If that is your criteria for a good President, well, fine, that is your criteria.

But the experience claim does not hold water with me, for two simple reasons. First, some of the best Presidents we ever had had even less experience than Obama has right now. Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson. Lincoln. Obama actually has more experience than any of those four did when they got into office.

And secondly, the other side of the coin shows that some of the worst Presidents we have ever had also had the most experience. James Buchanan, Herbert Hoover, and Warren Harding especially stand out as bad Presidents who were in Washington forever.

Also, I maintain Obama does in fact understand economics, international relations, and government finance and grasp concepts instantly. I absolutely believe that Obama is easily the smarter of the two. Of the three, if you want to include McCain. I think each of their legislative records more than abundantly bear that out as well.

His statement was so bad that Wolfson immediately tried to pretend he didn't say them. Enough said, I would imagine.

And when I say bad, I don't mean in a Ferraro/ Power kind of way. Not inappropriate, but inaccurate, illogical, and just plain stupid.

If Clinton can win PA in November, so can Obama. And if he can't, she can't either. The only difference between the two on this is that polls suggest that Obama doesn't desperately need to win PA against McCain to still be President.

And that's the big difference here: Every Clinton argument or rationale on how they are going to win the primary and become the nomineee is based on delusional, fantasy land thinking. Obama's reasoning is based on simple math.

(I will refrain completely from any of the real easy 'women can't do math' gags that spring to mind every time something like this comes up. I hope everyone else can do the same.)

In a letters section about PA republicans getting registered democrats by the Obama campaign, it just turns into a Rev. Wright slugfest. And I bet good money it'll just keep going like this till the next post on Monday morning. Now if that ain't off topic, I just don't know what is.

Seriously, Alex, you guys just can't shut down this war room posting over the weekend. People don't stop coming here between Friday around five and when you come back three days later. Either that or you guys really need a salon message board. That's all these letter sections are now anyway.

Obama refuted Wright's statements well over a year ago. Today was just him repeating that in no uncertain terms. He has never said he agreed with Wright about any of these inflamatory comments.

Now did he do that for one of your two reasons? No. He did so because he does not agree in any way with what his pastor said. he was asked about it, and he answered it in no uncertain terms. Pure and simple. Full stop. He has been completely consistent along these lines.

Now, I know you wonder he why never did so before he ran for President. How can you be so sure he hasn't? He does exist as a sentient being when not in front of cameras or journalists, you know. Can you tell me that he never expressed regret to other parishoners or family privately? My guess is that he has. If for no other reason than I honestly can't imagine him accepting some of Wright's more anti-white statements considering Obama's own mother.

I admit, that's only a guess, not a statement of fact, true, but you can't state anything more strongly than just a guess either.

How could you be dissappointed with No Country for Old Men?!?

I'm not sure I see a free will angle to the film. At least no more than anything else has. I think its more of a snapshot of a time where things are suddenly becoming more violent, much to the dismay of the old sheriff who can't grasp or follow the nasty ugliness and inhumanity he sees the world becoming around him. That was as I saw it the central idea that just about everything in the film evolved around.

I could go on, for hours even, as film really is my thing.

But I wouldn't want to get off topic or anything.

Salon needs a message board. This whole letters section hasn't mentioned a thing about the GOPs Obama's campaign is registering as Democrats in at least ten pages.

Not having the war room take the weekend off might help too. I mean, if Alex hadn't bugged out right at the stroke of five on Friday he might've had something actually about Wright that everyone could have gone and ranted in.

I still think a message board of some kind would work better though. I mean, c'mon, Salon has a internet dating section but not a message board?

I am sorry that I missed your comment. I didn't mean any slight by it. My point still stands though.