This is an example of why you have to be very careful attacking others- especially when you have lots of baggage. The problem with Hillary's campaign is that this tactic isn't really working for her. The only time it did was before the Ohio Primary when her campaign distorted that story on NAFTA. That was less than honest. Obama seemed prepared for the Ayers question and Hillary kinda walked into a trap- He knew she'd attack him on that while she didn't know he'd come back. This has been a recurring theme in her campaign- they can attack but are unable to take a punch. The Clintons had a significant advantage in the campaign with name recognition- they squandered it and have been out maneuvered for the most part by Obama's campaign. This shouldn't have happened and you have to blame Clinton (which ever one you want)- and credit Obama's side for being where they are.

I like Hillary but I'm supporting Obama because I think he is the person you can trust the most and that is something we haven't had in the White House for a considerable time.

We are starting to see that this race is hurting the party. It's like getting in the ring with one fighter while another fighter watches. When you're done fighting the first guy (or gal) the next fighter steps in after watching your technique strengths and weaknesses. This isn't favorable for the person who fights twice. What the democratic fighters need to do is attack McCain together- stop attacking each other. He can't fight two at once.

L Bowie- Rev. Wright is not campaigning for Obama….BJ Bill is.

AZM- Thanks for having me honor you by donating Obama ANOTHER $200 just this week for YOU! Now I can take my turbin off and start drinking my Kool-aid for an early nomination victory!

I think its only fair to expect the first couple to be eye to eye at least most of the time..this simply previews fights and quarrels in WH if she takes it.

I didnt see the debates, but from what ive heard it was a draw. Hillary clearly understands policies - great. But her choices, her connections, her decisions…we need that too. Obama needs to fine tune his a little, and frankly I anticipate that he will surround himself with a great supporting cast - unlike Dubya. I want a president who is well rounded, and Hillary is not that.

The reality is, how effective has any president been in the last 30 years? How many campaign promises never come to fruition - on both sides? Are we really electing Obama or Clinton for their health care plans - which will probably never ever happen? No, we arent - we are electing a president who wont bomb the heck out of a country - just becuase. We are electing a president who wont jump without reviewing the actual circumstances…we are electing a president who wont walk into the world acting as if everything is owed to america.

Gosh, on top of all that - clintons shady dealings are scary - and the fact that Barack hasnt really talked about this should not lead any of you to believe that the republicans arent going to. We havent even seen the tip of the iceberg with the shadiness in her past.

If clinton is handed the nomination, i expect another 4 years of republican rule - but at least it will be funny as heck to watch her being revealed for the schmuck that she is.

Obama, he has met people who turned out to be shady - but he hasnt done anything shady with him. You want a distinction between he and Clinton, there you have it.

ACTUALL IF YOU SAW THE USATODAY THEN YOU OBAMA FANS WOULD SEE THAT HE IS LYING TOO. IN FACT HE LIED ON NATIONAL TV LAST NIGHT AND SAID HE DOESN'T TAKE MONEY FROM LOBBIEST BUT THERE WAS AN ARTICLE IN USATODAY YESTERDAY THAT HE HAS IN FACT TAKEN MONEY FROM SOME OF THE MAJOR OIL COMPANIES. SO HE IS PREACHING ONE THING BUT PRACTICING ANOTHER.

Hillary has said that if she had a pastor like Rev. Wright she would have left the church - said that you can't pick your family but you can pick your pastor. Well Hillary you can also PICK YOUR HUSBAND. With Hillary it is all about power and as far as her marriage, it is nothing but an arrangement.

Help Lou Help……………………………………………………

to: To forgive is divine
you are so right!!!

I love it when supporters of Senator Clinton say that it was Bill Clinton not her that did the pardoning. Isn't it Hillary that is using those 8 years as part of her "35″ years of experience? As far as the media goes, I don't think they have even come close to really examine HER credentials. Has anyone (MSM) really, and I mean REALLY, spoken about her claims of her participation in the Northern Ireland peace agreement? NAFTA? Or how about the promise of creating jobs in NY state when running for Senator in 2000? Oh, I forgot. That was Al Gore's fault because he didn't win the Presidency.

This will backfire on her also. William Ayers, per my reading, as paid his debt to society and has moved on and became a respected college professor and that is the context on the casual relatationship be our Next President, Barack Obama

Dems United!!!

Shameful performance by George S. Barack did a good job of parrying the Willaim Ayres question. "I was 8 years old" exposes just how inane the question really is.

On the other hand we have Hillary sounding like somewhere deep down she is coming to a slow realization that just isn't going to go her way. Hope she doesn't firebomb the place on the way out the door.

Bottom line is that the so-called "Debate" sucked canal water. The only real winners where ABC's sponsors; They received far more air time than any of the REAL ISSUES received.

I'm not sure which alternate Universe the Clintons live in, but it sure must be one hateful, spiteful, self-serving, holier-than-thou place, where no one dares speak the truth.

What a terrible debate in terms of real substantive issues being talked about. Charles Gibson and George Stephonopolous just perpetuated stories that mean nothing in terms of the issues that this country faces.

The only positive I see is that the more that comes out before the general election on either Dem candidate takes away the thunder the GOP may have generated by bringing it up this fall.

Hillary is such a poll-hungry, fickle woman. She has certainly proven herself to be a decent Republican-minded politico, but she lacks heart, she lacks integrity, and she sure as hell lacks my support.

Does anyone else find it odd that no one has jumped on her weird Bible-friendship with the likes of John Ashcroft? Come on, CNN, we shouldn't have to scour Mother Jones and The Nation to learn about her sketchy religiosity.

This debate was horrible.

Filled with non issues, and tabloid type questions. I believe Obama was in shock most of the debate!

I do believe it made Hillary look bad. She declined to comment when he mentioned Bill's pardons, when she tried to slam Obama on a fleeting relationship with Ayers, moments before.

Hillary made the biggest mistake!

She admitted Obama is electable, although she was pressed to do it.

She could have told the truth about how she feels, if she indeed feels Obama is not electable!

At any rate, she and Harold Ickes can play that tune to the Supers anymore, or she will certainly look like a blantant liar!

I donated again to Obama, after the debate!

As an independent voter these days and watching the dems go on, anyone who really believes that Hillary is electable is either naive or foolish. At this point, she could not beat John McCain and as a side note, anyone can discuss or have a plan but implementing that plan a different story…

Hillary dismisses herself when in her campaign saying Obama is not electable. NOW, in the last night debates, she comfirms three times he's electable. Where does Hillarry stand and what does she mean to the american people ? Can we count on Hillary's words? We don't think so. Her campaign is really crazy.

I don't know how you can say your not stupid when the STUPIDITY that played out of the "Clinton Campaign Playbook" has not only been stupid, but it has nearly torn the Democratic party apart, and has certainly given John McCain some momentum!!

Barack Obama has picked up FIVE SUPERDELEGATES IN THE LAST FEW DAYS!! That tell's me that ONE BY ONE — THEY ARE MARCHING — RIGHT ON OVER TO BARACK OBAMA!!

What's good for the goose is good for the gander!!! HILLARY CERTAINLY FELT SOME HEAT LAST NIGHT!! And the HEAT will only continue!! IT'S BARBEQUE TIME, HILLARY — CHARCOAL AND ALL — YOU WILL BE ROASTED!!!

The debate was one sided to get at Obama. No one was on Clinton and the things she's done.

This debate was horrible.

Filled with non issues, and tabloid type questions. I believe Obama was in shock most of the debate!

I do believe it made Hillary look bad. She declined to comment when he mentioned Bill's pardons, when she tried to slam Obama on a fleeting relationship with Ayers, moments before.

Hillary made the biggest mistake!

She admitted Obama is electable, although she was pressed to do it.

She could have told the truth about how she feels, if she indeed feels Obama is not electable!

At any rate, she and Harold Ickes can play that tune to the Supers anymore, or she will certainly look like a blantant liar!

I donated again to Obama, after the debate!

YOU DON'T CHOSE YOUR FAMILY, BUT YOU DO CHOSE YOUR SPOUSE AND WHO YOU PARDON…..First NAFTA, then the Columbian Trade Agreement, now the Weather Underground….Hillary and Bill sure disagreed on a lot while they were running the county!

Sorry, but it is not just the Underground pardons that need to be answered for. How about Marc Rich, the ones orchestrated by her goofy brothers or was it Clinton's goofy brother, the FALN pardons, etc. These two Clintons are shameless politicians only in it for themselves and that is why I WILL only vote for Obama or McCain.
Clintons are not worth my effort or care!

Wow!!!! Many of you cannot see the forrest for the trees. It seems to me that your candidtate would have to beat up a blind child for you to even question them. I am sure the blind child would be at fault. Just like "screw them" when talking about southern whites. I am sure she misspoke there too. Talk about the blind leading the blind. Lets see. Screw the white southerners, young people are stupid, what is left to vote? Oh, the gullible

I find it funny how people claim that CNN is biased, and claim something ISN'T biased when it IS fair. It's popular amongst the clintonites. :3 "OMG they asked clinton a hard question! That's not fair!" I bet if they asked, "Mrs. Clinton, is the sky blue?" but asked Obama, "How much weight can a sparrow carry and for how long?" they'd consider it fair.

Grow up, both sides. I'm for Obama, but I am SICK of how we tear each other up. I can't like Hillary. she's too much of a witch. Yeah, she is. And I like Obama because he's speaking to the people, and didn't grow up priveledged. No, he's not elitist–Hillary is. She's just planning on taking Obama down with her, fighting to the end.

Hillary needs to quit whining. Bill needs to keep his mouth shut and something else in his pants. And Chelsea needs to grow up, as do ALL of you–Obama and Clinton supporters alike.

Thank you. :3

Zak from Chicago,

You are absolutely right. Also, listening to Sean Hannity is an insult to my intellect.

To all these "the past is past" posters– Where is the evidence for your claims? What do you know about the current beliefs or the repentance of those two weatherwomen?

And how in God's name can you still be supporting the liar Hillary Clinton? Why does she appeal to you? Her vote to authorize the war maybe?

Yes! It always some thing they ask Obama about that Bill Clinton is some how connected! Go Obama - keep you foot on her neck. You did great last night considering it was 3 to 1! Hillary couldn't hang with one question about sniper fire!

OMG

Hillary is just Pathetic !

Please drop out now !

Obama has connections with Ayers, not Hillary! Hillary didn't issue the pardons and had no say in them. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS OBAMA, WITHOUT AN ATTACK AND ANOTHER QUESTION! What a FRAUD!

Comentators did wonderful jobs.

So why wasn't Hillary asked about Bill's pardon, and only Obama was questioned about "terrorist connections? Or any of Hillary's other known credibility incidents? This debate was a hatchet job on Obama, and as far as I'm concerned ABC has joined FOX in insignificance.

So Obama reflects attention off his relationship with terrorists by pointing out that Bill, NOT HILLARY, pardoned people in the same group.

I'M NOT FALLING FOR IT- YOU'RE STILL GUILTY OBAMA!!!!

I think the whole point of this is simple: both have ties to an organization that sought to promore terrorist acts on it's own people.

That cannot be tolerated….

And to the guy that quoted "From Dreams of my father"….

purity in the races will always be a multi way bridge, with each race doing it's part to help out the greater issue. Unfortunately, when you have bigots, racists, and people that simply blame white people, blacks, etc. for their own problems, YOU GET NOTHING but hate. Hate is also a multi-way bridge, with all races and nationalities having their own little way as well.

How is it again that Clinton has any chance whatsoever of gaining the nomination? Seriously, I'm unclear on how that could possibly happen. Is she hoping for 150 more superdelegates than Obama?

I really do not understand our country. I served in Vietnam and as anyone that has been in combat knows. You cannot win a war unless you have the troops to clear every town of wepons and keep troops in the town to build trust with the people.

Second, I cannot belive we are still wanting to put people in space. Why are we not taking that money and knowledge and using it to build cars that do not depend on oil. Look at what our grandparents did for our country during World War Two.

Third, I believe anyone that runs for President of the United States should only be able to receive funds approved by the people of the United States. No Lobbyist money, No Corporate money, No Special interest money.

Thank you,

Miles Shepard

ABC hosted a horrible debate. The policy questions were 45 minutes in to the debate! The hosts kept interupting, it was plain awful..NBC or CNN from now on please.

Hello CNN- she didn't bring it up, the commentators did. GREAT REPORTING!!! You guys are sooo biased!

BOYCOTT!!! Make them apologise for their blatant disdain for the American Public. Make them apologise for not telling the truth on why we invaded Iraq. Make them accountable for greed and hubris while kids are dying in Iraq. Tell the Truth ABC. We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore. Make them accountable to US!! Make them apologise to us for treating us like we're stupid. Too bad, ABC, you are the ones who will take the brunt for all the lies from corporate media. You just pushed your luck a little too far. Apologise!! Demand it!! Charlie…while you are worrying about your capital gains tax, kids are dying, dying in a war your company promoted. BOYCOTT, until they apologise for getting paid millions for not doing their job. And DEMAND that everyone at corporate wear their flag lapel pin.

Mary,get a clue! Rodham is NOT Hillary's middle name…it is her MAIDEN name! Geez!

Hillary has made a point of taking credit for things done during the "Clinton Administration" therefore when Bill pardoned those criminals …she should also be responsible. She has also claimed her "experience" from being in the White House. If she learned how to be a President from Bill…. then we are in trouble.

Of course she saw his ploy coming.

She is smarter than Obama.

She also realizes it has nothing to do with HER or her campaign.

She preffered to discuss the issues- and not be derailed by his constant inappropriate attacks.

Stay with the issues Hillary. That is what we want and love about you.

Let him wallow in hate and violence.

Stick with love and forgiveness.

Don't talk bad bout Mr. Obama…………….u gonna get deleted.

I'm sorry, but the "I'm not sure, but I'll check" response typically doesn't fly in politics. Coming from a professional human spin cycle such as Howard Wolfson, I really would have expected a more drawn-out, illogical response than that.

OBAMA…like his brother "Abongo "Roy" Odinga" who hates America, and their communist grandfather who ran with Russia and hated America, not to mention his socialist connection with domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, and his profound childhood mentor Frank Marshall Davis, a member of the Communist Party.

OBAMA…was a member of the Woods Fund with communist domestic terrorist Bill Ayers who bombed the Pentagon, the US Capital, among other things.

HE is the one who pardoned them - not her. Why should she be held accountable to answer for what he did? Oh - and I'm not even a Democrat.

Hillary supporters sho say Barack looked like a deer under the inquisition should thank him. The only real powerful counterpunch on the pardons Hillary immediately recoiled choosing to respond after the break and then never brought it up. Think what would happen if she was going after a similar or old-style politician like the republicans.

I am an old white democrat female and will vote for John McCain before I will vote for Obama.

Always pointing that finger. So condecending. No more Clintons!!!!!

To "Bill" at the beginning of all these.

"It's her husband, stupid, not Hillary. Stop blaming her husbands screw ups on her."

Uh, Bill….
"It's his Pastor, stupid, not Obama. Stop blaming Wrights screw ups on him."

'Nuf said.

Hey Bill!!!!

Why not blame her? She's trying to claim the positive points and successes of his tenure as qualifying experience for the Presidency, why not the negatives and failures too???

Oh, I'm sorry Mr. President, I didn't realize it was you making this comment under a different handle.

When will all this nonsense com to an end? Let's talk about real issues. I'm just tired how the media is just living and thriving on non-issues just for the hype and to create more division. And the superdelegates should pledge after april 22 so this whole soap opera can end. Grow up america

Republicans see the weakness……..notice they all of a sudden want Obama to be the nominee.

if you do not want pardons, then take away the option. What Bill Clinton did is what every president does at the end of their term which is PARDON THE GUILTY….big difference from what they are accusing OBAMA of……….Obama is a wimp and it SHOWED LAST NIGHT

If Obama gets elected….the military will overwhelmed with lawsuits.
Soldiers will line up to be released from service.

Saluting the flag …..not important? Why should soldiers salute him?

American people are smarter than the Clintons and ABC.
Sorry Hillary just lost my vote!

Check out the Bosnia and Back Again video on You Tube. How does that song go? True colors……

Obama's goose is cooked.

His hype of hope has been exposed.

He peddles hate as love and religion.
He peddles division as unity.
He is a new type of politician that runs an old style of attack campaign.

He and his wife believe in Hating America unless A black man can run it his way.

From MSNBC - Some 300,000 U.S. troops are suffering from depression or post traumatic stress from serving in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and 320,000 received brain injuries, a new study estimates.

But by all means, let's talk about flag lapel pins. Now that's important.

Ok, so democrats, now this is getting to the point where it IS beginning to hurt the democrats chance in the fall. Stop attacking each other and tell us why a democratic president is better than another republican president.

All we heard last night was innuendo and smear. Do we believe that Obama and Clinton hate America? I don't.

Do we believe that Clinton and Obama believe that planting bombs at the Pentagon is an acceptable way to show anger with the government? I don't.

Anyone who does is as self-delusional as any terrorist. Calling people names isn't a great way to determine if they are good candidates. The moderators last night basically said - we accuse you of being 1) unpatriotic 2) a hate-filled bigot 3) a terrorist sympathizer.

What the heck are the candidates supposed to say? The proper answer is that you are asking insulting stupid questions.

I like the tax questions. I don't think either candidate really explained their positions very well. But after being accused as they were, maybe they were both thrown a little off guard. ABC was clumsy and stupid and they think we are too. ABC I feel that you insulted ME.

I knew a crazy man in our neigborhood. We used to be childhood friends. I guess by Hilary/CNN/ABC and right wing argument, I'm also a crazy person. Well, as a white I know this argument wouldn't apply to me, it's only applicable to OBAMA!

Oh and by the way, I love the bags under Hillary's eyes in the picture on this page and I though McCain looked old and tired…

Hillary : Can we remove this question from the yesterday debate?

THIS IS A MAJOR POINT IN THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. HOW CAN BILL CLINTON PARDON MEMBERS OF THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND AND THEN ATTACK OBAMA ON THE AYERS SITUATION. AT LEAST HE DID NOT PARDON ANYONE. HILLARY'S PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO.

Shameful performance by George S. Barack did a good job of parrying the Willaim Ayres question. "I was 8 years old" exposes just how inane the question really is.

On the other hand we have Hillary sounding like somewhere deep down she is coming to a slow realization that just isn't going to go her way. Hope she doesn't firebomb the place on the way out the door.

I'm glad to see that when given the chance Obama stayed true to himself and stayed away from bashing on Hillary and tried to focus on the issues that the debates should have been about in the first place. At times I felt like I was watching a political version of TMZ, where facts don't matter but gossip goes a long way. In the other hand, Hillary could not wait to try and stick it to Obama when given a chance. She reminds me of a cars salesmand who will do anything to close the sale, even sell out and trash talk his own boss if that's what it will take to convince the buyer he is on "his side".

STOP PORTRAYING HILLARY CLINTON AS A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN!!!!

Hillary Clinton is not a devout Christian. Neither is John McCain. Barack Obama is. Those three things are facts. Neither McCain nor Clinton should be disqualified for that reason alone, but the implication that McCain and Clinton are devout churchgoers is absolutely absurd.

The only reason Hillary did not seem defensive if because Obama refused to use the old political tactics. He even gave her an out on Bosnia. Look at all the attacks he could have lobbed:

(1) Can one accurately say you are implicitly spending Columbia's money while you claim to be against their trade deal since you fie a joint tax with Bill and he took 800K from them?

(2) If you are very serious about this opposition to the deal, why would you not fire your top staff member that collects money for promoting the deal you oppose?

(3) As a follow up to the Bosnia story (the way they kept hounding Barack): Can you call it a mispeak if you repeated the same falsehood three times?
Is Bill's explanation accurate that this happens when one 60 and getting a little forgetful?

(4) Do you believe that Barack is indeed elitist compared to you considering that you also went to Yale and made 110 million last year?

(5) Peter Paul v the Clintons. Is this a mark of patriotism promising benefits in the interest of the wealth in exchange for payback and contribution?

KUDOS TO ABC–FINALLY A MEDIA THAT ISN'T GIVING OBMAMA A FREE RIDE…TOO BAD CNN- HASN'T SHOWN THE GUTS DO TO THE SAME……………..

The superdelegates should weigh in sooner rather than later, this is getting ridiculous. If they are waiting becasue they don't want to lose Hillary supporters, they should re-evaluate this decision. The longer this goes on, and IF it goes on much longer, supporters from whichever side that loses will not show up in November. But is you wait, not only will the Dems lose these voters, but we will lose the election in general. Hillary is doing McCain's job for him and we need to let him do his own work. Obama can handle it….but he becomes a weaker candidate when he has both Hillary and McCain hitting him. This is not good for the Supers to allow to happen. We will lost in November, if something isn't done NOW!

Bill

I guess that it is easier to accept no blame for your husbands screw-ups, than it is to be blamed for your Pastor's (supposed) screw-ups!!!
Boy this is a double standard of the highest degree.

What is going to happen now is this, Hillary's kitchen sink is coming back like a boomerang, and she can't even duck it, like she did in Bosnia from Sniper Fire.

Her whole campaign is hinging on Superdelegates. She looked just as vulnerable up their as Barack did. She handed him the nomination with the "Yes, Yes, Yes" response to whether or not he can beat McCain. That was the one doubt she has played effectively and probably could have used to make a strong case to the remaining Superdelegates. She then says she'd make a better candidate, like that is going to put her over the top with the Superdelegates.
Well clearly the American people don't think so. She is behind in states won, delegates and popular vote and she is losing support. I hear more endoresments of Barack daily. When is the last one you heard for Hillary…of besides Mr. Johnson from BET, he's a winner…

President clinton pardoned convicted terrorists, yuck!!! please stay away from the white house!!! willam ayers is an english professor in chicago if he is as bad or criminal he shd be in jail!!!!

"William Ayers made hateful comments in recent years, after 9/11."

FYI. And maybe it doesn't matter much to those who have made up their mind, or don't agree with Ayers at all, or think this is at all relevant… but in the interest of playing with the proper facts…

NYTs reports that Ayers comments about more bombs came out (coincidentally) on Sept. 11, 2001. He had made the comments five days earlier.

And it's possible that this guy has made more comments after that.

But… how does this help me reduce my health care premiums (I pay $10,200 per year for a family of four, with a $1000 deductable, $30 doctor co-pay, no maternity coverage, and and 80/20 split on most procedures.) How does this help us figure out how to get out of Iraq. Do we really want to continue a $12 Billion/month war? How does this help us stop the bleeding that is now our economy?

Oh wait, I think we need a deeper discussion on who wears and flag on their lapel and who doesn't. That will really help.

So wasn't Hillary asked about Bill's connection, and only Obama was questioned about "terrorist connections? Or any of Hillary's other known credibility incidents? This debate was a hatchet job on Obama, and as far as I'm concerned ABC has joined FOX in insignificance.

"When Clinton made the Bosnia gaffe, she apologized for it."

No, first she blamed it on "sleep deprivity", then when called out which of the multiple times she said it was she sleep deprived, she said she "mis-spoke." She lied, got caught, it's not the end of the world though, so lets move on.

For the Larry Sinclair folks. The man failed two lie detector tests. But you could care less. Let's stick to the facts ma'am

More irrelevant childish tit for tat from Obama.

We do not hold people to their sins of yesteryear after they have repented and grown and moved on.

Just like we do not consider you a cocaine and drug user TODAY.

Your white granny moved on from the bias and hatred of Jim Crow… along with countless rural white women of 40 years ago. Rev Wright did not. He continued to hate and to preach it from the pulpit.

Those pardoned men had moved away from their politics of hate and violence. William Ayers, after 9/11 apparently still had not.

BIG DIFFERENCE.

Another Homer Simpson moment for good 'ol Hill

Doooohhhh!!!!

THE WHITE PEOPLE BRING US WHERE WE ARE NOW,
WE ARE IN THE TOP OF THE WORLD. WHY DO WE WANNA CHANGE THAT, WE JUST NEED IMPROVEMENT TO A BETTER ECONOMY

Once again, Hillary's attempts to smear Obama have come back to bite her in the butt. You'd think that she would have learned her lesson by now. But, I guess the real lesson is that she should have mustered up the courage to divorce the creep when she had the chance. His reckless behavior not only destroyed his presidency, it has also destroyed hers. The fact that she keeps making this mistake over and over, leads me to believe that she is not qualified to lead this nation.

She states that she and Bill share everything and that he will be a part of her Presidency. The Clinton years will not end with her being put in office they will start again. Obama was blind-sided last night but handled himself well considering he could have done what Hillary has done in the past which is whined about the unfairness of it all, but he took his shots and answered the questions truthfully and tried to move on to issues. ABC should be ashamed of themselves for an unfair debate. Gibson I though was a fair journalist, but my opinion has changed. ABC has lost a viewer due to the debate, but Obama has gained a loyal supporter.

As a law intern Hillary also supported the black panthers. Went to the trials to find reasons for an appeal.
You don't know why they did the pardons??? come on you know it was for votes and payoffs. You guys must be to young to remember all that.
That's another reason Hillary needs to get in. More friends to pardon and money collected.

Sean: I don't think she literally is. I'd be surprised if they even slept in the same room together. This is a marriage of convenience - though it seems it's growing ever more inconvenient for her.

ABC News should publicly apologize for that excuse for a "Debate" last night. They had no interest in issues, despite the very academic cover of the Constitution. Charlie looked like a hanging judge and George was in "Gotcha" mode. His old boss, Hillary will never admit she lied. "I made a mistake" (for which I want forgiveness.) The big loser overall: ABC News.

Bill Clinton is not running for President!

UCLA students for Hillary

I'm a 26 year old, unemployed college graduate. The debate last night was the laughing stock of all countries! Simply because it shows how pety Americans really are. Here we are in the year 2008 and Hillary Clinton's campaign is involved in the biggest gossip against Obama. Americans can look back and look at what her husband did for our economy and so forth, but let's not forget that he was invloved in one of the biggest scandles with his affair. Hillary was not even strong enough to leave her unfaithful husband. How is she strong enough to lead a country. I'll tell you how, by letting her husband run it. This election is a bunch of gossip. Let's stick to the issues and not who someone knew or use to know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Obama was questioned about his relationship with Bill Ayer as well. How come this is not on the ticker?

Politics is a lot murkier. In the recent article in Times, the writer talks about the influence of Barak"s mother in his upbringing. Strangely Barak was not even by her side when she was on the death bed. What about dad, what influence he got from that side? Why does he not talk about this relationship. The mother I think was invoked just to get white votes.

Who cares? She's history.

BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA IS WINNING AMONGST LIBERALS…..

THERE IS NO CHANCE THE AMERICA WILL ELECT HIM IN NOV….. IF HE IS THE NOMINEE, I PITY DEMOCRATS !

Sean- I totally agree that the attack is fair, my only concern is that CNN shows way more of the attacks on Clinton than Obama - you can see for yourself many HRC supporters are calling CNN out for not publicizing when Obama was in question. They also don't cover her gain of superdelegates, or when she was up 20% in the polls in PA last week. it's not objective journalism.

the attacks on both sides are all fair - it's politics! I do think Hillary responds better to them. She never goes off on a tirade calling him "Annie Oakley", she is much more graceful and diplomatic.

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Here we go again… Clinton on the negative attacks again!!

Hello… Hillary you were there gaining your experience while your husband Bill pardoned these members??

Bottom line the Clinton's are grasping at straws and always seem to come up with the short one

The more that Obama doesn't stoop to their level the more he will win the people over. I know of 3 people who changed their vote to Obama just because of Clinton's negative attacks

Bill / Hill it's time for you guys to drop out of this race and stop dividing the party!

This is Karma once you do dirt dirt comes back to you see Hilary your comments backfired right on her This is what happens when you Play Poltics! Obama 08

I loved that man's question-
"Hillary you have lost my vote with sniper fire story..what will you say to get my vote back"

LOL…

From Dreams Of My Father;

“I ceased to advertise my mother's race at the age of 12 or 13, when I
began to suspect that by doing so I was ingratiating myself to whites”

Where was Hillary's flag pin? She was wearing a suit, why isn't she questioned on her patiotism, I agreed with Obama, people will vote pro-life, pro-gun and not look at what a candidate will do economically. I am not from a small town but am bitter. I work hard only to have 2 companies I work for go under in the last 7 years.

****News Alert****

Moderators for the next debate will be Carvelle and Penn!

The other Weathermen (those who were not killed in the explosion of the townhouse) did their time, a lot of it. Ayers got away with it due to mistakes by the prosecution. Also, he was the leader.

It's funny how they didn't want the audience to clap. We all know who'd they clap for.

Hippocricy and lies from the Clintons. Say it isn't so. Let's face it, Obama didn't bring up the involvement of the Clintons until she brought up the issue as an attack against Obama. Seems like another backfire, and proof that her and her husband have yet to be fully vetted. Think what the repugs would do to her. We are so fortunate we will have Obama as our nominee. He will make a great president.

Hillary is like a basketball team twenty points behind with only 60 seconds left. All she has left now to do is foul. If she would look in the stands, the crowd is leaving and going to McCain.
There is nothing new here except the minutia being drudged up by the media and tired old fouls by Clinton. This needs a merciful ending or there won't be a Democrat President in January 2009..

The Clinton last-minute pardons were considered to be absolutely horrible at the time - you can still read the NY Times articles online about the large numbers of pardons under very suspicious circumstances. The NY Times was disgusted, and I don't think anyone would disagree that it is a paper on the more liberal half of the spectrum.

Do an internet search and you will get all the info you want on the Clinton pardons…

What is the point to all of this. Most people on the blogs are going to find anything to tear down Hillary. Well, she clearly won that debate last night..I find it more interesting that Obama dodged most of his questions and then tried to throw an attack on Hillary.

Also, It does not matter who Bill Clinton pardoned or what Bill Clinton did. He is not running for office. Hillary is not Bill Clinton and can and should be judged on her merits, not a former President, husband or not.

Stick to the issues and you will see Clinton is far superior to Obama.

PeterPaulGate. Good one Emmanuel. I am waiting for that one to come and blow up in Hillary's face. That will be one of the biggest scandals.

I cannot wait for this to get over….
i am looking forward to McCain tearing this boy out right and left….
There is no chance the Hussain Obama is going to withstand Mccain. he might have to get therapy from Rev Wright.

I want my president and his family to be patriotic…. throughout their life, not just for elections.

Hillary was not in the Oval Office. She didn't create any pardons. As she has proven time and agian, she is not Bill Clinton. Nice try, Obama.

If anyone saw the debate last night, Obama fully explained his relationship with this guy, pointed out that he was 8 years old when the illegal activities occurred and seemed perfectly willing to drop the subject.

Hillary of course had to add her digs in. Which forced Obama to ask why Bill had pardoned two of these people.

Hillary, with the help of the moderators was perfectly willing to keep the negative attacks going all night long. Only Obama seemed interested in discussing the issues.

People don't forget

female grad student NYC,

No Hillary should be held responsible for the bad things of her husband's adminstration. Because Hillary, as well as her surrogates and supporters like you, seem to think she be responsibility for the good things. You can't just take the good and leave the bad. It doesn't work that way, honey. Unless, in typical Clinton manner, you believe all the rules should favor you and make things more difficult for your competitors. Pathetic. HRC is a fraud and a con artist. She is a snake-oil saleswoman.

I'T THE OLD DEBATE ALL THE TIME, OBAMA IS COPYING ALL HILLARY'S ANSWER BUT PUT IT IN DIFFERENT WORDS.

Shame on ABC for pandering to exploitive and divisive politics!

So I have a question: Hillary's campaign seems to be based on one principle - that is that Obama is unelectable because he's not as tough as she is; she can get nasty with the Republicans and she's clearly the ONLY one that can get nasty enough to beat the Republicans………. how does she reconcile that

with the fact that Obama is beating her????? Despite her nastiness?

Could it be that she is being condescending to the voters? Does she really believe she can "make it so" simply by saying it outloud - a little liike the Bosnia story?

Or could it be that there really is a larger segment of that voting block that finally found a voice in Obama? One that doesn't want divisivness; that wants to be spoken to as adults and partners in our democracy; one that doesn't want to apoligize for being hopeful AND idealistic???

Hillary's response: "I may be a lot of things, but I'm not stupid." She certainly confirmed to the American voting public that she is two-faced liar and an unscrupulous narcissistic opportunist. She's lost the nomination and will whine up until the day Obama wins the nomination. No more Hillary! Anyone but Hillary!

Hallelujiah!

Hillary Clinton is a SERIAL LIAR just as her husband is a SERIAL CHEATER.
They cannot be trusted - they'll always violate the White House - it's in their DNA.

If you saw the debate, you know Hillary was debating personal issues and Senator Obama was trying to stay on tract with real issues facing Americans today. Hillary brought this issue up, this was the first time Obama had mentioned any of Hillarys nasty background and he had no choice this time. I wish Senator Obama had asked Hillary how her husband could be lobbying for the Columbian Trade Deal and deposted his pay of $800,000 into their bank account with out her knowledge; and how could her campaign manager take time off to go to Columbia without her knowledge. NAFTA has had a huge negative backlash for American workers and it is an issue if Hillary is still supporting these kinds of trade deals. I believe she does and is still supporting not only NAFTA but more sweeping trade deals. The Clinton's have made a lot of money for pushing Trade Agreements through Congress.

From Dreams Of My Father;

“The emotion between the races could never be pure….. THE OTHER RACE (WHITE) WOULD ALWAYS REMAIN JUST THAT: MENACING, ALIEN AND APART”

Did Bill really pardon those terrorists?

Wow i did not know that…Hmmm..

President Clinton didn't pardon Ayers, who was the group's leader. Ayers is a friend of Obama's, not the others.

Why is America punishing Obama for Rev. Wright's comments and actions. Why is America punishing Hillary for Bill's actions. If you personal think about how ignorant it would be for someone to judge you on who all you have ever been in the company of, you would reframe from this nonsense and stick to the matter at hand. People, we need to focus on what is important. Those important issues are the economy, healthcare, the war, global warming, immigration, and foreign policy. I am sick of the mud slinging, racial overtones, and immature antics that have been going on between the campaigns and their supporters. In the words of Hillary, "I love my country, but am looking for my government to stand up for the people". In the words of Obama" I am bitter, but clinging to my religion to help relieve some of the dispair I feel. Finally, in contrary to Michelle Obama, " I am not proud of my Country". At least not at this moment. The United States has lost its gleam the shined all over the world not too long ago. This administration has to go. The candidates need to focus on their differences from the republican party and focus on those strengths.

as an american obama owes the voting public answers to his many questionable "friendships". hillary wasn't attacking him, this is a fair question that should be explored more by the main stream media. obama's annoyance when he is asked questions he doesn't want to answer is an example of his arrogance. he'll never be able to handle the republicans and swift boaters if he get's the nomination, which I doubt after his poor debate performance.

I am getting sick of these debates. What is the purpose.? They are not even entertaining. I wished ABC has concentrated on issues and plans rather then small stuff that will not solve any problem. Both candidates are smart and have good of the country in their heart. Both will make excellent president compare what we got or what Republicans are putting forward. I blame DNC for this 6 weeks break where idle time is filled by these useless stuff. Media has to fill air time to sell time. There is nothing to report. Lets voters make up their own mind without such media help. Media is a big business and does not have the national objective except for maximizing profit.
Lets primary go and then superdelegates quicly vote and lets winner of delegates win. Get on with business of preventing third term for Bush.

That is exactly what she gets her statement turned back on her that is Karma I love Keep it up Hilary you are Drowning yourself not even touching the skin of Barack Obama. Thank you Senator Obama for Being Kind this Evil hag

Who cares about last night debate? It was all hit job to Obama. I hope he doesn't accept another debate!

Ayers is still alive and kicking, and again Obama has ties with another
anti American.

Who cares what Bill Clinton did 10 years, that was then and Hillary
is NOW.

Hillary 08

No flag pin for Obama
No respect for the national anthum
Anti American mentor Rev. Wright

DOES THAT TELL ANYONE ANYTHING

READ THIS KATHLEEN RETIRED PROFESSIONAL B/W

From Dreams Of My Father;

“THAT HATE HADN’T GONE AWAY,” he wrote, BLAMING WHITE PEOPLE,- SOME CRUEL, SOME IGNORANT, sometimes a single face, sometimes just a faceless image of a system claiming power over our lives.”

You know what Ramon? I have always been amazed at how Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, and GW Bush basically dodged the draft, but people actually see them as patriotic. People in America really are stupid, aren't they? And let's not even talk about how Rev. Wright hates America when he waived his deferment while in college and volunteered for Vietnam. Yeah, that really sounds like a flag burner.

DEMOCRATS WHILE WE'VE BEEN BASHING ONE ANOTHER, DID YOU SEE THE BIO OF JOHN MCCAIN'S PAST AND HIS WIFE CINDY. IT AIN'T PRETTY AND TAX PAYORS BAILED OUT INVESTORS OF LINCOLN SAVINGS. JOHN MCCAIN WAS ONE OF THE KEATING 5 INVOLVED IN THE RIP-OFF AND CHARLES KEATING AND HIS SON WENT TO PRISON, JOHN MCCAIN WALKED AWAY FREE.

Ironic that the democrats don't have a solid candidate that can withstand questions of judgement and ethics.

Democrats, Lets all calm down and work together!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This Country, Our Country Cannot take anymore Bush Politics!!!!!!!!!

From Dreams Of My Father;

“To avoid being mistaken for a sellout, I chose my friends carefully. The more politically active black students. The foreign students. The Chicanos. The Marxist professors and structural feminists.”

Ya, she brought it up and bounced back right to her nose!

Go Obama, we have your back!

It is about time the media takes her to task.
shecontinually takes credit for the Clinton Administration, why should she not take the heat. She should also be made to answer NAFTA, Penn, total tax transparency, Bosnia, Insurance, her board postion on Walmart, the 800k that went to their personal account from Columbia trade agreement that Bill supports, and to many things to mention that the media has let her skate on. She needs to be vetted!!!

PA voters, please end this now by voting overwhelmingly for aObama!!

A vote for Hillary just drags out the enevitable, I don't mean that as nasty at all!!

The Media is the only one to gain by dragging this out.

Yes, you can make the distinction. The position of President is not a joint position. It was bill's pardon, not Clinton's. Obama never addresses anything that comes out of his closet without blaming Clinton. The Republicans must like this. If Obama is the nominee, he can't withstand the Republicans' attacks.

Obama, please release your tax records when you were a Senator in Illinois. I know you will say that because I (a factory worker) didn't release mine to the public, you can't release yours. Give me a break! Just answer the question.

Obama supporters:

One's past misdeeds are not equal to one's current actions, today.

Obama used drugs in his past. Did he change or is he still doing that now?

Those men were pardoned. They no longer cling to their despicable positions of 40 years ago.
Obama's white grandmother was a 40 years ago rural white woman who changed her bigotry and bias.

William Ayers was recent- after 9/11. Still hating.
Rev Wright was recent and continuous for 40 years. Still hating.

A lot of progress has been made in 40 years. Some have changed with the social and spiritual evolution of man.

Obama's world had stayed with the old attitudes of hate, violence and division.

Others have embraced change and become better people over 40 years.

William Ayers made comments that appeared in the paper ON 9/11, NOT AFTER. His comments were related to a pending publication of his and UNRELATED TO 9/11. Please check you facts.

I was outrage when one of the question asked, "Do you consider yourself a Patriot?" The question was asked due to Barak Obama don't wear an American Flag pin. And that question always asked when an African-American involve. I'm an African-American female, on the 4th of July, I don't fly the American flag or dress in Red, White and Blue but all of male relatives are American Worriers (Soldiers) and yes, I DO LOVE MY COUNTRY (U.S.A.)!!

Rahni, Connecticut

Obama is friends with Ayers, who has actually said he wished he had set off more bombs. Where as President Clinton pardoned two members who admitted their guilt and served time. BIG DIFFERENCE.

To the nitwit who asked about the middle name…Rodham is her maiden name. It is not a middle name given at birth! DUH!

So what if CNN is partial to Obama. If you don't like the content read ABC or FOX news. The choice is yours.

Obama 08

Lets not forget the famous Marc Rich.

ABC did a great job last night. Good Debate. It was Fair.

I totally agree with what "Middle-aged American" said above and wrote something very similar last night in another blog. Hillary is doing more to divide the party than bring people together. We want to hear about the issues that will affect us as americans. The war is taking up the money we need for our economy. Is it more important to win the war than employ, feed, house, provide medical care for the American people? NO IT"S NOT!

YOU CLINTON PEOPLE AND ABC ARE INSANE. You don't care that Ayers is a professor (forming young minds) but you care that he's friendly with Barack Obama? COM'ON DOES THAT SOUND NORMAL TO YOU?

One question I would liked to have seen directed to Senator Obama, as usual, wasn't.

The question… "Senator Obama, if middle America "clings" to guns and God because they are "bitter" about a lack of help from the government… and you're campaign is about giving them that help… is it then your contention that, as a result of the help you will give them, they should then abandon their guns and their God?"

One question I would liked to have seen directed to Senator Clinton, as usual, wasnt.

The question… "Senator Clinton, could you please explain how records from the Rose Law Firm, under supoeana for more than 2 years, ended up on a desk in the private living quarters of the White House… with notations, in your handwriting, in the margins?"

The debate was a discrace. Despite it all, what we will always know about HRC and BC is that they are liars who will do anything, including destroy the Democrat party for their own political gain.

if you insist on playing in the mud,you'll wind up going home,..dirty..

I can't imagine why any President would pardon traitors. I think overall everyone is just nitpicking at everyone else. I wish that all three candidates would stop picking and start telling us what they intend to do to make things better.

@ gary - Turn your caps lock off; writing in all caps displays your low intelligence no matter what side you are on.

female grad student,

obama has stated repeatedly that he shouldn't be held accountable for what other people say or do. "other people" should not, and will not, include the candidate's husband. not because he's her husband, but because the vast majority of her vaunted supposed experience is based on her husband's successful presidency. to channel bob johnson of the clinton camp, if her name was hillary smith and she was a random second-term senator from NY do you think she'd start out with the overwhelming establishment support in terms of fundraising, superdelegates, and political infrastructure? yeah right.

the thing about hillary is that she is so quick to take credit for (as though she was the president) all the positive things that happened between 1992 and 2000. for anything remotely negative though, she was a quiet dissenter and was against it at the time, but just didn't want to speak publicly against it. again, yeah right.

hillary's candidacy is unique in the sense that its largely based upon her trading on the work of her husband's presidency. while i do not question the many first-hand accounts from within the white house that suggest that she was, in fact, a major participant in that presidency, i likewise do not feel the need to excuse her for any of the clinton presidency's actions that, in hindsight, are less than popular.

while hillary clinton appears to have a greater command of detailed policy issues, i believe that either she or obama would be capable of efficiently and effectively mastering all the information required of a commander in chief, one no more so than the other. i do think that hillary is a significantly better organized debate participant, but in the context of the modern american "debate" format, that is hardly a qualification for the presidency. if it were an election for the "question dodging/soundbite in chief" she'd be my girl. but for commander in chief, i'll just take the smartest one in the room. reasonable minds can differ as to which (of the two - mccain's not even in this conversation) candidate that is, but in my mind its Sen. Obama. so he's my man.

Typical Obama, he never answers anything directly, but, always throws it back onto Clinton. Obviously, he is nervous about all of radicalism shining through. He is too radical to be our President and now we all know it for sure. No matter how much he tries to throw stuff on Hillary for what Bill did.

THE ONLY CREDIT HILLARY DESERVED IS BAD CREDIT. PLEASE PAY YOUR BILLS. (did say that out loud again?) oops, sorry

GO HILLARY. WE LOVE YOU

Lets see…how many untruths did Clinton dish out last night?
Mr. Stephanopoulos and Mrs. Clinton also referred to statements by Mr. Ayers in an article in The New York Times on Sept. 11, 2001, that Mrs. Clinton said were “deeply hurtful to people in New York.”

“I don’t regret setting bombs,” Mr. Ayers said then. “I feel we didn’t do enough.”

Mr. Ayers did not make the remarks after the attacks on the World Trade Center that day. The interview had been conducted earlier, in connection with a memoir that he had published, “Fugitive Days,” and he was referring to his experience in the Weather Underground.

I dont think Hillary outshone "golden boy" last night. Especially when she admitted to lying about Bosnia.

Clearly Hillary is above all the Silly Stuff that Oboma's camp just can't seem to get away from!

He is just too…..inexperienced, lacks good judgment, lies all the time, has many questionable friends and way too many chances to be Swift Boated by the Republicans.

Hillary is flying to her strengths and will make a Great President!

I'm writing only because i'm so sick of hearing your one sided stories and comments on the side of Obama. You should be ashamed of yourselves. I love how you are always quoting polls that say Hillary is losing. If Obama wins Hillary fans will get over it and vote for Obama. Well I for one can't even find these polls to take on your site. If I do find a poll it is closed . Today the polls should not be closed regarding the debat last night. What I really want to let you know is this… You are news people so you should know that not very many people i've talked to plan on voting for Obama if Hillary loses. They are going with Nadar even though he did cause us to have Bush so that is a lot of anger to get over in several months . I don't see it happening. I can't believe I have to watch fake Fox news now to find out what is happening in the world outside of Obama.

ABC was soooo biased!!!! Why didn't they attack Hillary about Mark Penn the same way that Obama was attack about Rev.Wright?! Was there even any Mark Penn questions? Makes me wonder she wrote some of the questions herself. So even though there was 3 against 1 last night Obama still came out on top and that is why he will be our next President.

Obama '08

Hillary pushed that story. She brought it up and the moderators had to ask Obama. Just to have backfired on her
Thanx hillary and your crazy husband.

who cares about last night debate anyway!

NICE TRY. I AM NOT SURE WHAT CNN CALLS ATTACK. WHAT IS AN ATTACK? PEOPLE JUST USE THIS WORD ARBITRARILY

Hillary Clinton is a joke, a fraud, and a con artist.

And now that she has gone on record and said Obama CAN win the Presidency, I wonder if her surrogates and rabbid supporters will confess the same. I'm not betting on it. Clinton continues to play her politcs and lose. Hopefully, when she goes the way of the dinosaur, her surrogates and supporters will too. But I'm not betting on that either. I'm sure she will be the new Ralph Nader. Eventually, she'll be 100 years old and still telling people she is more qualified to be President. Hillary Clinton is an embarrasement. She is pathetic.

Knowing a crook and sleeping with one are 2 very different things.

We know who is sleeping with the crook dont we?

where do you find these stories cnn, go search some more on Obama's true religious beliefs, dang, i almost would hope he would win, so you can spend the next 4 years explaining how the hell this country went from bad to worse

leave it to cnn to do their best to rehablitate obama..lol… cnn should take some pointers from abc how to give a real debate

WATCH OUT, DEMS, BECAUSE THE REPUBLICANS ARE PURPOSELY KEEPING YOU AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS AND IT IS WORKING OUT QUITE WELL.

I WILL TAKE EITHER OBAMA OR CLINTON JUST TO GET RID OF THE REPUBLICANS IN THE WHITE HOUSE.

DOES ANYBODY THINK THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING THE WHITE HOUSE WILL LEAVE IF ANOTHER REPUBLICAN IS ELECTED?

FOOLISH DEMOCRATS. GO AHEAD AND EAT YOURSELVES UP. I AM AMAZED!

I guess HRC has not heard the phrase LET THE SLEEPING DOG ALONE. She had to bring up the weather underground issue. Hannity would be thinking christmas just came early.

Now she has to explain those pardons, oops. It can't get any worse , since she finally agreed that Obama is capable of beating Mccain in Nov.

Talk about Gaffs

Kathleen the white retired professional is a nut

I will bet any amount of money she is not WHITE

Pleeeze, everyone, try some properly placed punctuation. Stop the run on sentences. And for Pete's sake write complete thoughts. You're making me dizzy.

If Obama is "the candidate of a lifetime", why is he having so much trouble winning a big state?

The sad part was clinton was better on the issues. If she would have let fox news and abc do its job on Obama, she would have been in a much better state when all this came out. But now she just looks desperate. When on the contrary she is a strong, intelligent woman. Hillary supporters, it's not Obama, it's not the media, it's whoever is running her campaign. I have never seen a more poorly managed strategy. She is better than her campaign. But they are not focusing on her.