Letters to the Editor
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I stand corrected
The poster that said that Barack is where he is because of Michelle Obama is absolutely right. We should all be so lucky to have a strong, intelligent woman like that beside us.
The difference between Barack and Hillary is that Barack doesn't try to take credit for Michelle Obama's experience. For example, based on Hillary's twisted logic, Barack should be saying that he is better suited to deal with fixing the health care system since Michelle Obama was an executive with the University of Chicago Hospitals. I don't recall hearing him saying that.
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Look at the election results
Do you honestly believe that the Democrats are going to lose California, New York, New Jersey, or any of the other big mostly democratic states Hillary won if Barack is the Democratic nominee? Are the coastal states the only ones that count? If I am not mistaken, haven't Democrats won hard fought recent Presidential elections in some of the other states Barack won (such as Iowa, Minnesota)? The type of mentality that only the big coastal states count is going to lose the Democrats the elections.
In order to win the general election, the nominee is going to have to win other states besides the so-called big blue states. Obama is much stronger in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states which could potentially swing the election.
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@ Keithy
When strong, intelligent Michelle becomes First Lady, what do you think her role should be?
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Independents
Look at the election results and compare the votes Obama is getting from Independents versus the votes Clinton is getting from Independents.
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Michelle Obama's role as first lady
Michelle Obama gave an interview to CNN in which she described what she would do as first lady. Go to youtube and check it out. I know one thing, she isn't claiming that the American public is going to get "two for one" if Barack is elected.
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Obama
re: "Do you honestly believe that the Democrats are going to lose California, New York, New Jersey, or any of the other big mostly democratic states Hillary won if Barack is the Democratic nominee?"
I hope not. But I know that older people are not as likley to be taken in by his rhetoric. His lack of experience matters. And contrary to what the media tell us, older voters make up a bigger portion of the electorate than younger voters.
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We hear what we want to hear
The funny thing that I keep hearing from Hillary supporters when they talk about Barack is they refer to his "rhetoric" and claim that he doesn't put forth any solid plans. Apparently you people can't hear or you being dishonest. Barack has put forth his plans on health care. Hillary is the one that tried to tap dance around the question when asked she was going to mandate all people be covered by her "universal" health care plan. She finally admitted that she might garnish people's wages if they don't buy health care insurance.
Barack says that he plans to withdraw troops from Iraq 12-18 months after he is elected. Hillary says that she wants to start withdrawing troops within 60 days of being elected, but tap danced when asked about when she would remove all the troops. It seems to me that Hillary is the one full of rhetoric not Barack.
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Bushwah
Sadly, what the exit polls showed, clearer than anything, is that despite decades of effort, this is still a racist society. And people seem to be voting their prejudices pretty regularly.
Many women have been angry--rightly, I believe--when the assumption is that they will vote for Hillary simply because she's a woman. Blacks make the same argument about Obama. And I think this is a great argument, and a perfect demonstration of King's famous line about see the content of someone's character, rather than their external appearance.
Alas, it doesn't seem to be happening except in small stages.
In South Carolina, folks were ecstatic that Obama polled more than 25% of the "white vote." I realize that it's South Carolina, but 25% among Democrats? The fact that people were lauding that is a sad sign.
The blacks are voting for Obama; the young people are voting for the younger candidate; the Hispanics are voting against Obama; the older women are voting for Hillary; Asians are voting against Obama; etc. etc. People aren't voting for whom they like; they're voting for whom they look like. (Or voting against who they don't look like.)
(I do find it interesting that Caucasians seem to be overcoming their prejudices better than other groups, at least based on the polling data. Sociologists should make plenty of hay out of that.)
Everyone--everyone--is racist and sexist. The question is, can you overcome those tendencies and truly see the content of the candidate's character? Or are you only seeing their sex and/or skin color? Based on the polls, it appears we have a long way to go.
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Hillary
We can't hear or we're being dishonest? Nonsense. Obama has served in the Senate for three years, most of which was spent campaigning. He's missed quite a few votes.
Hillary has finished one Senate term, and you can deride her time spent as First Lady, but anybody who remembers the 90s knows that she was right there with Bill. She understands how the White House works, and won't have to spend years trying to figure it out. If she wins, she will be a very powerful President and advocate for democratic issues.
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Don't make assumptions
Re: "the Hispanics are voting against Obama"
I voted FOR Hillary.
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Setting the record straight
I keep hearing how Barack Obama appeals to Latinos/Hispanics, proven by the fact that he overwhelmingly carried that group of voters in his Senate race.
OK, folks, it's time for a reality check.
Obama's Senate race was a cakewalk. More than a cakewalk...a shoo-in. Illinois Republicans put forth one and then another opponent, both of whom went down in flames of scandal and wrong-doings. The head of the Republican party, a moderate, held her nose as right-wingers recruited a carpetbagger nutcase (Alan Keyes) to run against Obama because no other sensible Republican would risk it. Keyes was given an apartment on Chicago's far south suburbs (just barely inside the state lines) so he could say he was a "resident." I doubt he ever actually slept there.
No sensible person could bring him/herself to vote for Keyes. Only the truly faithful of the IL GOP did, and those who should have checked themselves into the hospital for psychiatric evaluation. Keyes' so-called campaign was a joke, as are all of Keyes' efforts at getting elected to something...anything....whatever.
Everyone else either didn't vote, or voted for Obama. It didn't matter if they were Black, Latino, Asian, caucasian, Libertarian, Chicagoan, suburbanite, Democrat, Republican, independent, downstater, etc. So the strong support that Obama talks about was by default. The race was an easy one (although some of his previous races weren't) and someone (even some of us who might support the man) needs to set that record straight.