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4.7.08 @ 12:01AM

HIS TO LOSE
Re: G. Tracy Mehan III's Man of the Hour:

Man of the Hour? You mean we are not going to have Hillary, Hurler in Chief after all? Did everyone see Hillary's catch-in-the-throat account of the day MLK was shot? "I went back to my dorm room and hurled my book bag across the room..." I don't suppose that oracle of all things factual, Google, could tell us if there was such a thing as a book bag in 1968. If there was, it must have been so nerdy no one but Hillary had one. I had two sons of book bag age at the time and I never saw one.

But, think of it, if she does pull this out and gets back in the White House, we better batten down the bric a brac. Hurler of book bags, flinger of figurines, launcher of lamps...Commander-in-chiefing is a testy business. That place will be a shambles before the first week is out. Just sitting in the Oval Office, de ja vu-ing about Bill and Monica in odd moments may set her off.

As I think on it, if she doesn't get the nomination, Bill better buy some kind of protective head gear and a cup. He has not been the Ace-in-the-hole as was supposed he would be. I was amused, though, as Hillary explained his good fortune this last year at making so much money "doing what he loves best, Talking." Well, second best, maybe.
-- Diane Smith
California

Obama has demonstrated consummate skill at satisfying his base without being pinned to policy positions that would be anathema to the sensible majority. Count on him skillfully tacking (against the left wind) to the center in the general election. He'll bring moderate, even somewhat conservative credentialed, players onto his team, and will run circles around the pedantic, doddering, ill spoken McCain, whose sputtering effort to remain relevant will be seen by the mainstream media as more an object of curiosity, or derision, than as a serious challenge to Obama's ascendancy. Without question, Obama will utterly crush McCain in fundraising. Anyone on the right believing that McCain has anything more than a snowball's chance in hell of winning this election is deluded, at best.
-- Peter R. McGrath
Winter Park, Florida

One's looks, since 1960 exactly, have meant a lot in American politics. McCain is old and looks and acts old. Worse, he will never fiercely defend his positions because getting along with everybody and being lauded by press sycophants has always been his primary concern. And even worse, his positions are such that they will never excite the base he so desperately will need to win. Look for him to pick another worm as his vice president. Crist perhaps.

Obama is an empty suit. And although he pretends to be looking for new solutions, his solutions are instead right out of the old playbook. Nationalize health, raise taxes, spend money, run and hide from world affairs. Jimmy Carter pretended to be new; Bill Clinton pretended to be new; Jerry Brown pretended to be new: it was the same old thing.

But Obama, unlike McCain and especially Bush, is articulate and intelligent. He really is the guy with whom you'd sit down at the bar and have a couple of beers. Yeah, he's got this election hands down. Barring some catastrophe, the election is his.

(Maybe it's worth it, if this will finally make the Clintons go away. God almighty, have we not had enough of the Clintons?)
-- Paul

Problem is the right is SOOO far right nowadays that ANY Democrat to them is "far left."

Republicans will pull out their scare rhetoric this fall w/the gods, guns, gays garbage. But I think this year voters actually give a damn about REAL issues like Iraq, economy, environment, & the trivial social issues shouldn't play that much a role.

I've contributed to Obama's campaign, but would certainly vote for Clinton if she's the nominee. After these last 7 years, I'll never vote Republican again in any election.
-- Rich V.

No, Barack is not just another liberal Democrat: He's a leftist masquerading as a very liberal Democrat.

He has already shown that, underneath his stylish manner, honeyed oratory and signature long-windedness, he's a touchy fellow with few, if any, new ideas. His to-date performance as a potential candidate shows his inability to field direct challenges to his persona and background. His resume shows he woefully lacks the experience to be Commander-in-Chief and national chief executive. Even his investment portfolio shows he lacks sufficient experience to know much about the market. And his pastor disaster and disingenuousness in handling it indicates he does not have the good common sense and character to represent us.

As for the assertion that "Obama could become a divisive figure"?

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