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Why I think Barack Obama will win in November No longer McCain's party That was yesterday's qualifications Grand Slam "No way,no how,no John McCain" The Hillary Factor and why Excellent Choice Nuance v Steadfast Start the real campaign Glad to be back October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 John Edwards & Barack Obama went straight for the jugular in going after Hillary. They attacked the vote on calling the Iranian Revolutionary Council a terrorist organization. Saying it will give this president the excuse he needs to go to war with Iran. Hillary’s inconsistent answers were exposed on social security and at the end of the debate she agreed with New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer's controversial plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants but then a minute later started backtracking. Now Bill Clinton was a master at being evasive but her facial expressions and demeanor showed she is no Bill Clinton. Will this debate change the numbers? I don’t know. I think what was really exposed last night was status quo positions of the front runner. How can my party complain about the secrecy in the Bush Administration if Hillary does not turn over all her documents? I understand it gives the other candidates an unfair advantage, because she will be the only candidate required to do this. But if this lack of transparency is going to stop, someone has to take the lead. The other is lobbyist money; Hillary has out raised all the candidates of both parties in lobbyist money from Wall Street, defense department, and insurance and drug companies. Some might see it as success but really it business as usual. Somehow we must have a leader to take us to public financing because these lobbyist have too much influence. I am getting suspicious as to why the Bush Administration is getting their way on the latest NSA spying bill. Did the telecommunication lobbyist have something to do with it? I don’t know. This may sound like a slam on Hillary but it really isn’t, it just exposes some of her weakness in a primary. Great leaders learn form mistakes and they don’t usually repeat them. Constructive criticism will only make a person stronger. 
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Democratic debate in Vegas- a slugfest ?
If you wanted a bout, the first ten minutes or so was devoted to Obama and Edwards taking their best jabs at Hillary. If facial expressions count, then IMO her makeup did crack with all the pressure of her frowns, but, she was well rested and it did not seem to take her off her stride. Obama and Edwards tried to attack Hillary later in the debate but, they were booed which did seem to take the boys off their stride. For the remainder of the date it was about the issues. Obama really confuses me because he can bring so much excitement and hope at a 10,000 seat fundraiser but in a debate he doesn’t bring that same fire in the belly. An example of that was how he answered the “driver’s license to undocumented immigrants” question. I couldn’t believe it because he answered that question the very same way Hillary fumbled that question two weeks ago.Obama did have a great moment when he challenged Wolf Blitzer for being a pessimist. John Edwards was my initial favorite because of his populist stance. Edwards is letting the poll numbers drive him away from being the candidate of 2004 when he continued delivering a positive message and being above the fray. The pundits said Hillary won the debate, in fact the Des Moines Register ran this headline “That’s why the lady is a champ”. My one big disappointment was Hillary’s response to fixing social security. I turned 62 last Saturday and will be getting my first check in January so now it’s personal. Anyway her reasoning for not raising the $97,500 FICA payroll amount to say $200,000 ....because it would be raising taxes on the middle class. That’s a GOP answer. A single taxpayer making $200,000 who is properly maxing out his/hers 401K won’t get my tears. In the end all the candidates want to pull out the troops in 0 comments from 0 users
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