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Thursday, January 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Obama's historic run heads south

Did his victory in Iowa and strong showing in New Hampshire really "put to rest the notion that a black candidate can't win in America"?

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  • Thursday, January 24, 2008 07:25 AM

    This must also be said:

    "Any Obama supporter who is childish and puerile enough to throw a hissy fit and vote for a Republican or not at all instead of Clinton in a general election richly, richly deserves the next 100 years in Iraq and the next several trillion dollars in debt.

    -- Rosenkavalie

    Excuse me? Could you kindly explain and point out the evidence that shows Clinton would have done things differently from GWB? Because, I'm sorry, I'm not seeing it. Where has she gone against the current policy? Did she argue - AT ALL - when we launched into Iraq? As I recall, at the time, she was quite busy warning us about the perils of video games.

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