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Saturday, January 5, 2008 12:00 AM

A Democratic donnybrook

The debate was rich in sound and fury, but did little lasting damage to unruffled frontrunner Barack Obama.

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  • Sunday, January 6, 2008 10:31 AM

    Obama Weak

    Deloresflower:

    I have researched Obama's voting record. A voting record is more informative than any speech. And as I said, he's missed quite a few votes in the Senate, but he found the time to vote to renew the Patriot Act and to fund the war.

    And when Hillary brought this up in the debate last night, he ignored it. Why wouldn't he explain his position? And she also said that the chairman of his New Hampshire campaign was a lobbyist for the drug companies. Again, he didn't explain that.

    I don't like his lack of experience, or his lack of specificity.

    Hillary knows how the White House works, and she will be able to repair the damage Dubya has done. Obama won't have the first idea of how to fix anything. It will take years for him to learn how washington works, and we don't have time.

    I'm voting for Hillary.

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