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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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The 2008 Presidential Race : As I see it
First the Republican Party because it is still in sate of disarray since they don’t have a candidate that hits the 30% nationally. Giuliani is on top at 28% approval in the GOP primary. Rudy Giuliani is the ultimate campaigner but Bernard Kerrick scandal may doom him. But he is running a risky campaign of losing Mitt Romney is taking the tradition route of spending heavily in the first two primaries thinking it will have a domino effect. Might work. John McCain is relying heavy on Fred Thompson was on ABC Sunday and I have to agree with Nixon, this man is as dumb as a fence post. He wants to stay a close second and pick up the scraps as people start bowing out. Mike Huckabee is one of this years surprise and he just might win Not a lot of name recognition or money or the Evangelicals would have put their support behind this candidate. Ron Paul will have a good Duncan Hunter? Less than 1% in some polls Tom Tancredo is a one trick pony (illegal immigration) and he is at 1% using this campaign as his platform. The Democratic Party Their top tier candidates beat their GOP counterparts in just about all the head to head match-ups. Hillary Clinton is the front runner and it shows on her stump speeches and debates. Barack Obama falls farther behind when he tries to attack Hillary because that is simply not his style. He is the “Audacity of Hope” except when it comes to debates. John Edwards is falling like a rock because he is in his trial lawyer mode instead of the populist candidate that made him John Kerry's choice for VP. Bill Richardson playing his cards for VP. Joe Biden has won all the debates IMO but cannot get the air time nor the money. Chris Dodd excels in education but little else. Dennis Kucinich see him run again in 2012 and get that 1%. He just wants the air time. That’s how I see it. 2 comments from 2 users
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posted by
Mike
on Nov 20, 2007 at 09:37 AM
Hello Riverboat Jennifer FlowersQuiddick would have been appropriate since that was the ongoing scandal when Bill Clinton was running for office. The special prosecuted found no wrong doing in those other scandels you mention after No,Bill Clinton was not a saint nor are we electing a posted by
Riverboat
on Nov 20, 2007 at 12:05 AM
"Rudy Giuliani is the ultimate campaigner but Bernard Kerrick scandal may doom him." Right. I'll see your Bernard Kerick and raise you Filequiddic, TravelOfficeQuiddick, MikeEspyQuiddick, WhiteWaterQuiddick. . . Shall I continue?
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