I live in Illinois. Most of the people are depressed about this.

Whatever joy we had from Obama's win is gone.

Most of the people supporting Burris are republicans for obvious reasons. Because he cannot win.

I am sick to death of:

Bobby Rush acting like it's 1968 and his grandstanding.

People who are calling racist those who reject Burris (most of the ones rejecting are from Illinois, by the way). Instead of calling us names why don't they turn to their own states and ask why they are not electing AA senators and do so before pointing fingers.

People thinking they know more about this and have a bigger voice then we, the people of Illinois.

Blago getting away with his Sh** time and again. And he has played the so called progressives (I am a democrat by the way)like a fiddle.

This is our state and we, the people, want our voices heard and have a special election. Blago is corrupt and Burris is a failed mediocre pol with ties to him.

This is a slap in the face to Obama, the state and it's people and our right to adequate representation.

In my twenties I came across a book at a used book place and it was about the Great Depression and FDR.

It was during the era of Reagan and I thought FDR was the ideal president.

Since then I've read many books on the era of the twenties and thirties. Maybe that is why I saw the Housing bubble would bust and it would be ugly. Because the same things were happening in the twenties with bubbles and speculation on Wall Street.

And we had trickle down economics that never trickle down.

The only reason we did not go immediately into a depression I believe is due to the many little safety nets that FDR put in place all those years ago. Imagine what would have happened if the conservatives totally succeeded in dismantling those and the new deal. We would be selling apples.

He really ticked me off. When I was watching that I could tell Joan wanted to rip into that pig. How dare he not treat her as a respected intelligent woman.

So typical of conservatives who think women should be overly made up barbie dolls who don't think for themselves and just shut up.

This is why few women are conservatives.

We need the good feeling towards Clinton to help rebuild our reputation and standing.

President Obama is snowed under with the economic crisis, thanks to Bush as well, that he needs all the help he can get to go out into the wider world to help lay the groundwork along with public envoys like Mitchell.

I see that Obama is beginning the rebuilding for the time when he is freed up to be able to do more himself in the world and domestic concerns are not a pressing or critical.

I am not the biggest fan of clinton but, he sure was alot better then the idiot we had after him.

Yes, the free trade deals stunk. He caved too much to republicans.

But, he also did us well by the economy and he is, as one poster put, a big b.s. person. But, isn't that what is needed right now. Someone who can schmooze and bs with world leaders. And they are aware that being the SofS husband, will probably take messages and such home to her for future use.

One of Clinton's gifts is gab. And he is a walking encylopedia of world affairs.

There really is no one better then Clinton to go out and start to do the monumental clean up of the trash Bush has strewn around the world in our name.

Not even our new president because he is new and the leaders do not know him yet. They do Clinton.

I think there are two things going that is making Obama keep his silence publicly.

One is that he doesn't want to be in the middle of this heated partisan divide and debate while trying to move health care through. This seems to be his most ardent issue to get passed this year. And being caught in the middle of the torture debate and investigations will bring the already hot partisanship wars to boiling and could sink health care.

I think he would have preferred to not have to deal with this until after the summer and after health care is passed but, those on our side have been screaming and agitating for punishment now - this minute.

There is also the fact that it is not the president's job to investigate and as I recall, Feinstein asked that his administration stay out of the way while she is investigating. From what some senators have said, she is really up to her eyeballs looking under every rock.

There are also other investigations going on.

This is, afterall, the job of congress anyway. Not Obama's. So, while everyone is bitching about Obama not saying or doing things and being vague, ect., they really do not know much about how things work. Including the press.

Congress investigates and the president is suppose to be neutral and not be involved.

Excuse me, but, the very obvious is sitting right there for any democrat to use against the republican talking point of today but, little used.

The drivel about her not being intelligent.

Explain how someone is the editor of the Yale Law Review and graduated 2nd in her class at Princeton if she is NOT intelligent!

that is insulting in itself to even drag that smear out in public.

It is just lunacy to make that argument.

You, Joan, should have said, "excuse me, Pat, but, how do explain graduating second in her law class at Princeton and being president of the law review, if she is so stupid!"