ad makes much of a difference.

Hillary failed at health care.

She voted for Iraq.

She should stick to answering her cell phone.

This is so funny, obama really keeps dropping the ball especially on this one. He can't seem to shake the trend. Starting out with saying the ad has a legitamate question and then next sentence it's a scare tactic lol(that's called double speak senator), then to say it's not who picks up the phone but the judgement lol, that's what the ad is asking obama and you"re not the one which is apparent by your answer. His comments are worthless as his speeches. All speeches and no action don't add up to an America that will move forward, He didn't vote to go to Iraq because he COULDN'T, he didn't hold a position in the gov at the time. He was making the same arguments for not going to war that every democrat was making at the time, (even Hillary) but when he could vote he has voted just like Hillary or just present (no action). ALL TALK NO ACTION OBAMA, the people are hearing now that you've got little to contribute and unless someone tells you the answer you just plain don't know the answers. Post this CNN it follows your comment policy and is on topic so don't keep me and others that follow your posted rules from having a voice.

Now this is really pushing it too far... This Obama guy does nothing but point fingers and then accuses everyone else of it!!! Have any of you seen HIS AD??? Is it any different??? NO People...

Mr. Obama did not vote yes or no on the decision to invade Iraq... At least Mrs. Clinton stood up for our country... Perhaps we have all forgotten that we were angry and upset as a nation at that time... She acted as our voice, he did not act or react... People, wake up!!!
This is a JOKE.

If Hillary's the president, the only person that would be calling the White House at 3:00am would be one of Bill's old girl friends. So there is absolutely nothing to worry about.

Lou,

I have left several Pro-Hillary posts today and ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN DELETED!!! Not one has been approved and NONE were offensive. Just stated facts.

MEDIA BIASED? ABSOLUTELY.

And this post will be deleted within a short minute or 2. I am appalled.

Yeah sure, Put Obama in the Presidency, He'll have crisis phone calls transfered to his Uncle Cheney.

A positive ad?

CNN thanks for not posting my thoughts on Barack Hussein Obama

You guys reall suck.

Hillary,

Desperation is a stinky cologne.

You CANNOT beat McCain (people despise you)......Obama can.

Quit the scare tactics, you do not have much "experience" either.

Being first lady does NOT count.

clinton and obama arent about anything but giving welfare to people that dont deserve it....typical democrats!

Unfortunately, Sen. Obama, the world isn't all sunshine and tea parties. Bad things happen to good people and, frankly, when it does happen I want Hillary to answer the phone.

Riiiiight. Clinton is using scare tactics!!! Obama mails ads to people in Texas, Ohio, PA etc that should a man and woman sitting at a table scared about how they are going to pay for healthcare when apparently their plans are "95 percent similar". Obama mails ads saying NAFTA took away your job!. HE is the one using scare tactics. Republican scare tactics!

and Obama wasn't try to scare voters about Hillary's health care plan!!!

She will make you have to buy it.... even if you can't afford it!!! He said.

This is very mild compared to what he has put forth against her.

She is just questioning his experience to deal effectively with crisis.

what exactly does moderation mean?

No, Michelle will say, Obama stinks

If Hillary was in the White House, the call would likely be Bill's latest indiscretion.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA wonder what your plans are for the energy crisis in American.

Like Clinton will even have the strength to get out of bed at 3 AM!!! Really...Really!!!

Tell you a truth

Ted Kennedy is another shameless loser, check his scandal years ago, which cost him the presidency.

Welcome Obama's wife to make another comment

I am just tired of Obama reacting every single time Senator Clinton says something. He has the audacity of feeling attacked. He believes he is the center of the universe and that everyone is talking about him. Senator Clinton is simply talking to AMERICA. She is asking a very logical, common sense question that every voter should ask. That is the part of making important decisions. You ask a lot of questions in different, real scenarios. You do not need to decide who inspires you the most, but WHO KNOWS what is going on and WHO HAS what it takes to the job right. Great presidents are not supposed to inspire people; they just have to have PROVEN SKILLS to lead the country.

How can they say it is not the same as the "Daisy" ad. It is EXACTLY the same. The picture might be softer, but it is the EXACT same message. Don't look now Hillary, but your desperation is showing!

Dare I say, just like a play out of the Republican's Rovian Playbook?

Shame on you Hillary Clinton! Now who is more like George Bush?

Obama '08

The ad in question poses a very pertinent question. Who would you trust in a catastrophic event? I would trust Barack Obama, he carries himself calmly and dignified. This is the person I would want answering that phone in such a moment. I don't think we should trust our security to someone who cries on demand and who at one moment pastes on a smile then has an emotional breakdown lashing out at her enemies the next. Clinton can’t even answer her own question satisfactorily.

I can remember two "red phone" moments in my lifetime. The first was the Cuban Missle crisis, the other was on 9/11. JFK had the judgement not to immediately order an air force strike on Cuba, as some of his military advisors suggested. His patience, courage and intellect helped us to avoid a nuclear war. If you've ever seen Fahrenheit 911, the most disturbing scene is when GWB is reading a book to children in Florida and is informed about the twin towers being hit. He sits there with a vacant look on his face and only moves when an advisor tells him they have to leave. It's absolutely true that the most important thing we need in a President is to be ready when the red phone rings and to make the correct judgements. I'm voting for Obama because I think he will be more like JFK and react with patience, courage and intelligence.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA nice name by the way. Real American
of your parents. Well we hope the devil does not come out of ya.

Barack Obama has had no "red button moment." That is a lie.
He was elected to serve the people of Illinois in the U.S. Senate
in 2004, and began his service in Jan. of 2005. The War in
Iraq began on March 20, 2003. He had no vote on that war.
He had no intelligence upon which to base a stance on the
Iraq War, so his claim to superior judgement is baseless.

Obama was NOT in office when the vote was taken, but he IS on record saying he WOULS HAV EVOTED PRECISELY THE SAME HAD HE BEEN!

Blows me away that a JUNIOR senator with no real leadership experience thinks he knows it all. What's even more shocking is that there are actually young voters who think he is the best thing they have ever seen or heard.

Joke.

Funny, if Obama had this ad, it would be showing his strength. All HRC asks who is ready on day one

Now we have two "long national nightmares" – the Bush presidency and the Democratic primary slug-fest. With all the vitrol from both Hillary & Obama camps attacking each other's supporters, how are we supposed to "unite" when Election Day comes in November??

In fact, Obama's "experience" scares much more people in worldwide.

The ad is both fair and thoughtful. There are very likely to be crises where the President must make a hurried decision wthout the full benefit of the advice of his advisors. Given the manner in which Obama has thus far addressed foreign policy issues, I shutter to think of him as the man answering the phone.

It's just tactics, so what? Mrs. Clinton has to fight for every vote like Mr. Obama, and this commercial just underlines her "I am more experienced than my opponent" argument. But people shouldn't forget, that she could give the wrong answer, as she did at the beginning of the Iraq war....

Obama is SO negative. Hummmmm, thought he was the agent of Change. Not So Huh ? All Hillary was doing was making a point of reality. We all know the world is dangerously unstable right now. Especially the Middle East, this is a possibility you know. I don't want a President that will answere the phone on a crisis @ 3AM & say "Present". Hillary is the President with the clear head who can make those instant decisions, based on sound experience & knowledge. Support Hillary & Vote her in !

neither democrat is worthy of presidency! mccain for president!

The question is if you are ready to handle the presure of foreing policies and national security, that's the question Mr Obama and we are not sure about you but we are about Hillary Rodhan Clinton there is nothing to fear but yourself Mr Barack Hussein Obama.

Look! Look!! Two chicken hawks trying to show which is tougher...

Obama isn't perfect, but he's steady.

My immediate reaction to the ad was "Which Hillary will answer the phone at 3 AM? Sarcastic Hillary, Honored- to-be-here-with-you Hillary, Shame-on- you Hillary, teary Hillary, or Fully-vetted-so-I-won't-release-my-tax-returns Hillary"?

Her switching personas makes me feel she's extremely erratic, and the ad actually underscores and reminds me that she is exactly NOT the person I want answering the red phone.

As an independent, my reaction to the Clinton ad is probably not what the Clinton campaign would hope for.

We have lived through enough fear politics to last us a lifetime! I am sick of politicians resorting to such tactics. If Hillary is so confident that she is a better candidate than she should be able to make her case without using fear and negativity. This attitude is exactly what needs to change in Washington, and Obama understands that!

The Clinton Spin Machine is at work saying that Obama must win all of Tuesday's primaries. Do we want Clinton spin, manipulation, distortions for the next four years? Or do we want a breath of fresh air – Obama?

Wasn't it Hilliary who said:"Words are cheap!" Yet, she constantly uses cheap tactics, words and innuendos! A "get real" check is in order: You are losing Hillary!

"Hello, this is President Clinton. What we have an unspecified emergency. You didn't call me first did you?"

On a Canadian television station last night(CTV) there was a report about Obama's scare tactics. It stated that a sr. official for Obama told a Canadian gov't official that he would not pull out of NAFTA and not to believe what he said on TV. This was subsequently denied by a Candian gov't official who said it was not right to comment on American affairs, but last night it was RECONFIRMED that a sr. official for the OBAMA camp did phone the Candian gov't and said he would not pull out of NAFTA. Scare tactics, I think, for both Candians and Americans.

CNN bias... let's boycott CNN.

Obama:
People should be scared... this is serious business and your empty words of “hope” really scare me… Hitler, Fidel, Stalin come to mind… we were fooled recently by the “DECIDER” self called the “uniter”

It is ironic tha Hillary's supporters keep touting her "experience" - guess who else has experience - George W. Bush and look where that got us. Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan both only had experience as governors when they ran for President. Guess what experience John F. Kennedy had - first time senator. The only experience Hillary has had other than as a senator is by osmosis from Bill - or was she making the decisions for him? Let's focus on what they stand for and I do not like Hillary's voting record – that's the bottom line.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA try being polite.

As a republican I say go ahead and nominate that chap dems. I've watched the guy in interviews and the majority of his reponse is "uh, err, ummm, I think, errr, ummm." The guy obviously cannot think on his feet. Sure he can deliver pre written speech just fine, but you are going to have to be more than a good reader to be president. When someone brings up a legitimate issue with his past or policies (either Hillary or someone over here on the right) he either whines and plays the victim card or says we shouldn't have gone into Iraq. On the victim card he needs to toughen up. If his feelings get hurt that someone questions why he only voted 'present' how is he going to deal with foreign leaders? On the whole Irq thing. We could sit here and debate until we are blue in the face about whether or not we should have gone into Iraq. The fact of the matter is we are there now so we have to figure out what is best for America going forward. Stop trying to prove you have great hindsight and start trying to show some foresight. Comments like "I'm pulling out of Iraq, but I'll go back in if AQ is there." show just how clueless this guy really is. So please go ahead and nominate the guy. Come November when this whole rock star crap has long worn off you are going to be asking yourselves what the heck you were thinking.

It does matter. We have to think beyond the hope and joy and to the crises that seem to define most presidencies. That is just the way it is in the REAL world.

Go Hillary

Re: laura February 29th, 2008 1:38 pm ET

We do not need the bad karma individuals like you bring to the party.

Oh Please, Sen Obama, there will be crises, and your experience will be called upon! Are you prepared to show up at 3 am in the morning for it? Or will you vote present again? Do you even know what this job is all about?

Hillary 08!

Yes, It does matter, very much. And this American would rather hear, the cool, collected, thoughtful voice of Sen Obama, and not the shrill, crazed howlings of Sen. Clinton; which has been her hallmark of late. We need a rational thinker, not an emotional reactor. Sen. Clinton's tears and outbursts during this campaign, make me feel that she is a little high strung, and wouldn't respond rationally when it really counts. And honestly, to echo Mr. Obama, she hasn't responded rationally in past "decisions", so why should I believe that she'd give more care to future important choices?

A glimpse at the 2 candidates answering the phone.

Hillary's Answer to a Phone Call: Do you know what #@$^%* time it is. Do you know who the ^%# this is? How dare you call me at this hour you insolent %#*.

Obama's Answer to a Phone Call: We gotta have HOPE brother, we can CHANGE this. Don't worry if we HOPE and CHANGE all will be okay.

Okay..let's do a quick reality check in history. Senators, on the whole, have made poor Presidents in the U.S....at least those without some management experience otherwise. Right now, none of the three leading candidates to pick up that phone – of either party – has a great advantage in management experience.

What I do see is two candidates on the Democratic side who are both appealing in different ways. I'm starting to lean in one direction, though, because one of them seems to always fall back on "politics as usual" strategies...and I just don't think "the usual" is the answer I want given on that phone...the time has come to walk the walk of a global nation...that doesn't mean giving up sovereignty, or anything like that – it just means learning that treating people with love and respect will be far more likely in the long run to garner the same in return...and in those cases where it does not...there are lots of other strategies besides "nuke 'em".

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA stop it with your silly attcks on Hillary.

Obama will hang up the phone because he doesn't have an answer for you and he will go back to sleep.

Hillary is the one who's scared. Texas and Ohio people are already abandoning Hillary based on these stupid tactics. This is real dumb of her.

Its incredible how people hate Obama because of his name, because of the way he speaks or because of his positivitity during this campaign. People have said some ignorant things in regards to Obama and to his voters. Its one thing to say he is inexperienced and therefore I choose not to vote for him but it is another to not pay enough attention to the Presidential race and educate yourself on each candidate and base your decisions off of that.
Ignorance is not going to move this country forward it is only going to bring us down.

It's Silly Season, and Hillary's people just don't get it. We have the Republican Party to pull out the scare tactics, which most of us will not listen to. This has been the policy of the current Administration for the last 8 years, if you can't reason with them through common sense, scare them. Really over the scare tactics, really over 'Silly Season' politics. Really ready for change and all Americans to dig in, get dirty and get the job(s) done.

Wolf,

It does not take an atomic scientist to answer the phone... hello, or President .... speaking... or what ever. I would hope the person answering that phone call is calm, level headed, and as the mind not to make any rash quick decisions without first gaining all the facts, weighing all options and making decisions in the best interest of the American People. In my mind what she is eluding to is there is a need for someone to quickly respond with out hesitation or thought to the situation. Any one can do that. I truly do not want that kind of person answering that phone at 3 am. Seems to me that kind of thinking is exactly what has placed American in the position it is in now.

Obama authored 152 pieces of legislation in just 2 years while Hilary authored 20 in her 8 years in the senate. Obama has a decent record for his time and if you look at his record in public as whole Hilary's heir-apparent claim goes south.

Her refusal to release her tax returns prove that she is 'Bought and Paid For" by the same special interest that funds her campaign.

Shaking hands with world leaders and negotiating with them are completely different.. Neither candidate has any real foreign policy experience worth bragging about ...and neither did Bill Clinton for that matter. Too much experience makes one a creature of habit and that's even more dangerous.

Why when the truth is speaking, Obama called it's scary. I think he's scared if voters really got know him, to know how he handled his job in the past. He had done nothing in leadership in his more than three years' post as the United Staes senator. Look at his records, he's given chances to make changes, but nothing had happened.

Texas, vote for Hillary. You can count on her to make the changes happen, not just speak of changes.

What foolish people they must be to think there is nothing to fear in this world. Obama knows he has nothing to fear from the Muslims, being one himself...

I love it. "Soft images." Yeah right. You are showing kids asleep while talking about international crisis! Does it not matter what we say as long as we show people a pretty image? Hey, I have a great idea for Hillary. Do an add talking about nuclear war...but do the whole thing over an image of a box of puppies. It isn't fear mongering because we are showing puppies! They are cute and soft images. Oh look at how they play as we tell you that if you don't vote for Clinton, your face will melt!

The irony here, of course, is that a lot of Clinton supporters say this is what Obama does; shows us a pretty image so we don't care what he says. But then, I listen to both canidates and I hear what they say...and I like Obama's plan for uniting the country rather than villianizing any opponent they have.

It doesn't help that I remember things like Bill Clinton bombing another country to take attention off the fact he got caught with his pants down...if Hillary is anything like her husband, we are in trouble!

Hillary is a bipolar and a fear monger. She is very unstable and I would not want her answering a White House call at 3:00a.m. Wondering what Bill will be doing at 3:00a.m.? President Obama will pick up the phone with the best judgement.

I, for one, am fearing about the possibility that person like Obama running the whole country. This guy has no freaking idea about the US foreign policy, let alone his possible liaison with Muslims (not only because of his Hussein middle name and the pic on internet). Like it or not, experience does play an important role here. We cannot afford to send an apprentice to the house when the economy is tanking and the terrorist countries are watching us.

I love how their are several idiots on this blog saying that Obama is a whiner. Hillary is the one engaging in smear tactics and false accusations as her lack luster campaign and personality have left her grabbing at straws. She makes democrats look bad.

My question is, will Michelle let Barack answer the phone at 3:00 in the morning?

hillary think about what you are doing... it looks like the end of your politcal life as you know it.... keep up the same old crap and it will bite you in the end.

your political career is just about over your days are numbered

Obama is such a hypocrite. As if his "Harry and Louise" ads in Ohio were NOT the kind that play on people's fears to scare up votes. And he was quite adamant defending himself about using these kind of tactics. Pathetic.

i'd want Obama. Hilary would say "why did you call on me first?"

Let me tell you a live example of media bias.

A moment ago I did experiment on this board.

left 3 pro clinton message first, only 1 approved so far
left 2 pro obama message then, both approved in one minute
media bias, bloody true

Hillary wants the democratic party to unite together when the primaries are over, but, if she continues to use negative, fear tactics she is not going to achieve that. I voted for Hillary for NY senate. I will not vote for her for president. I am very tired of the politics of yesterday and I used to think it was only the republicans that were doing it....and then she ran for president and I see that she is in the same negative, "what's in it for me" camp. I listened to all of the fear tactics of GW Bush during the 2004 campaign and I couldn't believe people were believing it. And now, here we go again, but instead of GW Bush...it's our very own NY Senator, Hillary Clinton. She has lost my vote.

Obama should stop whining.
did not he distorted Clinton’s record in his AD.
I think by running for President without any experience he has divided democratic party.
he should have waited for his chance that way we could have democratic rule for 16 years.
8 for HRC and 8 for him.

Hillary,

you have officially become PITIFUL

So, does Hillary have the RNC writing her television ads now? Apparently fear-mongering is no longer in the exclusive domain of the Republican Party. Hillary, your campaign's use of the tired old fear card only shows how truly dishonest and lame you are! Pathetically deperate on your part ... now wouldn't you and McRelic make for an amusing race ... the two of you trying to see who could out scare the other for votes ... you are both trapped by your old school thinking!

Why is Obama so nervous about this ad? I thought it wasn't any different from any other ads. Hillary wants people to think of the fact that she is more experienced. That's all and that's true. Why is Obama scared of somebody pointing out the obvious?

Stop being a cry baby Obama.

I wish these so-called "independents" and "democrats" (also known as Republican shills in sheep's clothing) who'd rather vote for McCain would just shut up and do so. They and the five other nutballs in America who think he'd do such a great job handling Iraq should be very happy with each other and his new One Hundred Year War.

It's not fear, it's a reality. That's what president does, he/she resonds to crisis. And we need to pick a president who will be able to answer that call. I saw the ad, and it made me really think who would I want to asnwer that call, and my answer is simple- Hillary!

With the Clintons in the White House ,it would be hard to say who would be in the bedroom at 3:00 a.m.

I definitely want the Senator from New York to answer the phone! The ad is not scary and Obama is just looking for excuses and distraction with his vagueness and empty speeches. By the way, I am a 25 year old Black man! I am so shocked at how the media has hyped up this man, who if given the chance to answer the phone he would probably say "PRESENT". If given the chance to answer the phone he would probably put the call on hold and get out a script or manual.

Senator Clinton all the way! Oh, another writer said something funny and that is that Obama would be too busy running for re-election that he wouldn't have time for the call....

between this ad and the attempt to circumvent the texas caucus vote, it has become apparent how desperate hillary had become to win at any cost

And in his comments in Houston, Obama said, "We've had a red phone moment. It was the decision to invade Iraq. And Senator Clinton gave the wrong answer.

Actually, Obama let the phone ring and didn't answer it. He didn't vote 'yes' or 'no'.

Trying to convince the American public that you're the only hope they have is a scare tactic.

Obama campaign: What do you say in the phone when you hear that Al Qaeda is "back in Iraq" ... they never left. Voting for or against the IRAQ WAR is OLD NEWS....MOVE FOWARD and tell us of the FUTURE PLANS not EMPTY RHETORIC.

Obama it don't take Hillary to tell anyone you don't have a clue to what you are doing, just quoting your book.

You know i was always thinking. Why does Hillary act like a republican. Republicans tell us what we want to hear then do nothing for us. But they take our taxes. Did you guys know Hillary was a republican. That is why she voted for the war and uses scare tactics. The scariest thing would be her answering that phone. We would have no idea, which Hillary she is that night.

Nothing in the ad attacked Obama we should be asking this kin of question we live in a different world after 9/11 we don't need to far every day but we do need to think about this

all i see is my comment awaiting moderation..cant you CNN guys ever be fair.

Well, whoever is picking up the phone won't be reading a children's book upside down waiting for the photo opp to get over.

Charlotte,

Ted Kennedy did not vote to give Bush license to use force in Iraq, but Kerry did.

But I do agree that Obama would let the call go to voice mail and the recording would say "present"..."click".

Nothing scary here, just Hillary competing for these states. The Obama-bots should not be worred...right...they've already won...right?

hey guys, i think right now what america needs is someone who has good communication skills and hillary clearly does not. In a crisis i would expect obama to bring the country together rather than hillary. Look at her now. She does not even know what her position is. She is simply going to break down soon. The clinton campaign simply represents the old politics and i am very sure that obama would get rid of much of the 'dirty' politics that is quite certainly prevalent itn america.

Well, to answer Hillary's question about who we want answering the phone:

Barack Obama has little children, and he answers his own phone.

I'd like to see someone protecting American families who has little kids themselves.

Obama in 08!

Senator Clinton must have hired Karl Rove under the table.

well, whether this ad is scary or not, that is the problem which HC's campaign should worry about. If they lose their votes because of this, they will face the consequences themselves. I don't see why you got so upset about it, dear B.H. Obama. What are you afraid of?

If you can't see why the way the campaign is running will reflect the poor leadership she'll show in the white house, then I understand why you're going to vote for her...based on her experience...even though her experience with campaign involvement has spanned over 3 1/2 decades...and she's not showing much of that experience now. ???? I don't get it.

the phone rings, unanswered (I count 6 times) – through the entire ad, until at last Hillary is seen , presumably at 3 am, in full campaign attire and ready, at least, for an attractive photo. Illogical, poorly conceived, decidedly unpersuasive in its attempt to elicit votes through fear.

The ad doesn't scare me or my children. However, Hillary herself, does.

The first time I watched the ad, I thought it was from McCain. Need I say more?

Sen. Clinton is bipolar. One day she is an angel, the next day she a devil, then she intellengent, and finally insane. Just imagine what will happen if some one would really call her 3 am in the morning.

John Johnson –"only those who have the gift of discernment can see it"... lol. So who blessed you with this gift?

FOUR more superdelegate for Obama just so far today...How many did Clinton get today...CNN needs to UPDATE the delegate numbers they are posting

Clinton is just speaking the truth. this is a wake up call.

EXCELLENT response from Mr. Obama and Mr. Plouffe! The reason that Hillary and her crew are playing on people's fears is because they are DESPERATE! Give it up already!

OBAMA '08

As always, yet again she is only helping Obama. The answer to that question is so simple. Anybody can answer a phone at 3:00 am. I wonder where on earth did Hillary find such advisors. I think they are better off doing cartoons for Walt Disney rather than organising political campaigns.

This is not a "scare tactic". What's scary is how alarmingly unprepared Barack Obama is to be president.

Quite frankly Obama, after September 11th I am scared who will be in office picking up the red phone. So I think that ad is a good one and should make people think long and hard about who would be answering the red phone.

You condemn Hillary and McCain for their vote, but you do not take Kennedy, Kerry, Daschle to task, but instead accept their endorsements. All of them voted to give Bush the authority. You could not vote at the time, so I guess we just have to take your word for it that you would not have voted as they did.

You are not superior to Hillary or McCain just because of that vote. I do not have confience in you that you will make the right judgment in a crisis at all since you do not have any experience in dealing with a crisis. Goes right back to who has the most experience and who learns from their mistakes. You cannot learn from your mistakes because you have not been around long enough to make any. Sure hate to have a President in training when our world is so unsafe – give me Hillary any day.

Being in New York on Sept 11 2001, I think Obama is mistaking when he calls this fear, it actually is reality. The terrorist who want to bring harm to The United States have not gone away. I truly believe they will try to hit us again within the first year of the next Presidency. Look at history: first attack on the US was in the first year of Bill Clinton's Presidency and the second was the first year of Bush's Presidency.

Please people for the sake of the people who are going to be attacked open your eyes and see that this is real.

Hillary has to learn to accept defeat, then maybe we the people can someday, give her political life a break.You don't scare anyone Hillary, for you are not God. I pray for you all the time Sen Clinton because you are selling your soul to the devil. This election is going to come down to good over evil. Obama "08!

I think Obama is very cool, I love ya Obama. Obama is hope change and everything.
Love ya, Obama.

He is scare again? Another fear bomb? LOLLOL

Hillary, Shame on you trying to use our children sleeping at night to get votes. That add just made me really angry and helped me make up my mind to vote for Obama!!! Enough scare tactics. from Clinton
Surely your team can come up with a better idea instead of trying to scare mothers at home and older woman who care about their grand children.

This is very Typical of the Clintons when the chips are down . And something they have learned from being good freinds with the Bush's.

"Well, it won't work this time," he continued. "Because the question is not about picking up the phone. The question is: What kind of judgment will you make when you answer?"

Ha! Gotta Love It!

OBAMA '08!!!!!

The reason why Hillary is awake at 3 am is because she is wondering where Bill is.

Seriously though. Does she really think this is going to work?

Obama stop living in the past, it is getting to be old news, you were against the war we get it!!!, but given that you are not capable to know how to get out. we don't need to real live the Iraq vote just like you claim we don't need to re-live the fights of the 90, give me the fights of the 90's anyday. President Clinton has been the ONLY DEMOCRAT to make it to the White House in 28 years!!!!

It's ture.. this is the kind of AD George Bush would run and I am a Hillary supporter. You other Hillary supporters need to get real... this is surely about scary up votes...

I think that we should want to be able to say who we want to answer that phone. I have thought about this a lot, and the answer is simple...not Hillary Clinton. 35 years of taking credit for others actions, an actual record of failed policy and horrific voting record.

She is quick to turn nasty and is stubborn. Exactly the type of personality and decision making that you want to avoid when the phone rings.

Thanks for reminding me that you are not the answer Hillary.

Obama is our savior! Hillary is an old woman who will never be in white house again!

Cnn are you guys not sick of hearing the same things over and over again.Please stop campaigning for Obama.

The more desperate the Clinton campaign becomes, the more Hillary scares me frankly. Wake up Americans! Don't let fear-mongers cow you into living your life in constant fear. This is so unAmerican! I want my President to offer hope not fear. Fear clouds our judgement and leads to ill-cinceived policies like Iraq. Reject fear and live life hopefully!

Clinton will not answer "present" when she picks up the phone.

Yes, unfortunately, Hilary did not bother to read the intelligence on Iraq. She made a decision that made all children unsafe in a needless war.

I agree that it's a valid question. If America is in some sort of crisis (which I'm sure we will be again...) who do you want to answer the phone? John McCain, of course!

This ad is very thought provoking and one voters should consider.

As far as good judgement, using General Tony McPeak in his latest ad is questionable. McPeak was very eccentric and controversial during his commands in the Pacific and the Joint Chief of Staff. Ask any of your friends who served in the military during the 90's.

No surprise coming from the union-busting, Blackwater connected Mark Penn. The Carl Rove of Hillary's campaign. Maybe he can convince us that Blackwater didn't slaughter all those innocent Iraqi civilians, too (including all the "children" that Hillary allegedly wants to "protect").

Every time Obama supporter say same words and lines on internet comment board, I couldn't help wondering if they were told to say so.

Hillary sounds more like a republican, namely George W. Bush and John McCain. Hillary should be smart enough to know the republicans are using her in their attempt to stop Obama but she is allowing her ambition to make poor choices in her campaigning. The DNC or somebody needs to advise Hillary to cleanup her act or join the republicans. Vote Obama.

I would want the person with sound judgment and capable of making the right decision to answer the phone. That would be OBAMA. Hillary in a business suit at 3:00 a.m. in the morning. That's something wrong with that picture.

Honestly, the ad isn't bad. Besides, do I want someone to answer the phone that has the answers (Hillary) or someone to have to wait and ask, then repeat what the answer is (Obama)?

Yes it matters. Hillary better hope Bill don't have the door locked.

Go Obama Go! Yes we can! Change we can beleive in!

Obama is not ready for this....He has had no EXPERIENCE.....if a something does happen to the USA then he will not no what to do....
He should run in the next election.....

Obama is inspirational and cute. He will a great commander of chiefs

Hillary's ad scared me. Matter of fact, I'm so scared (of Hillary, that is), I just voted via absentee ballot for Sen. Obama.

Desperate times call for desperate measures, eh, Hillary?

hmm ..... someone was talking about lifting a trick from Carl Rove's playbook.

the obama supporters and the media act like he is a messiah! Sorry I already have one; don't need another one... in fact many will follow him anywhere even if it lead to the cliff!

Why does Obama ALWAYS invoke Clinton's Iraq vote when anything about him is questioned? Doesn't he have any other basis for running or anything else for his defense?

Hillary Clinton: ready to go negative on Day One!!!

Clinton did make the wrong choice. If I had to choose between clinton or obama on experience id choose obama.He may not of been around as long as hillary but the time hillary as been in the senate has not been a good track record.

Hillary doesn't have a red phone. She has a princess phone...and the sense of entitlement that comes with it.

*click*

"soft images"??? the message is the same...44 years later the same ad..... it's time for change people.

"Tell me what you regard as your greatest strength,

so I will know how best to undermine you;

tell me of your greatest fear,

so I will know which I must force you to face;

tell me what you cherish most,

so I will know what to take from you;

and tell me what you crave, so that I might deny you."

go home hiliary

They should be scared if Obama is nominee. The man has no National experience and he himself said he would not run for President because he knew he had no experience.

I am scared to death of him being the nominee. It was bad enough with George Bush being a uniter, stating he would change Washington and so likeable everyone wanted to have a beer with him.
All hell has broken loose since George Bush took office. I do not want the same thing again, this time from the Democrats.

I vote Hillary or I vote McCain. They both have the experience on a National and International stage. Too much is at stake for hope. Hope has its place, but, the times are too trying for a rookie in the White House again.

That is the right answer obama. Way to go. God bless you.

Here's how the Obama campaign should respond. Produce this ad:

Opening shot: A mother walking down the hallway in her dimly lit house.
She opens the door to a bedroom, as a voice says,
"It's 3am. Do you know where your children are?"
She looks into the room...and an empty bed. Then glances over to the picture of her son, decorated in military uniform.

Voice over: Yes. We know where our children are. They are fighting the war you voted for, Hillary. It's time to bring them back.

Experience is one thing, but the inexperience to make sound judgments is extraordinary. Obama is the real deal.

Obama is right on!!

It does matter who answers the phone. And I want someone that can answer the question with out saying...."I agree with what Senator Clinton just said." over and over and over. He is a blank screen, she is the real deal.
HILLARY '08

This is a great response. It shows relative calm which is unheard of in today's political environment.

Hillary, are YOU borrowing from Rove's playbook?

Senator Obama is about Hope and Unity.
Seems as if Hillary is about division and fear.

Be informed and make the right choice!

Obama '08

Why should I comment if it's not bashing Hillary then it doesn't get posted. Cnn your network is a joke.

Fear is the best propaganda tactic to use when one is afraid that an argument can’t be won on substance alone. We saw it with Bush. That was his ace in the hole, and the public folded. Let’s hope it doesn’t work again.

Clinton is hurting our party!! Drop out already so we can unite, instead of making the divide larger. If democrats go to Denver divided we WILL lose in NOVEMBER!!!

Obama would have White House calls forwarded to someone who knew what they were doing.

The question more aptly Senator Obama should be will the person answering the phone act appropriately like Senator Clinton does voting 55 more times than you in the 110th Congressional session even though she also is running for President? Or will you answer the phone and not "answer the call" just as you are not performing responsibly in the sub-committee you were elected chair for and have not made a significant contribution to again, by your own words, because you have been on the campaign trail. Talk always has been and remains cheap. Your actions reflect your ability which to date is sub-par to that of Senator Clinton. If you get nominated the Democratic candidate Senator Obama, you are going to have a hard time getting a great number of Hillary's supporters out to support you. It is easy to move from supporting you to her because you have no substance. On the other hand it is very difficult to move from substance to talk..

Move along, nothing to see here. Just more craziness from the Clinton campaign.

I think I want Obama to answer the phone.

Hello? I think it was Obama who was playing the fear and depression card in the past year. Hillary's new ad is a peaceful ad about picking a right person to do the job. Being a president is not an easy job, and you might have to stay up late. It's a REAL job and Hillary is prepared and knows what this job requires her to do!

Why do you spread fear Obama?

Clinton is hurting our party!! Please drop out already so we can unite, instead of making the divide larger. If we go to Denver divided we will lose in NOVEMBER!!!

Right on! Obama is a kid playing in a sand box. Two wars, looming recession, chaos in Pakistan, mid east in turmoil, gas going to $ 4.00 per hour, Iran going nuclear, North Korea is nuclear, the air stinks and this kid considers this his sand box and wants time to learn. God help us! God help us ! God help us! I "hope" the Obama supporters "change" their minds, If not, there is only one alternative, John McCain.

Senator Obama and his expressionless, fainting, zombie followers have already scared most sensible, clear thinking, political thinkers a long time ago! As a liberal, who is somewhat to the left of Senator Obama, I'm frightened by the desperation of my fellow liberals and their willingness to embrace a complete political neophyte, who has accomplished nothing more than enrapture us with his oratory and promises.

You're doing that yourself, Obama.
Honesty is all they require from you, and you are'nt delivering.... Why?

Mr. Obama you might be busy running for the next election so you won't bother answering the phone. What about neglecting that Senate committee for foreign relations in Afghanistan where you are a chairman simply because you were busy running for president? You either postpone your duties or respond just Present to calls.

Anyway, by addressing so 'forcefully' the phone ad you just show you know you are vulnerable when it comes to national security. Hillary will be 100 times better than you although she is not perfect either.

I don't want Hillary answering the phone. Or anything else for that matter.

Well, if it came down to who I would trust, I think sometimes actions speak louder than judgment. Considering that Obama has been too busy on the campaign trail to worry about his Senate sub-committee duties so he can be elected, he's proven that he thinks talk means more than actions. Again, it's about just talking the talk and not walking the walk.

And in his reply to that vote, it's easy to stand on the sidelines and cheer or jeer when you're not in the position. And in 2002, he wasn't in the position.

In relation to who I would trust at 3a.m. to answer the call, that would be both Senator Clinton and Senator McCain. Senator Obama would be the last person I would want to answer the call.

If Obama is a blank screen–then Clinton is a soap opera of lies and deceptions. Is there anything the Hill-Billys will not do to gain the White House?

Why is Hillary attacking Obama with these crazy ads she had her chance in the debate, I think Hillary is going to lose in Ohio and Texas because of these negative ads. American people want change we need a leader like Obama who going to fight for us like health care, economy and the war in Iraq. I see so many people in my neighbor with Obama signs for changes. My next door neighbor is a white women and she for Obama she said she tire of Hillary negative remarks against Obama.

Obama is an idiot! What a cry baby! If he is such a shoe-in and a "uniter", what does he have to worry about! He should start trying to win over those Clinton die hards!

I am not convinced! MOST of his present CNN blog supporters are just plain MEAN! If they are so SURE he is going to win, start playing nice! They should try and UNIT the party not further dividing it by bashing Clinton.

At this point, I as an independent, I will vote McCain over Obama! This bickering is the same old thing! So much for CHANGE!

I wouldn't say the ads were attempting stir up fears...just stir up some reason and logic amongst some of you brain washed "Obama HOPErs".

Shut up obama, we have had enough of your empty speeches
talk about the issues in detail and stop preaching, and show us what you have done?

Hillary is our best candidate, she has a plan to lead our nation, we know her for years, and many of us do not even know her in person, thus, we cannot judge her based on perceptions. Go to the facts, we are talking about our nation and our economy. Enough with the dirty politics that you pretend not to use. Let us face it, Hillary is our best chance to succed and improve our lives at this time. Thus, we must support her.

Hillary for President
Hillary- Presidente

She is not trying to scare them they are to stupid realize that this nation will be right where it is 5 years from now. He has no intensions of working. His idea of working is "a dream" not work he wants us to do his job for him.

It will back fire.......

Hillary 08

if Obama is on this ticket I will switch to McCain

EXPERIENCE will prevail

She is going out (if that is her fate) as she came into the political orbit three decades ago - as a smart, serious and sound policy maven who leaves to others soaring rhetoric and stirring emotions.

He is a very untested blank slate – be careful what you wish for

Hillary is now using Ghetto politics to resurface in the race, but it is already over. Fit to be VP, not President.

Obama 08 and beyond!

um....i don't even understand this add. It is stupid. And honestly...i feel more stupid even thinking about it. lame.

I was afraid of Oboma long before any phone ringing ad appeared. A nice fellow but what has he done, wherein lies his experience????

Hillary Clinton is now a Republican.

He's go a lot of nerve saying Hillary is trying to scare up votes when he is THREATENING black representatives to vote for him or else. He needs to stop being such a cry baby already.

Acutally I'm real scared that either of you two will pick up the phone.

John McCain is starting to look real good about now and is probably enjoying all of this pettiness. There's a reason all these republican are voting in the democratic primaries and that's to pick a democratic candidate that will be easy pickings in November.

Got to had it to Hillary. She has managed to not only to be able to polarize the country, but split the Democratic Party. Wouldn't surprise me if she asked Nader to be her VP choice.

I cannot believe they call this a positive ad with very soft images! Maybe Iraqi citizens should answer with their own ad, featuring their children in bed blown to pieces with American bombs with the same focus: Who do they want to pick up the phone?

It won't work Hillary!!! Shame on you.

Senator Obama stated during the debate that he wanted to take that one vote back because.........

being a Constitutional Law Professor I knew it was the wrong vote and I did it anyway...............

So where was his judgment then ??????????? That was like voting 'present'........and how the MEDIA hasn't picked up on this????

He clearly showed very poor judgment to vote knowing it was wrong? DUH!

The only explanation for this overreaction is that this AD plays into fear of Obama campaign, NOT Voters.
Lacking foreign affair experience is Obama's soft spot. Besides, his stance on Israel is suspicious. How can we trust this guy on dealing with our enemies?

Who do they want to pick up the phone?"
President Obama!

Here in Ohio, all of my pro-Hillary friends see the writing on the wall. Hopefully, on Wednesday, Hillary will see the same and stop throwing mud – start unifying against McCain.

Hillary,

Please go out like a lady!

Thanks, Barack. After next Tuesday, I hope you can concentrate on beating up on the Republicans and not have to deflect nonsense from your own Party. If ever you have another "debate" with Mrs. Clinton, please ask her why she doesn't say this sort of nonsense around you, but waits until she has a microphone all to herself.

GObama 08!

This ad can only hurt the Clinton campaign, for two reasons: (1. it strengthens in people's mind the perception that the Clinton camp is willing to use the same sort of fear tactics that helped Bush beat Kerry, and (2. the remind people of Clinton's prior judgment in a tough situation–the decision to invade Iraq–which most Democrats are still mad at her about.

Once again, I suppose Obama has smoothed over and canceled out any doubt about his experience, which does not exist. Boy he is slick with his answers, but he has no experience to be nominated to run for president of the United States.

Hillary 08

I hate to be the one to say it, but all the emotional ups and downs that Hillary has displayed is exactly why people do not want a woman in the white house, female harmones. Obama has maintained a type of resolve that is becoming of a President, Hillary just doesn't have it and that is what has been apparent through this democratic nomination's process, she would not represent this nation to the best of its ability. Obama 08...

It's 3AM at the White House. The phone rings. Hillary answers. It's Mark Penn. She says, "You're fired!"

Out with old Washington and in with a new working Washington. Its time for the American people to to vote for change and to follow through to see that change happen. Obama '08! He can answer the phone and make the correct judgement call.

....and the person I want answering the phone is Hillary Clinton.

Barack Hussein Obama stop already with your silly attacks on Hillary............

I just have a feeling, a very bad feeling that the Election 2008 will be the most divisive election in the history of this country.

I don't want Hillary answering the phone at ANY time of the day.

Way to go Obama...keep it positive but quickly answer negativity or attacks.....Obama 08

What else is new? Clinton is trying to pull out all the stops now, she knows it is all over for her but she is going to try anything desperate, what a fool. Time to go back to AR Clinton.

Everyone can see through her and she knows it, but in her hollow place of a brain, she thinks people will vote for her, a vote for her is a vote for failure. Haven't we had enough of that already!

Clinton is desperate and would run any ad she thought would help her win. I'm not saying that in a negative way – she thinks she would be the best President so she's willing to do what it takes to win. Is this as "bad" as Lyndon Johnson's ad or an ad which shows the 9/11 attacks? Probably not. Is it a "scare" ad? Of couse. Candidates have been running scare ads for years.

Thank you Senator Clinton for running a disgusting ad that cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars to run and for giving Barack Obama all the FREE press he needed to point out your attempts at fear mongering.

People need to ask themselves this question. Maybe he'll just say present. Maybe Ted and Kerry can take turns spending the night. Oh wait, they voted for the war too. Hummmmmm Maybe Oprah will be there. No matter the question, his answer is I did not vote for the war. We get it, Obama did not vote for the war.

Voters should be scared. They should calm down and think why they pick Obama. As I talked to a lot of Obama supporters, they all said Obama is sexy, handsome...

Hillary is giving a wake up call!! Accept it first, think think think!!

Oh please...I can't take it anymore

CNN – you've lost a viewer

Anyone who is sick of the CNN bias against Senator Clinton should watch Dan Abrams on MSNBC....I have to pay extra for MSNBC but it is well worth it.

Lets see if this makes it on the blog – you are so very good at deleting anything negative about Obama. Your delete finger must be very sore.

I denounce and reject fearmongering.
I denounce and reject Hillary Clinton.

This is a serious ad for a serious question. Who do we want in the white house making decisions? I think it makes a good point. Hillary Clinton is the most capable and experienced candidate on the democratic side. Clinton offers change with predictability and stability, but Obama offers change with uncertainty. Clinton, Obama and McCain are all candidates that will reach across party lines. I am a democrat and if Hillary is not the democratic nominee, I will vote for McCain.

Man, if there is one thing I hate politicians do it's "won't somebody please think of the children" fear mongering. This sort of thing is exactly how the war was sold on us. This is just confirms Hillary is the Democrat Bush.

We had a "red phone moment" and you failed miserably, Hillary.

We need to change the way we respond to "red phone moments'.

Hillary, you are not it.

When will Hillary realize that this is the exact kind of campaigning that us democrats hate about the GOP? Obama represents hope, change and a better direction for our future. Clinton represents the same old politics that got us into this mess in the first place. It is Barack's time

Clinton is trying to use Bush circa 2004 tactics to get voters to support her out of fear, obviously. But what she forgets is that this tactic works on sheltered, small-town Republicans, not world-savvy Democrats.

Obama doesn't have to go negative with Hillary because she does most of the work herself. Good job Hillary!

How is this ad positive? It's meant to scare the living snot out of me and my fellow Texans who have already, or are planning on or considering voting for Barack Obama.

The great thing about the Rovian politics is that they do not work anymore. Espeically among Independents and Democrats and even many Republicans in Texas.

Obama '08

Barak Obama's whole campaign: "Hillary voted for the war. Change! Vote for me!"

Check his senate record. It's all partisan votes. He hasn't authored one single piece of successful legislation, and the senate committe he chairs has NEVER met while he's been in charge.

He's all talk.

Pep rallies don't win the game; actions in the field do!

“Now one of Clinton’s laws of politics is this: If one candidate’s trying to scare you and the other one’s trying to get you to think, if one candidate’s appealing to your fears and the other one’s appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope.”

-Bill Clinton, 2004

I don't think it's a bad ad. I think it is a question a lot of people are asking themselves. Who do we think has the right judgment to lead our country? My answer to that is Barack Obama.

Obama you are also a scary one.
Who are you?
Where did you come from?
How did you rise so quickly in the Political World?
Who really is behind the Curtain Controlling you?
What change are you hoping for exactly?
Questions, questions, questions, but no direct answers from this puppet on strings.

Let's see... where to start. Bar..ack, ack, Brack, ack ack (That's a chicken) or how about sniff! sniff! Wah.....

One of these days, the guy is actually going to quit whining.

I don't think the ad itself is scary. It's a nice ad. It doesn't talk about war and other stuff.

Stop spinning around the story! What really scares me is Obama's presidency!

Great response from Obama, it shows the difference between the him and Clinton.

"Now, one of Clinton's laws of politics is this. If one candidate is trying to scare you and the other one is try get you to think, if one candidate is appealing to your fears and the other one is appealing to your hopes, you better vote for the person who wants you to think and hope."
-Bill Clinton, 2004

When did Karl Rove begin working on the Clinton Campaign?

We have nothing to fear!! Obama is hear!!

Communists for Obama '08!!!!

Just say no to fear-mongering.

We are well past tired of it.

Obama '08

Its Rove politics and should be rejected.
We, the Democrats, rejected it when Bush and Rove did it.
We, the Democrats, should reject it when Hillary does it.

....and didn't Hillary say that Obama is using Rove politics, oh please Mrs. Hillary Rove Clinton spare me your tactics.

Clinton is only tellin' it like it is. Who needs an apprentice like Obama in the White House?

Nonesense. People know the difference between realistic concerns and "scare-tactics." This is not a scare-tactic, and if Obama's followers are "scared" by it then that's because Obama isn't fit to handle emergencies!

He's right. It probably won't work this time, because people are eerily following Barack Obama like he's the Messiah. I've never seen anything like it and truly fear for this country. Wake up people! Obama is a wolf in sheep's clothing, and only those who have the gift of discernment can see it. Trust me and turn away from him.