It is clear that the Obama Camp is hoping that having this Superdelegate endorse him will change the inevitable outcome in Pennsylvania...I continue to be amused and feel a bit insulted that these camps think that we (American Voters) are sheep that can be easily led...how fun it would be to be the fly on the wall and witness the exchanges between the Obama Camp and the ones they attempt to sway to their side...Pennsylvanians though being labeled as mostly "blue collar" are probably more shrewd than they're being given credit for...these politicians need to understand that people CAN SEE the obivous motive behind their actions...there are days when Politians make me want to jump off the planet...but if I did that I would no longer have a voice...no matter how small...McCain can we talk?

Sent by ard | 10:37 AM ET | 03-28-2008

I listen to NPR on a regular basis. I was listening to Diane Reams today. And Chelsa Clinton's name came up and I had read the reporters queston and her answer, I did not have a problem with how she handled the question. Hillary is her mother and the child is not responsible for the sins of the father. The reporter also said he was a Hillary supporter.
What gets me is how we are not afraid to ask any thing of certain candiates and there families and the other canidates gets a pass.
Everyone is satisfied that Barrack did not know his Pastor preached hate even through he belonged to the church for 20 years, he said this week he was not present when these sermons were given and you guys (reporters) buy it. Did you even hear what he said? It was OK for a reporter to say Hillary was pimping her daughter and the press could not understand a mother or father being upset, this kills me.
I am a vet discharged in 72 was spit on called baby killer watched as young men ran to Canada while myself and two brothers served this great country. JFK,MLK AND RFK would not appreciate the way pastor Wright preached and none of them would have sit by for 20 years saying nothing.

Sent by tom | 12:00 PM ET | 03-28-2008

Tom I have the utmost repect for any servicemember but there is something that must disagree on. Quite frankyly no parent can protect a 28 year old adult. Also Bill and Hill are responsible for her being out on the trail anyway pushing there message. What i Think is going here is that are pushing for her tobe able to go out there and have a free pass to preach that message without have to answer for the campaign that she is working for. She is out there on the campaign trail talking policy and trying to win people over for her mom, just like any other campaign surrogate she should be asked the same questions they would ask of any other person. As for how you feel about Obama He actually said he was not there when the tape that has been circulating was made. And it was investigated and proven that he was not now he could have left it there and Not ever admitted that he had ever heard anything but he didn't do that he came right out and said hey Yea i have heard him say some things that could have been offensive But that was not all I knew of the man. Haven't you ever been close with someone whose views you disagree with? especially when it comes to politics it's not easy to find any black person in this country with the kind of blind patriotism and faith in the government that many of our old generations had. Which brings me to another point since when did being a patrion mean turning a blind eye to wrongdoings of our government. If that was something that had started at the beginning of this country then i am afraid I would still be a slave.

Sent by J.A. WILSON | 9:22 PM ET | 03-28-2008

J.A than you don,t have a problem with what Pastor Wright said it is not just a sermon he was preaching hate to a lot of people. You also buy that Pastor Wright is like a relative that everyone has that we all are embarassed by that works when Obama says it about his Pastor but you won't accept it from Chelsa. Where does Ms. Obama work? Is it Chicago Universty Hospitals? What does she do there? Is she an lawyer?
What is this hospitals rate of suing people that does not have insurence?
What about Obama's friend TonY Rezka.
Who has turned a blind eye? I can truly say I love this country I know we are not perfect and our goverment has made mistakes, but to say this is the first time I am proud to be an American is appalling to me when you are a millionaire. I have been a devout democrat all my life, I supported the civil rights movement Martin Luther King was a GREAT AMERICAN and he would be appalled at what Pastor Wright has said. RFK and JFK were GREAT AMERICANS to and they would not listen to what has been said. I do agree bush has hurt US deeply. I will say if Obama get's the nod McCain will be our next president. Some times I feel we democrats are so stupid we play right into the republican's hands, they are sitting back and loving this.
Florida has a republican governor and legislature they move up the Dem primary we discount our friends in Florida think about that.
Tom

Sent by tom | 8:03 AM ET | 03-29-2008

Tom,
We may not all agree with what pastor Wright said. But a critical look tells you that he had a basis for it. He said the government gave aids because people are aware that the US government infected black men about 300 of them with syphilis in the Tuskegee institute experiment (this is a fact). Show me which other race in this country were intentionally and maliciously infected with such.
With the Clinton's there is a whole dump truck of issues with them.
The pardon of Mark Rich a big tax evader who also deals with Iran by the clinton's just before they left office. And this criminal's contribution of $400million to the building of Clinton's library and contribution's also to their campaign. Why can't he come to the country even though he has been pardoned.

Sent by Christy | 4:58 PM ET | 03-29-2008

Christy has made some valid points. I didn't mean to say that I wouldn't accept chelsea's answer's just that you can't expect the candidates or there campaigning supporters to just not be asked certain questions because they are uncomfortable. The thing about pastor wright that is different is that Obama never asked him to come out publicly and offer his support or go anywhere and speak on his behalf or anything like that. Which in my mind offers some proof that Obama doesn't value his political opinion. in a time when these two candidates where haveing everybody they could to come out publicly and say there piece he was never even asked but all questions regarding there relationship have been asked and answered maybe not to the degree in which you want them to but he has been very forthright in certain cases when he didn't even have to be. As for my opinion of the reverend himself, I have many fundamental differences with the waye that pastor wright Brought his message forward because I believe that is not the way to bring people together. but he just like you did not evade or run when he was called to serve. instead he went int to the Marine Corps. and like I said before I repect anyman who has laid his life on the line for his country even more repect when the country he was fighting for was to say the least reluctant to fight for him.
Truth be told I have a problem with the way Cristianity is taught as a whole because most of what we do goes directly against what Jesus himself stood for but that is another conversation. As for Mischele Obama's comments I think They are largely taken Out of context. She said that it was the first time in her life time that she had been proud of america. Because of the support that such a diverse group of people were offereing to a black candidate for president. Our life times have not seen much in the way of public displays of the deterioration of the racial lines that still divide this country. And unless you are directly affected by it then you have a hard time truly seeing it. like most of the people who had a problem with the statement were people who think that racial tension in this country is a lot less serious than it really is. The issue is still there and i gathere that you May not have a problem with racism But it would not bennefit you to not acknowledge that it is there.

Sent by J.A. WILSON | 8:37 PM ET | 03-29-2008

Any GI serving during the Viet Nam era only it was called agent orange. We were all injected with God only knows what. It's hard to tell what Persian Gulf vets are infected with. Tuskegee was a terrible thing but it was a few bad people in our government that conducted the test. How vet's died from agent orange before they said it caused kedney cancer, these things have happened to anyone that served we were all ginny pigs for what ever reason. That's why we received surveys for many years after we were discharged, we have gulf war vets dieing every day and there families don't know why? But that is no reason to blame all of any race for bad things done by a few.

Sent by tom | 9:51 AM ET | 03-30-2008

Somehow the man's words have gotten twisted and it has come across that he was making an attack on every white american. I truly don't think this was the case. I think his attack was on the People responsible and the government for not doing anything to stop it from happening. I mean it can not be denied that it looks bad that our government allowed such horrible things to happen to first the minorities because they didn't matter enough politically and also not enough Americans at the time cared enough to listen to the concerns and try to stop it from contiueing but then to do the same thing to it's soldiers who are responsible for protecting us? This is a horrible stain on the government of this country and the only way to start to clear that stain is to change the way we do politics. nop more closed door meeting were they could be potentialy deciding the fate of our future soldiers and generations of men and women. Tom we have to allow this change to take place. and senator Obama has said very specifically that he will open the doors of government so that we can have a more prominent voice over what happens to our future. That is why i like him. Other people running have said that it is impossible to make so many changes which to me says that they want us to contiue being ignorant about what is happening at these backroom policy debates but i think we are ready, at least enough of us are ready to take charge of our futures.

Sent by J.A. WILSON | 7:17 PM ET | 03-30-2008

If it sounds too good to be true it is.
Why are 20% of us not covered under his universal health plan? Who will pay for that 20% when they get sick? What about NAFTA, will he make major changes?
I have questions that are not being answered. With the Clintons I know I prospered along with everyone esle. I have two grown daughters that has college degrees. This was due in part to President Clinton keeping it affordable. I have appreciated the debate and I may not agree with everything you but I have defended your right to say it. There are fewer and fewer people able to say this. And I can not accept what Pastor Wright said and it was not just on a few occasions. I think about Sen Obama's two young children being raised in that church and it truly bothers me. Our services ended Sunday with the Lord' Prayer.

Sent by tom | 7:31 PM ET | 03-31-2008