Letters to the Editor
Kingbreaker
Published Letters: 107 Editor's Choice: 1
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Ugh, this makes me sick.
[Read the article: Goodbye, Super Tuesday]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The overwhelming priority for anyone disgusted with the last 8 years is to get a Democrat in the White House. Either Hillary or Obama would be immeasurably better as a president than a Republican. Moreover, even if Hillary is abhorrent due to the war/flag/crying/Arkansas, and even if Obama is a candy-coated, smooth-talking teenager with no substance, [I don't hold any of these views myself] we aren't electing one person to the office. We're electing an administration. We are electing the person who gets to shape the Supreme Court over the next decade. We're electing someone who will hopefully let the Democratic majority in Congress get something done. In the end, the campaign tactics, quirks, problems and issues in the nomination campaign are small potatoes compared to what's at stake. So suck it up and support our nominee when the time comes.
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Grow Up
[Read the article: Who won Super Tuesday?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]It seems clear to me that the Republicans won super tuesday and the Dems lost. At least it seems that way after reading most of the posts here.
To those of you who say "my candidate or McCain," grow the f@ck up. Would you rather have McCain make judicial appointments or ANY Democratic president? Would you rather give McCain veto power or let a Dem majority in Congress actually get something done?
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Updated Dream Team?
[Read the article: Who won Super Tuesday?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Whoever gets the nod would do themselves a favor by naming the loser to part of their ticket.
But NOT as VP, which most people realize is a pretty meaningless post unless yer Darth Cheyney.
I'd love to see the winner name the loser to a very senior cabinet post as a real sign that the future is more important than bad blood spilled in the campaign.
But I seriously doubt it will happen.
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Wake Up
[Read the article: Which Democrat can beat McCain?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary MUST win by a landslide in the nomination in order to win the presidency. Here's why. If she makes any substantive moves to seating the Michigan/Florida delegates, she will alienate a huge part of the democratic base. Not to mention pretty much any independent.
But the problem is, she isn't going to win the Dem nomination w/o Michigan and/or Florida. And the minute those delegates get seated, Hillary's lost the general. It would be laughably easy for the slime machine to capitalize on that.
To an actual progressive, Obama and Hilary look amazingly similar on the issues, compared to say Dodd or Kucinich. So, Democratic centrists, get over yerselves and think about the Supreme Court appointments. VOTE OBAMA. I'd vote for a cockroach if it means Dems get an unopposed majority in Congress and a chance to repair the damage that the Bushies have done to the justice system.
I live in North Carolina, a fairly pure shade of red. If there's a snowballs' chance in hell of winning it, Obama is the man. Hillary is reviled here irrationally. As much as you want to throw out the poll numbers, the fact remains that she is the only person capable of unifying the Repbulicans.
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All the experience in the world doesn't matter if. . .
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]it doesn't help one to make good decisions.
Why does Hillary get a pass for voting for the war - the single most important vote of her career - just because a bunch of other people made the same mistake? It is a ridiculous argument. She got it wrong, dead wrong, and should be held to account.
If 'experience' is supposed to lead one to make good decisions, then Hillary got shortchanged.
She's still the better candidate than McCain, so she will get my vote in the general if it comes to that.
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99% of you are either shills, morons, or misplaced American Idol fans.
[Read the article: How will it all end?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]At this rate, the republicans won't need Karl Rove - they can simply read the comments on Salon for their daily diet of slimy ad material.
There's a point at which criticism of the other side (Of the SAME FREAKING PARTY) makes sense. That point was passed about three weeks ago. We can't even see it in the rear view mirror now.
The important thing is to support WHOEVER wins the nomination so that we have a sane person appointing justices and judges and the threat of veto is removed from a Dem-controlled Congress. In this respect, Hillary and O are both immeasurably better than McRambo. This constant bickering, which has less intellectual merit than the trash talk overheard at a high school football game, is counterproductive.
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Smart Strategy > Justice
[Read the article: NAACP head wants Florida, Michigan delegates counted]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hillary cannot afford to win by the margin of Florida and Michigan alone.
If she wins the nomination in such a manner, it won't matter what the *justice* of the situation is. What matters is the *perception* that justice has been violated. That perception will be mercilessly flogged by the Repubs. She may as well drop out of the race the moment she is nominated.
It would be like Gore trying to get late military absentee ballots discounted in Florida, 2000. In terms of justice, it would have been the correct and legal thing to do. In terms of political perception, it would have been absolute suicide.
Again, Clinton Folks - I'm not saying that it's right or wrong that Florida/MI count or don't count. There are good arguments on both sides. I'm saying that "right" and "wrong" are useless categories of analysis in the face of the larger problems.
Somebody suggested that Obama that he play the "generous" card and allow the Florida delegates to be counted. This is a good idea - if he does win the nom, he looks MUCH better than Clinton would and would have a much better chance of re unifying the party.
And yes, Howard Dean had better figure out a compromise that everyone can agree on or the dems will get stomped in November.
I'll vote for the Democratic nominee in November, because the Supreme Court is too important to leave to McRambo.
I personally believe that the Florida and Michigan voters' concerns trump the idiocy of the state party folks, and that they should be given the opportunity to vote, but on a more level playing field.