It bothers me that she’s the only major Democratic candidate still on the ballot in Michigan. Is she going to take the votes any way she can get them?

And the pre-New Hampshire bout of whining from Bill about the Obama “fairy tale” also bugs me. Obama’s gotten dinged over and over for his lack of experience; this current wave of good publicity is simply in response to his rising poll numbers and his win in Iowa. I don’t believe the media has any particular darlings (although I will admit that some may have it out for Hillary as she’s the most divisive candidate in the field).

Bottom line, I think Obama can bring over Republican voters. I also think those same Republican voters (plus some Dems) will go sprinting back to the red side if Hillary is the Democratic nominee. I think Obama can win the presidency if he gets the nomination. I don’t believe Hillary can.

I’m actually nowhere near being a cynic, but I do find the Clintons very, very calculating – from Bill Shaheen’s “unauthorized” comments on Obama being questioned for dealing drugs, to disguising their anti-Obama negative flyers as being from Edwards, all the way to suddenly claiming that she has 35 years of experience (what?? time as a lawyer counts??? I officially have 7 years of experience making change under my belt too, then!) and that colors how I see her “emotional” moment, which I also think has been blown out of proportion. Maybe the emotion was real, but I don’t think the impetus was that she just feels absolutely torn apart with the need to be President so she can make the world a better place for puppies and babies

Aisha, do you remember after Iowa when all the press was talking about was Hillary’s crushing defeat and how she was totally doomed? How is that any different from the press talking about Obama’s loss? So yeah, it’s dumb of the press to ask whether Obama will give up after NH. But equally dumb of them to ask wehther Hillary would give up after Iowa. One thing we can agree upon is that the press is sometimes, well, dumb. But you can’t for one minute convince me that they’re being unfairly harsh to Obama.

It seems to me that if anything, they’ve been way too lax in their coverage of Obama. Obama is a smart and inspiring guy, and I’d be happy to have him as our president. But he is unquestionably more vague than Edwards and Hillary when it comes to policy specifics. And the press gives him a pass again and again. I want to see him pressed for REAL ANSWERS to some of the questions he’s asked, not the trite generalizations that he throws out. I know all the candidates do this, but I do think his one weakness is that he’s less familiar with the ins and outs of all the issues, and the press doesn’t talk about that much.

I’m not a huge Hillary fan, but I’m starting to become defensive on her behalf because she gets kicked around so much. It annoys me.

Also, can the press please stop talking about how she had a break-down? Or how she broke down in tears? I’ve seen the clip countless times and it was hardly the big deal people have made it out to be. Come on, let’s not over-state the case.

On the bright side, Obama’s endorsements are piling up Although the Kerry endorsement is a slap in Edwards’ face!

The other issue is that Obama was polling nine digits ahead, but when the votes came in, he was actually behind. This possibly says something about the way we poll, and possibly says something about Clinton getting emotional on camera.

I guess bottom line, there’s a LOT of votes left to be cast, and as an Obama supporter, I’d rather the Clinton camp be losing momentum right now.

Sadia, I think McCain is the one Republican I’d actually consider voting for. An Obama/McCain race would be AWESOME for exactly the reasons you said. It would be great for once to be able to define one candidate as “good” and the other as “better” (rather than “sucks” and “sucks more”).