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Voter ..................Qbama avoided the town halls for the same reason he avoided another debate with Hillary. The polls showed him LOSING every debate.................MCSAME REQUESTED THE TOWN HALL while he was on the campaign trail.........HE was not man enough to make proper contact and discuss and agree or not ........
McSAME.....Can't say JUMP and Obama say how high! .........besides on his TURF he would plant people like you to ask ?S........The older he gets the worse he becomes.

The more I see of Obama, the more I believe he is the most cocky, left-leaning liberal I've ever seen. The way he holds his head up in the air just leaves me to believe that he is so full of himself, it's not even funny. I hope America wakes ups in time and realizes this guy is not right for our country during these dangerous times. He talks about withdrawing from Iraq; but never talks about the aftermath that would happen. Iran would invade when the civil war gets too bloody just like Syria did after Lebanon in the 80's. If you think gas is high now.
We need a strong leader who will know how to balance the stick and the carrot. Barack seems to want to please everybody. You can't do that with countries like Iran or Syria. He says,"I can get the independent and conservatives to vote for me!" Idon't see how given his liberal voting record(what record does he have?). America has a difficult choice to make and I think the'll come to their senses. We need change but Obama is not it. McCain will guide us through these tough times by being tough on terrorism and disciplined with our budget.

Poooooorrr Mccain!

All that really gets written is how someone likes Obama or how someone likes McCain... but what about the issues? I will vote for John McCain because I've yet to hear exactly what Obama will do to make our lives better.

As someone that works, I'd rather pay less taxes to support those who didn't work hard in school and make sacrifices to obtain a career. Why is this a bad thing? Why shouldn't people have to work hard to be successful? If you don't have to work and you can still be supported, why wouldn't someone do that? Our society can never succeed until we make it a little harder to be lazy.

And honestly, whether or not your agree with the war in Iraq, who honestly is better equipped to handle the situation as is now? Obama or McCain? There's no basis for Obama to be the answer to that question. McCain is military and he's been on the dark side of war (5 1/2 years as a POW). Who do you think will really care about the well-being of our soldiers in the Middle East? If you're brother/sister/father/mother was a prisoner in Iraq, who do you think would try hardest to help them get back home?

Can anyone say something pro-Obama that isn't just anti-McCain or just useless rhetoric? Say something with substance that's pro-Obama!

You take the habit not to publish my comments even when I am posting among the first ones. Should I use a set of bad words or a vulgar language to be published like a lot of commetators? Is it what you really want CNN

When McCain can fill a football stadium of more than 60,000, then I'll be impressed. When you need all the turn-out you can get to bolster support, small meetings at the American Legion won't get you very far.

Yeah right...."a few key supporters". You make me laugh Mcsame...you expect anyone to actually fall for this line of b/s????

What exactly is the point of these CNN comment sections? It seem like a place for a lot of strange individuals to make slanderous comments and call names that have nothing at all to do with either the election or rational discussion of substantive issues. What a waste of time!

McCain considers his campaign rallys as "town hall meetings". They are nothing more than McCain taking questions from his planted supporters. There probably won't be any "town hall meetings" if they are run by his rules.
Still waiting for McCain to rent a big venue and make a speech to the nation. What, no money? What, no one to fill the seats?

I don't believe the headline

FILLS TOWN HALL

I watched it...there weren't 50 people there, it was more like the basement of a Senior Citizens Hall.

FILLS my fat butt...my living room is bigger.

You mean to tell me that 150-300 people is all Mc Same can do? Obama can draw crowds of about 75,000...now that's a town hall meeting..

Big Sal, you need to educate yourself on the issues. Please explain to me how voting for Obama will increase energy prices. If you think that Mccain's offshore drilling will lower the cost of oil by any significant amount perhaps you should do some reading on this issue that doesn't come from the Mccain website!!

Good intention or good speech does not mean anything until you have enough administrative expertise to translate it into reality. Obama does not have any past visible records which suggest that he is good administrator.

I think it is absurd that Mccain is attempting to fix the energy problem by relying on yet another NON-RENEWABLE energy source. Nuclear power plants use large amounts of uranium – a non-renewable natural resource that requires vast amounts of energy to mine. Nuclear power plants are an expensive short term fix for a long term problem. The only real solution can be a renewable form of energy.

By the way, Patrick–I have seen every one of Obama's speeches and I cannot recall a single one where the man used a teleprompter–or even his notes. Educate yourself!

Wow! Once they see Uncle Fester sweat his toupe off his head they will be super impressed, you can bet. Has anyone even read John McCain's book?

When middle America finally realizes that voting for Obama means higher prices for oil, they will sway to McCain.

Obama plans to remove the troops prematurely out of Iraq which will create choas in that region. Oil will stop flowing from that country because of terrorists attacks. Oil will easily go up from there.

Also Obama is against drilling for oil here. America will soon see the many flaws in Obama's policies from the Patriot Act to Health care.

McCain will win in a landslide! IMHO opinion from an independent.

Good idea for Sen McCain to hold the town hall meetings. Sen Obama is very naive to think that Iran isnt "that dangerous" (ask Pres Carter). I bet you the next president will have to deal with Iran. The worst president wasnt Bush. The worst were Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter.

The "Straight Talk Express" has derailed so many times. It's not straight, and it's not an express. This coming from a man who wants to be in Iraq for 100 years.

Obama 08

Enlightened Voter: You are not very enlightening.

Obama can't debate – He only can read a script. Too bad if you have an idea that is different than his "its a gimmick." And if you disagree, you are a racist.

He is for trials for terriosts. That's what we did for the 1st World Trade Center bombing. Had to disclose in dicovery the way we collected evidence.... and what happens.... the terriost find out our methods of tracking them... go into hiding and have time to plan 911.

Way to go Obama. Let's just invite the terriosts for a tour of the NSA.

kATHY,
In McCain last speech in front of the green wall he said CHANGE like 15 times. Obama, the same night never mentioned it once. Sounds like McCain is biting off of Obama's words a bit.

The undecided voters are the idiots that voted for Bush – twice.

Obama '08

What was it 15 people?

Compare that to Obama's 75,000.

Landslide baby, landslide.

These are republicans posing as undecided voters–same staged meetings that we saw during Bush's runs.

Of course Obama won't face him in a town hall debate. Obama can't think on his feet if he doesn't have a teleprompter telling him what to say. If you are a supporter of Obama why wouldn't you want your candidate to face unfiltered questions straight from you? If he is as solid as you claim him to be this shouldn't be an issue. Is this not troubling to any of his supporters?

To all those complaining that Obama has no experience... he has something that's a lot more valuable.. intelligence. Unlike McCain who comes up with ideas off his cuff and throws them out there without even thinking of whether or not his ideas will actually have some kind of benefit... Obama thinks things through, holds council with others, gets opinions from experts in the fields that relate to the policies, and makes informed decisions.

I'd take a inexperienced Obama over an experienced "songbird" any day.

So to those who ask....THAT is why anyone would consider voting for an inexperienced senator... because he has something McCain doesn't have... common sense and the ability to temper ideology with practical applications.

People who go to listen to McCain, are just tired. They need a little nap. Nightie night.

Gee,

Let me see, do I want a man who cannot be faithful to his wife as President or
Do I want a man who is?

I think I would like a Clinton repeat.....

McCain, you are the MAN!!!

Do me once shame on you, do me twice shame on me....Didn't Georgie boy teach anything about empty promises? I hate to see people being used when all they want is a better life and a secure country. Barak is a smart man and a smooth operator. I feel for him as a black man because I have seen racism and it ain't pretty. But, he has made the wrong choices with the wrong people. He is up to his neck in dirty money and influence peddling. The facts are out there, go find them for yourself.
Get the stars out of your eyes and find the truth. No, he won't do town halls. He can't be that close to people because he can't look them in the eye.

McCain is just something. His ideas on oil and Iraq will butcher energy markets instead of fixing them.

Go Mc Cain. I am still wondering why American Citizens can't see thru Obama. All he does is talk about change. What Change...??? He doesn't have enough experience or common sense to change his underwear. Wake up America. We don't have much to choose from, but come on... Try a little leadership experience.

Thank God I am California born and raised. I never attended a segregated school. I was taught not to judge people by the color of their skin.
Back on topic:
Repubuglicans are the meanest, most self centered, liars on the planet. They cannot be trusted with our future. It is their appeal to the weakest minded among us. No sane person would have ever voted for Bush.
Especially for a 2nd term. McCain is no different.
I want my country back.
Obama '08-'16

Ilona, Proud Canadian:

You're Canadian. Why are you taking up space here?

And I'm sure they all walked away after saying....geez, this old geezer is out to lunch

But we'll appease him and clap the odd time...and call him the same name he called us.

"My Friend"

Obama is a fraud. He cannot be loyal to anyone else other than himself.

“All the tact of diplomacy cannot conceal a blunt reality. When we buy foreign oil, we are enriching some of our worst enemies. And in the Middle East, Venezuela, and elsewhere, these regimes know how to use the power of that wealth.”

So what he's saying is that it's okay to give money to terrorists?

I love hearing people who criticize Obama for not wanting these meetings. McCain has already cancelled a few of them when the pre-screened "undecided audience" was not to his liking. And McCain wants these small venues because he knows he can't draw even a 10th of the crowd that Obama would draw anywhere he goes.

These town hall meetings are just a way to McCain to set up a debate where he already has the advantage of a pre-screened audience and pre-screened questions.

Even his campaign says that the audience will be made up of "undecided voters and a few key supporters". How is that fair to Obama if he has key supporters in a tiny venue who manipulate the supposedly undecided voters.

Wait til there's an official debate run by a city or a state... with a broad audience, with supporters on both sides, and hopefully an unbiased panel asking the questions... and watch Obama shine so bright that you'll see McCains skull right through his skin (not that he's far away from that now)

MAYBE THEY SHOULD START DRILLING ON MCCAIN'S HEAD TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY BRAINS INSIDE. HIM, THE SAME AS HIS DADDY BUSH WHOSE ONE OF HIS MAIN FOCUS WAS ON IRAQ'S OIL, IS NOW LOOKING FOR NEW OIL FINDINGS (IN THE MEXICAN GULF) AND FOR ALTERNATIVE WAYS FOR ENERGY WHICH ONLY MAKES US BELIEVE THAT HIM, DADDY BUSH, AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CAN'T CONTROL THEIR GREED TO TRY TO FILL THEIR OWN POCKETS IN THE END...

UNITED WE ARE STRONGER

OBAMA (P) & CLINTON (VP) 2008-2014

NO TO MR. BUSH II (MCCAIN), MR. WAR, MR. I BUMPED MY HEAD, MR. NO BRAINS...

Didn't John McCain call Ron Paul "Dr. No"? Time to come up with a new insult.

It doesn't matter how many townhall meetings Mccain has...he has lost the upcoming November election because of his position on Iraq and the economy.
Obama '08.

If I were Obama I would not agree to meet McSame either. McSame wants to debate on his terms and with his supporters. People keep saying that Obama has not done anything for this country but what exactly has McCain done for this country. I understand he was a war hero but that alone will not make him a great president. He says he is different from Bush but I have yet to hear any differences from him or his supporters. Obama will beat him by a landslide he is too old and represents Bush's failed political practices.

I'm not one that usually takes cheap shots...but I can't resist.

The reason why McCain wants town hall meetings is because that's about the maximum number of people he can get to come to any of his speech at any given time. I swear every time I watch McCain on TV, I can count the number of people in the room. It's kind of pitiful.

Nonetheless, I'm all for a face off between Obama and McCain...debate, town hall...whatever! But McCain will NOT dictate Obama's campaign. Obama knows what he is doing...

Senator McCain,

I have a small problem with your integrity on Immigration. You use the example of a soldier in Iraq, saying he/she should not have to worry if his mother is getting deported while he serves overseas.

In reality your Immigration bill did not address the issue, it only dealt with purely illegal workers. Additionally it did nothing to address the problem faced by mixed status families where there is a US Citizen spouse who is separated by the draconian 3/10 year bars.

FIX LEGAL IMMIGRATION FIRST

They ain't undecided anymore, they have heard enough and everyone of them will vote for Obama!

The undecideds need to hear McCain on the issues to know whether to vote for McCain or to write in Hillary.

NObama is not even part of the equation. He's just a big zerO.

McCain can have all the 150-300 people town halls he wants. We'll see how he does in the nationally televised 10 million people debates.

I'm sorry...but if your are still undecided after all that's been going on for the last six months then you need to watch the news or read the newspaper more often.

I just can't believe anyone to be truly undecided......

INVITATION: TO ALL UNDECIDED DEMOCRATES. YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD CANDIDATE. STOP THE MADNESS. VOTE MCCAIN

BHO would get blown away in a face to face with Mac. Don't trust BHO.

I was for Clinton but now I will vote for McCain. Have always liked his
straight talk and the more I hear him the better I like his views. Obama is
all about himself, just full of hot air. Besides I trust McCain. After all the
research I have done on Obama I do not trust him one bit!

Obama does not want the town hall meetings because he is not very good with unscripted venues. Even his interviews with reporters are rather strained, unless you like listening to a drawn out ....errr....annnd.....orrrr...... as every other word. He also does not have the experienced disicpline to know which phrases will be taken out of context which is why he has used the verbage....bitter....get over it....typical white woman...etc., and gotten into hot water over it. His handlers want to protect him from saying something stupid and ruining his desired image.

Townhall meetings are a great way to get to know your candidate. That is why Hillary was successful enough to gather so many votes and nearly win the primaries. She thrived on townhall meetings and people really got to know her. Even some of the anti-Hillary people were impressed enough to change their minds. Obama could do the same but I guess he is scared of saying the wrong thing. Too bad, because there are a lot of anti-Obama people out there and he would have a chance at getting them to vote for him.

I would like someone to ask McCain if he thinks Obama is unpatriotic or is a Muslim. I would love to hear McCain's answer to that questions. I know it's a non-issue, but the Republican use it as an arguing point against Obama all the time. So, I want to hear it from the horse's mouth on what he really thinks.

Enlightened Voter: What makes you think Everybody thinks like you do?There are lots of us who feel the same way about your choice candidate Obama! We are sick of his lies and flip flops on issues. He will say anything he thinks you want to hear, regardless of the truth. Heaven help us if he does win this election. You won't be saved either. He don't care about you or anyone but himself. Let him raise all of your money, Watch what you wish for, you just might get it!!

Hey John ......that's real nice of you to help Obama win!!! Keep on doing those town halls .......I'm sure after listening to you...........they will be convinced who will make the best President. OBAMA2008

So he's wasting $10,000 to have 300 people show up to listen to him drone on. He should just hand out $33 to anyone attending one of these snooze fests.

Barack will get to you soon enough McFlip. Be careful what you wish for you may not like it.

Sure they are staged, just like Obama having to constantly save a fainting "cult follower"

So let me get this right he has no problem talking to dictators from other countries, but he can't have a debate with John McCain.

I think McCain is right Obama is Mr. No to anything he didn't propose, steal or plagiarize.

Dear Senator McCain,
I realize that you are the underdog according to the polls and often underdogs have to fight dirty but before the GE election started, didn't you promise to run a different kind of campaign, one that would not have the negativity or Rovian fear tactics of the past? When you said that, it made me respect you even more and I felt that we had 2 fine candidates between you and Obama running. Yet this past week alone you've come up with a negative nick name for Obama and your senior advisor spoke of how a terrorist attack would benefit you. I'm sure you feel that Obama has his share of negative stuff but I don't recall him using fear as a campaign strategy or calling you any names. In any case, I really did expect better of you.

One more time, MCWAR is a flip flopper, in just two weeks he changed his mind on solar power, oil drilling, and public financing, he actually initially was going to opt out himself (that is on record btw), etc. none of you bloggers can change that fact. Oh, how is he for veterans again when he keeps voting against GI bills, 7 to be exact???? Answer that people..........your candidate is pathetic and you know it so you keep spewing hate and lies against Obama, it's all you have.

McSame will never be able to go against all the true democrats, independents, and republicans who want change. Obama is our leader.

Obama 08

Obama: 2nd Term Carter,

Obama is not doing the town hall meeting. If he joins him, he will make minced meat out of McFool and create sympathy amoung voters. He doesn't want that to happen.

Do people really belive he is packing the town hall meeting with undecided voters? How hard is it to tell few McFlip supporters to act like undecided voters and plant the question?

*I know you are a republican troll*

Hey Chris, take a deep breath and relax. We are aware of Sen. McCain's record but that doesn't translate into President of The U.S.A.
Describe this history & tradition that you refer to, that sounds like code for lets keep everything the same.

One very useful bit of information that CNN or another news organization could dig up is how the McCain campaign gets these "undecided" voters.

I can think of a dozen ways the selection could be gamed to a greater or lesser degree. Or it could be done fairly.

How about it, CNN? Instead of just taking the campaign's word for it, find out if these are really undecideds and tell us.

Go McCain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hispanic people for McCain
All you liberal moron!!!!!!!!nobama

ZIG ZAG EXPRESS IS AT IT ONCE AGAIN.

Looks good on paper,but your not fooling any one Johnny,we know they are really Right wing robots.

Well, I am an undecided voter from Texas who considers himself a Southern Democrat . Obama's extremism scares me and yet John McCain has not sold me. So some of us STILL havent decided.

Mccain can have his old town meeting barack doesn't need it his lead will continue to grow. so why debate the old man.

Citizen:

How about you come back and make a comment when the riot you're describing actually happens? If you wait for it, you won't be coming back. McCain is genuine, and even if people don't agree with him they at least respect him for his genuineness, as it should be. Obama is more like a hypnotist for weak minds. And I don't think voting "Present" as his modus operandi is really going to help if he's President, do you? See, the way it works is, the President needs to have IDEAS, not just empty rhetoric.

I thought lobotomies were outlawed. How could there be undecideds otherwise??

If the polls were reversed so would the candidates' positions on townhalls. McCain is taking chances and trying to ride Obama's coattails because otherwise he doesn't have a chance.

I can't believe how nasty Obama supporters are. Just read what is posted here. Wow.

McCain fills town halls with undecided voters

(and free tank of gas for all participants)

Yeah is those voters are undecided then I am Republican. lol

obama is not going into a debate not knowing the answers to the questions being asked. Much less if Mccain is asking him a questions. McCain would destroy him. Obama is about change don't ask what change. Leave him and his wife alone- There black- and if your not for him you are a raciest.

Sometimes I think a good two-by-four against the head would do wonders.

Let’s play a game shall we?

Say that you are one of the big oil companies that are leasing (from the U.S. government) a grid or acre in the Gulf of Mexico. (We all know that there are 70,000 grids or acres that are leased to the oil companies.) Why would you want more off shore drilling when you aren’t using even 1/8 of the grids you are leasing. There are 3,000 grids or acres being harvest at this point in time, leaving a whopping 67,000 that nothing is being done with.

If anyone can give me a logical answer, please do but bear in mind that it probably won’t fly with the educated readers.

the proof is in the pudding o bama should attend so he can speil his false resolutions of change change what a change a vote 138 times in the senate PRESENT..... TRUE LEADERSHIP...what a change with no action or solution

Please stop! McCain flip-flops every other day. Obama did not take public funds for his campaign. SO WHAT! Many and I mean Many would have questioned his intelligence had he accepted public funds, or been pushed by McSAME. Get over it people, McCain doesn't even know what he believe or how to get in and out of a car for that matter. "The car was smaller!' Yeah right! LOL

i wonder if McCaints first wife will be there...i would love to hear what she has to say about McCain.
he has no character
no loyalty
no chance

ok folks....we are all on the same boat. It's not that we love Mr. McCain but between McShame and NObama, McShame is better. McShame at least is open with his motives but Mr. NObama and his partners and family members have trecherous ulterious motives....

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INVITATION: TO ALL UNDECIDED REPUBLICANS. YOU DON'T HAVE A GOOD CANDIDATE. STOP THE MADNESS. VOTE OBAMA.

Good for McCain doing the town halls without Obama. I wonder why the wonder boy doesn't want to do them with McCain.

Staged town hall meeting are of no use to educating voters. If he is asked a question he doesn't like. He will call you names and get angry. He is a time bomb of emotion. tick tick tick......

"Necessity is the Mother of Invention"

The sooner we move on from oil, the sooner we will develop new energy technologies. Sorry, but offshore drilling will solve no problems, only create potential disasters and put more money into the oil company's pockets.

McCain and the republicans are fools. You all have been destroying this country for far too long with your greedy, right-wing, radical antics. Time for change is now.

I'm voting Barack.

This might be the first time in general election history where a room full of people might actually turn on the guy that invited them to the meeting. This thing could get ugly real fast, especially if these people are truly undecided, because all of McCain's flip flopping might lead to a full blown riot. A room full of anxious people; gas approaching $5.00 a gallon; a foreclosure crisis; job layoffs; worries about inflation; a slumping stock market; an unpopular war and a grumpy old man with anger management issues is a recipe for a good time. This is must see t.v.

A vote for McCain is a vote for old, backwards policies that will give this country no progress. The republican party has created a stench in this country that the world can smell thousands of miles away. And you want to vote for ANOTHER republican to sit in the white house? Are you on crack?

Sorry, I actually have my senses and use logic and reasoning in my decision-making abilities. McCain was involved in one of this country's worse political scandals (Keading anyone?), has flip-flopped on issues over and over again this past year just to appeal to voters (we see through it, sorry), and despite the dirty politics Bush played on him in 2000, he'll still stand by Dubya in unity. What a disgrace.

I want someone in the white house who isn't going to just look out for the rich.

Barack Obama '08

Go McCain, Go

How could anyone even remotely consider voting for a rookie senator with no real expierence, he startted running for office as soon as he was elected in office.

We are talking no expierence at all.

And taxes going up... oh my God 20 to 30% in some estimates.
That would cripple just about all small business. Its estimated that 80% of all Americans work for small busness.

This is national suicide, we might as well just become southern Canada. Just Throw away your Bible's and let's put in drive through abortion stands. America your in deep trouble............

Obama only reads speeches written by other people, he's afraid to do town hall type meetings. When Obama does answer unrehearsed questions, he screws up and looks like an idiot.

Hopity hope hope, change change change.

And you people clap like lemmings. You should be ashamed of yourself for being so gulllible.

I support McCain because he has the character and resume to do the job.

Obama's resume is a joke, he hasn't had real job, he's always worked as a politician. Character? Only the kind of character you'd get listening to Revrand Wright for 20 years.

You people need to get serious. Remember, change can be for the worse, and things can get MUCH worse.

Obama is a coward – he is afraid that he will come across as an inexperienced candidate (which he is) who acts like he knows it all. As far as people being "screened" – please give me a break – ALL those people are being screened??? You Obama people are truly nuts. I pray that Obama does not get in – him and his wife will really be the final straw in bringing us down. Bush did a good job of it and Obama will finish it off. Hillary – you should not campaign with him, you should run as an independent. He is just using you as he has from the beginning. Down with Obama

I can't for the life of me understand so many of these comments here everyday. Such hate and name calling… etc

I can only pray that these are mostly posted by kids home from school for the summer and that their parents, older brothers and sisters aunts and uncles, and so forth are more level headed and understand that we are looking to move the country forward and not just vote based on which of these men has a prettier website.

At least McCain has an energy plan for this country gone sad. I don't like the guy, but he is the only one trying to save us from ourselves.
Enviro nuts,Democrates,Liberals, they want NO oil production whatsoever in this country. We have oil wells that have been drilled and capped.
In public terms that means NO OIL IS BEING PUMPED OUT OF THEM.
We have more oil here than the middle east has. Pull out a brain and make this government listen the people again. WE SAY DRILL, REFINE, and stop stealing from us. This government has become all but, for the people. Just remeber almost 70 cents a gallon is stolen by our government for doing no work.

Get a job all of you!

McCain recently did his townhall meeting here. It was with preselected independent voters, and the questions were given to him beforehand. The questioners did stand up and recite their questions to make it look real. I suppose that is why he can look so good in townhall meetings.

Will these "undecided voters" be the same McCain supporters the campaign called "undecided" when they lied to Fox News at the last town hall?

Enlightened voter posted this:
Enlightened Voter June 25th, 2008 3:57 pm ET

Once they hear the lies, flip flops and distorted truth from your boring mouth they will certainly make up their minds….for Obama!
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Actually, this post applies to Obama better than to any other candidate.

Anyone wanna bet out of all these undecided voters that will be in attendance, some idiot will stand up to shout down what McCain has to say? Appearently, freedom of speech is only a one way street for Obama backers.

Wow, up to 300 people. I hope that doesn't violate some fire code with all of those people filling a room.

I can't imagine how anyone would vote Republican again after the 8 year-disaster of Bush!

OUR NATIONAL DEBT IS OVER $10 TRILLION, HOW IS MCCAIN GOING TO PAY IT OFF?

MCCAIN = MORE WAR, POSSIBLY WITH IRAN.

MCCAIN= MORE LIES, PANDERING, MORE OF THE SAME.

PLEASE INDEPENDENTS DO YOUR HOMEWORK, LEARN FROM THE PAST!

AND ASK YOURSELVES: ARE YOU BETTER OFF THAN YOU WERE 8 YEARS AGO?

how do you know they are undecided. furthermore you can not prove that the questions are not prepared. so stop this nonsense of undecided. only grandpa can come up with such ideas. lf he is enjoying this format why does he need bo fr, go along on yr on since that suits you. bo has to do whats good fr him. he is running against you not with you.

Interesting forum for the 10-12% of voters who have yet to make up their minds.

After following these candidates for what seems like years, I have a pretty good idea where they stand on the issues important to me.

I'm really not personally interested in seeing them together ... outside of 1 or 2 debates.

Good work.

Adults like substance not showoffs.

The trouble with Obama is that the adults allowed the enthusiasm of their children over the pop idol, Obama, override their own good judgement on the man.

Parents went along with their children's choice on this and are now regretting that decision to back Obama.

Wow, so you filled a room so you can convince people to vote for Obama by showing them what a weak candidate you are? COOL! Keep it up McSame.

HE WAS ONCE CAUGHT FOR CHEATING WITH THE AUDIENCE IN NY. HOW CAN WE BELEIVE THIS ONE

WHY HAS CNN IGNORE THE COVERAGE OF CHARLIE BLACK'S COMMENT REGARDS TO TERROR ON AMERICAN SOIL WHEN THEY COVERED REV WRIGHT FOR A MONTH STRAIGHT.

STOP PROVING TO US THE MEDIA HAVE A VIP SEAT ON THE McWAR EXPRESS.

AND I HOPE I DONT HEAR ANYTHING ELSE ON DODSON

Mike, Obama graduated from Harvard and was made in charge of the Harvard Review. Are you kidding me ? We are not even sure if McCain got a decent degree. He's one of the smartest persons around

Don't kid yourself. These people in the townhall meetings are screened, and their questions are screened a well. The only people that get to ask their questions are the ones that will be asking about a subject he is prepared for. The candidates team would never let a question slip through that they were not well prepared for.

Bravo John

Obama only likes propaganda... not substance.

I've just been reading some more comments and now I'm convinced............most of you obama supporters ARE black and VERY STUPID.

You go Sen. McCain! Show that wimp Obama that you are the PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE. Anyone can read a speech off of a teleprompt like Obama does. Obama can't give a straight answer when he is asked a question – you can barely get an idea what he is trying to say after bunch of "uh – uh's" in between "just words".

McCain all the way! McCain 08!

So Realistic you will ignore his flip-flop on drilling, on taxes, on immigration policy ????? You must be blind.

Janet Jacme, your skills of observation and comprehension are somewhat lacking.

McCain's campaign isn't paying Direct Response Group to simply fill the room; they're paying them to find undecided and unaffiliated voters. I guess McCain could just do the same as Obama and simply make memorized speeches to people who already support him. Wow, that's a novel concept!!

McCain will lose the debates and this election because he cannot provide the answers that shows that he has distance himself from the previous administration that he voted with 95% of the time.

The Real Issue…Invasion of Iraq/ Money sent to Iraq/ Mismanagement of money in Iraq for infrastructure when the government receives the money from oil/ Foreclosures/ Homes losing value/ Veterans not receiving proper medical care/ Veterans’ Hospital fiasco near the backyard of the Whitehouse/ Recession/ Higher and higher Gas prices/ Mortgage Crises/ Mortgage Fraud that has not been monitored properly by the Housing Dept./ Tainted food/ Lead-based toys/ “No Child Left Behind” that has allowed for 50%+ high school drop-out rates in many American cities/ higher unemployment/ students not receiving loans especially those who want to attend 2 year colleges/ etc. etc. etc.

I see that CNN is once again televising an Obama speech. Can CNN be any more biased. You should just change your name to the MoveOn.org channel.

I am scared of Obama.

McCain is a safe choice, we know he will protect the USA!

so undecided voters=gop supporters right? wanted to make sure we were all on the same page here

Are you better off now than you were 8 years ago? Do you want more of the same? Okay. Then you have decided, and the choice is clear:

CHANGE.

And McSame is not the way to that change.

we call these people, "the lost, and uninformed". in other words republicans.

Republicans, you don't stand a chance this year of winning. I for one can not wait until November. Priceless!!!

Good on you John. When will Obama get away from his polished 30 minutes speeches and tela prompters and really answer questions?

Senator McCain you must do this alone .
Senator Obama can not help you campaign.
I know it is lonely out there with very little support.

I'm sure that the handpicking of the attendees will resume after McCain makes a few more gaffes with his off-the-cuff remarks.

I always like how people call Obama the 2nd term of Carter.
When it means absoultuly nothing because most of the Voters are not really old enough to remember President Carter, or was under his presidency. So you have a bad connection its nothing like MCBush and Bush being linked together. LOL

Votes 4 hire?

Ron Paul still gets more people showing up at his gatherings than McCain.

McCain says they're "undecided voters" but a report found that he was stacking the deck against Obama for his proposed town hall meetings. I don't trust him.

Emily, do you have video of the town hall? How many of them were asleep? I'll write again when you all let me out of moderation. I just couldn't resist asking. But the truth is, he always makes me sleepy when I watch him for any length of time.

To John McCain and all his wimps on here, WHY IS IT THAT MCSHAME SOUND LIKE A LITTLE KID? FIRST Hillary begging for a debate of such, now McShame, has no reason to talk about Obama visiting Iraq, now Obama has said he will visit, now he trying to get voters to questions why Obama want meet him at a Town Hall Meetings. Why should he accommodate this old man and join him at the Town Hall, when they are going to debate during the next few months? If Obama agree and McShame can’t remember or don’t know what to say to certain questions, I guess then your excuse wii be that Obama cheated or stole McShame time because he didn’t give him 10mins to answer a 2 mins question.

One Thing Obama, you can please some of the people some of the time, and not of them most of the time.

Question.....Why is it that you all think Obama has to agree to what ever someone of another race wants? Obama is going to be President to all, so I hope he doesn’t fall for McShame bulling. Obama is a GROWN MAN, and if he chooses to debate in same way it’s been done in the past, that’s his right. All of you are the only ones coming off looking like a wimps..........YOU ALL ARE CHILDISH BULLIES........I think instead of McShame, making this such an issue, he needs to concentrate on what he needs to do for us who are suffering day after day.

Who cares. McCain=Bush!!

Obama will not enter a venue with an opponent without knowing all the questions first.

He can't think on his feet...and he has to memorize his lines because they are not his own.

He's a fake and uneserving of the Presidency.

Another town hall meeting? filled with your supporters,, given free
tickets by you? Obama is smarter than that. You and your party
underestimate his intelligence.

Boring, McCain, you are so dull. You aren't running for the mayor of a small town you are running for President. A few hundred probably well connected people do not represent the american public. Barack bring on the debates, you will crush McCain he is a horrible speaker and has no personal knowledge of the details (get rid of the fed questions and teleprompter and watch McCain fall down). Don't feel obligated to do so in McCains preferred bingo hall atmosphere.

Look at the polls again in another three weeks when Obama and Hillary campaign together, June 2008 primary campaign fundraising is done and results are announced, and July 4th holidays are over.

My prediction is that Obama will be polling with a 25 pt margin over McCain with only 15% undecided. This will be because gasoline prices would have reach the highest levels ever, violence in Iraq will increase (summer months and violence go hand-in-hand), and more disappointing economic indicators will come in.

It seems as if McCain supporters can only say that Obama's ideas are to good to be true. Even if it were so...I'd much rather go with the new ideas that sound good rather than the same old policies that I watched fail for another four years.

Obama won't do town halls because he can't think on his feet. He's only good at prepared speaches. He needs a pack of advisors around him to tell him what to say otherwise. He flubbed the debates with Hillary. Let's hope if he's elected there are cots in his bedroom for his advisors for those 3 AM phone calls. hey, Obama supporters! You guys think your man is so great, email him and tell him to stop being afraid. He won't debate Mccain but he's going to win over the leaders of N. Korea, Cuba, Hamas, and Iran? Yeh, right. Before you take on the world, see if you can hold your own against McCain.

What John McCain should do is point out how inflated Obama is as a candidate – driven by a skewed media and blacks.

A townhall with "undecideds" and McCain supporters only is still a stacked format. And, given McCain's recent history of claiming that a town hall was filled with Democrats and independents, which actually included only Republicans and independents (as reported by Shep Smith on FOX News, of all places), why should we believe him regarding the makeup of the audiences going forward?

Get the audiences chosen by somebody who isn't being paid by John McCain, and maybe we'll start to believe what Old Man McCranky is trying to sell. Right now, not so much.

I am voting for McCain because my life has been so much more enriched under the current administration.

With McCain I know that my children will never be drafted unless there is a third World War. Let someone else's kids go.

With McCain I know that it doesn't matter anymore if the President has good morals, I truly believe that if your wife was in an accident that left her crippled it is morally acceptable to throw her and the children to the curb to marry a younger, more beautiful (rich) woman who, didn't mind that he was married in the first place.

Life is good.

I get a kick out of the kids on this site calling McCain a flip-flopper when as a reporter on Real Politics.com recently called Obama the serial flip-flopper. He said things during the primaries just to get the vote and these issues meant nothing to him. He flip flops so much most don't know how he stands on any issue for long.

Everyone please work together to get Obama back to his community organizing in Chicago come November!

Obama knows what McCain is trying to do: He wants Obama to draw a crowd for him.
McCain is not going to get much turnout to hear one of his anemic speeches. Plus he want Obma foot half of the bill. Why should Obama help McCain with his campaign.

You have to give Obama credit for understanding what simpletons Americans really are. He is able to answer every single point with two simple answers; "that is a gimmick" or "you are a racist." If I don't agree with your plan, it is a gimmick. If you aren't going to vote for me, you are a racist.

McCain served our country in the U.S. Navy ... then he spent 5 years in a prisoner of war camp, as a result of his commitment to America. Then he spent many more years serving us as a U.S. Senator.
What has Barak Obama done for this country? ... besides a year of voting present in the senate, spending 20 years in an anti-American racist church ... giving speeches, and raising money. Unfortunately Obama and his supporters have no appreciation of U.S. history, or the blood, sweat, and sacrifice it's taken to make America the greatest country in the world. They seem to believe that before you can create change, first you must discredit, or destroy everything that's come before. Obama relies on young voters apathy and ignorance of American history and tradition, which makes it easier for them to buy into CHANGE, without any sense of what kind of change is needed.

It is a slight improvement over Obama's no-muslim-looking-people-in-the-background approach!

hahahaha mccain go home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! we dont need another Bush in our office

Meanwhile, on the Obama side you can see him make speeches in front of an audience of... OMG, old white women! Over and over. What a coincidence...
Oh, and of course, no headscarves!

I'm not gonna lie but I hope my boy doesn't have any. Hey, I was all for it but to tell you the truth, I would reverse it for the Reps. You know, get them confused...

Hey realist: you mean once Barack has stayed home and memorized everything he wants to say THEN he will agree to a debate? HAHA – what a girlie man you have there. He will be the biggest joke of the millenium!!!
McCain 08

JUST LIKE OBAMA THE COWARD. WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH A MAN THAT IS SO SCARED TO GET UP IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AND ARGUE HIS ISSUES. I GUESS THAT'S A SIMPLE ANSWER. THE MAN HAS NO CLUE TO WHAT HIS ISSUES ARE. OH PARDON ME FOR MY STUPIDITY.

they have to pay a firm $10,000 to find enough people to fill a room?

a SMALL room at that-

this is the most pitiful campaign in the history of pitiful campaigns

Where are my comments?

Go McCain 08

What a hoot! McCain debating himself. He will even lose that. The townhalls are stacked with McCainites so if he flubs no one knows. What a loser!

“We have every expectation that when Barack Obama is interested in elevating the debate, he will join us on the campaign trail,” he said."

Hmmmmm, no thanks! You have your own problems....

Why won't Obama do these town halls????

Because he has nothing to day!

Good PR for John ... that's what this is about ... my friends.

Camp Obama will debate the man after Barack has unified the party and presented his positions on all the key issues ... for example the energy policy web page he unveiled today.

Once voters are up on the basics of his positions, then we can talk about "debates" and town hall discussions around some substance.

I'm so sure that John McCain will be a worthy adversary in these town hall forums. I certainly don't have any diminished expectations of how he will fare one-on-one with Senator Obama

These Town Hall meetings are the best way to discuss the issues with real people asking the questions. The media has made a farce out of Presidential elections with softball questions and candidate backers running the applause signs. This isn't a prime time game show you fools....this is our future...and I give John McCain huge credit for proposing this real 'Change' !

Repulican party has two kinds of people the millioners and Suckers. This 'Undecided and uneducated "voters are the suckers.

Independent Voter,

"Another example of why I like McCain. He'll fill the room, with or without Obama. The great American talking machine"

The telling point here is........HE'LL FILL THE ROOM.....WITH HIS SUPPORTERS!.......Just like he did with the last Town Hall that Barack refused to attend!

Obama is not stupid enough to let McCain set the tone of his general election campaign. Don't forget that McCain had pretty much sown up the Republican primaries in the second week of February when Fred Thompson, Rudy Giuliani, and Mitt Romney had dropped out.

McCain has been in general election mode for nearly 4 months. Obama has been in general election mode for two weeks. Obama is going to spend the next 5 weeks fundraising and campaigning (with the Clintons and other Democrats) to bring as many Hillary supporters into his Obama camp as possible.

Expect about 3 weeks out from the Democratic Convention, Obama is going to come out strong in "knock-McCain-out-before-the-Republican Convention mode".

Is there any kind of demographic spread or details about this group of undecideds? Are these people really totally undecided or just leaning toward McCain?

They better bring some no dose because John McCain is going to put them asleep, if he doesn't keep banging on the microphone.

Obama avoided the town halls for the same reason he avoided another debate with Hillary. The polls showed him LOSING every debate!

He can't think fast. He has NO FACTS at his disposal. He shows off the lightweight he is. So, go MCCain – show the barack babies how it's done when you're the candidate with the IQ and the experience!

Go Mac Go. You are the Man. By the way here is what Ralphie is saying according to a story on CNN.

. "Whether that will make any difference, I don't know. Nader said, "I haven't heard (obama) have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead.

What's keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn't want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We'll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards."

Yes, I am worried that Obama will be the lottery ticket to the "welfare queens."

Tax and spend - Tax and spend. Nice gloves by the way.

I think this is where McCain will thrive. He says what's on his mind without having to have a prepared speech. That's exactly why Obama doesn't like this format. Because Obama can deliver a prepared speech and perform at a controlled debate where Hs knows what the questions will be so he can prepare his answers. He doesn't want to ad-lib his answers; he's afraid of what he might say when someone else hasn't written it for him.

To bad that Obama is so afraid (wimpy) to do the townhall meetings. Voters like to get closer to the candidates and have their questions answered with out fighting crowds and never get a chance to ask a question.

Amen Nina

"June 25th, 2008 4:00 pm ET
"key supporters" = strategic plants

these "key supporters" will get to ask the bulk of the questions, and the mummy will simply rattle off his prepared and practiced statements

Just look at how many events Duhbya did where plants were used and asked the typical questions that Mr Brainiac had answers memorized for.

How can ANYONE be undecided at this point? With the election coverage being nonstop 24/7, along with the fact that the candidates are as far apart as lava and ice water, there's no way you CAN'T be decided.

Linda, I agree with you

Anyone who wants to learn about his service should go read up on it...it doesn't take more than 10 minutes.

Now this is "change" I can believe in. John McCain is not afraid of the American people.
Nobama is so afraid that he will not do one of these meetings. Just shows what a fraud he is. I cannot understand how ANYONE can vote for such a fraud.
MCCAIN 08

Democracy at its best!

Are these undecided truly undecided or leaning.....

And paying someone to pick them is a little suspect to me.

Oh and for those that say Obama is just talk I dare you to go to the library of congress and see what he has been doing with his time in congress. Double dog dare you!

150 to 300- Obama would fill it in the thousands!

I don't believe for one minute these voters aren't pre screened and are really "undecided".

' My friends, I will never surrender to the foriegn uninvited boaters' Eh, what? Oh, undecided voters! Never mind then.

Go McCain, without Hillary...,your it!!

Obama is chicken!!!

@ Obama 2nd term Carter.......McCain 3rd term McCain. ROTFLMAO

once they see how mccain flip flops and he dont have a clue they will be voting for obama you all watch

Sen. McCain JUST REFUSES TO QUIT with the Town Halls!

Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease.

Who is going to vet these.....................

SUPPOSEDLY UNDECIDEDS?????

Mc Cain shines in the townhall format. He won New Hampshire in 2000 due to superior performance in townhalls. He can speak to independent voters and is at his best in this format.

Give the substance and a record Jojhn,
Your support is here...the media is propelling obama

Hillary 2012

It would be nice to see Obama join McCain and take questions from the audience. But i guess he's afraid after the trouncing Hillary gave him in their last debate. As Arnold would say: he's a girlie-man.

And, why in the hell would Obama do town hall meetings with a audiences filled with McCain's supporters. McCain does not have the right to dictate anything to Senator Obama. What a fool.

John McCain is Presidential material all the way! Where the heck is Barak??? Oh...he must be at home hiding behind his speech writers. If you can't face the people Barak, then you don't belong running for President. The Democrat party is over!

"key supporters" = strategic plants

these "key supporters" will get to ask the bulk of the questions, and the mummy will simply rattle off his prepared and practiced statements

“We have every expectation that when Barack Obama is interested in elevating the debate, he will join us on the campaign trail” = I need Barack Obama so I can get on television for free

With all the events Mr. Obama has had, Mccain has a hella lot of catching up to do, but I'm extremely anxious to see these guys go at it in a debate.

Don't hold your breath waiting for Obama to show up at the meetings. Actually, don't hold your breath waiting for Obama to do anything besides talk about hope and change.

Another example of why I like McCain. He'll fill the room, with or without Obama, the Great American Talking Machine. And he'll pick up lots of undecided's while he's about it.

Why should Obama "join you on the campaign trail" is he campaigning with you or against you, you fool. Stand on your own and continue confirming to the American people why we really can't afford another 4 or 8 yrs. of failed gimmicky policies!

how much did he pay them?was there free food?drink?there must be something in it for all those folks to waste so much time and effort.

Obama would never do that. He does not have any details and would be scared to get a real question.

Obama: Change! That is sooooo funny!!

'Undecided voters' are uneducated lazy voters. How can one possible still remain 'undecided' when we're well into the GE. Both candidates are completely different- not at all similar, so how do could you STILL be undecided. I bet you they were the ones that voted for Bush (the worst president in US HIstory)!!!

Once they hear the lies, flip flops and distorted truth from your boring mouth they will certainly make up their minds....for Obama!