If blacks vote for blacks, would whites vote for whites? Would women vote for women? If they do, Obama is a gonner.

Sent by Skeptic | 8:29 PM ET | 01-18-2008

THE REPUBLICANS WANT YOU TO VOTE FOR OBAMA BECAUSE THEN THEY WILL BRING OUT THE EVIDENCE THAT HE IS A MUSLIM AND BEAT HIM !THEY CAN NOT DO THIS TO HILLARY!THEY ARE AFRAID OF HER! CNN TRIES SO HARD TO INFLUENCE THE VOTE AND SO DOES OPRAH! I AM CURIOUS ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT HER STAKE IN ALL THIS IS? MORE POWER MAYBE? THEN SHE WOULD OWN OBAMA LIKE SHE DOES DR PHIL!!!! WAKE UP AND THINK ABOUT IT A VOTE FOR THE WRONG CANDIDATE AND WE ALL LOSE!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE HILLARY CLINTON!!!!!!!!!!!

Sent by Cherry | 8:55 PM ET | 01-18-2008

Gee, is that a surprise? Yo, yo! Da man gonna giv us what we deservz and screw da white man! Yo, reparationz fer all of da 'scriminationz dat we enduredz for all of des yearz under the repressed atmoslyphere dat we bez operatin' under all dez yearz. Yeah, man, an' we hearz we be gettin' free Escalades for all of deh brothers once da man Obama make it to the Black House!

Sent by Tyrone | 9:23 PM ET | 01-18-2008

Obama's brother in Kenya is a radial Muslim jihadist. Obama's cousin has vowed to impose sharia law after the bloody coup http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2008/01/obamas-man-in-k.htmle

Sent by Will | 7:28 AM ET | 01-19-2008

welcome Obama for America.

Sent by David Koul | 8:11 PM ET | 01-19-2008

Before the media made it about race the clear choice for any American paying attention was Clinton. But if it is about race? It is so much easier for Americans to choose. No homework, no paying attention, no fact checking to see who's right or best. Just make it about race and sit back and watch who black Americans support. The black candidate? Or the candidate who has fought for Black Americans rights all of her professional and political life? The media hype of the fairy-tale story was way off base once you saw the tape and heard the remarks without the blatant misrepresentation of the story by Schnider himself. But the damage was
done. The news media strikes another blow at the heart of our democracy.
News media information manipulation and misinformation made it about race. Clinton's support among black Americans erodes. 2+2 has never been 5. Thanks for letting me post.

Charlie
Maryland

Sent by Charlie | 9:37 PM ET | 01-19-2008

I try to stick to comparing politicians policies on issues I care about. When you compare Clinton's and Obama's position on domestic issues such as healthcare. Clinton has the more progressive policies.

Sent by Susan | 10:28 AM ET | 01-20-2008

I wish people would learn what poliices is really about. I will not matter who wins until we take bac the control of our country.

Sent by Thomas Orr III | 1:38 PM ET | 01-21-2008

Alright one of the things no one is talking about is that if Clinton was elected this country will be under the same 2 families control now for 20 years!!! That scares the heck out of me. That is as bad if not worse than some of the 3rd world counties that we are always criticle of. That is the single most scary thing that has ever happen in our countries history. Then throw clintons connections to big buisness!!! All those communities that lost jobs when Walmart comes to town remember Hilary sat on their board of directors for years. It is in a huge way her fault that good paying jobs are gone. Oh yea so what do you believe about health care and Clinton. Does walmart have good healthcare for their employees or can even a manager of a walmart buy a home in the community they live in? The answer is NO!!! Even some of the district managers do not make enough money to buy a house. Yes thank you Hilary for destroying America!!!!!

Sent by Brian | 4:44 PM ET | 01-21-2008

America is too advanced for all these stupid blogs about race. If issues are relegated in favour of race in God's own Country, then the world really has no hope!

Sent by Peter Edeh | 5:28 PM ET | 01-21-2008

Susan just like no child left behind.

Her health care plan when she was first lady was a failure, the vote for the war in Iraq, and the worst of all the lies that were told to the American people when Bill was the president.

Poor Americans didn't live a better live when bill was president. The same old problem is still there, Bush just made so bad America should be ashamed of themselves.

Corridor of shame

Sent by GLO | 10:33 PM ET | 01-21-2008

I am so tired of the dichotomy between ???women??? and Black people. I am very much sitting here in my Black woman body! When folk talk about women voting for Clinton, are they talking about white women? There is this gross assumption that all women connect with the political ambitions of upper class, middle-aged white women. When they talk about the first Black president are they just talking about Black men? I am not a genderless Black woman. No one is talking about the intersection of race and gender. I think the Clintons will do anything to get Hilary elected, even use the issue of race. Not once have Obama lead with race. Of course Black people and other folks, particular young voters are rallying behind him. I hope folks get past all the negative propaganda and really look at the issues.

Sent by LaVida | 11:02 PM ET | 01-21-2008

Obama has not led with race; only responded to the media that won't let him ignore it. Damn if you do; damn if you don't. If he ignores it they slam him & you sheep unable to discern follow right along. If he responds they're getting under his skin; yada yada yada. They (media) alway leave themselves an out.

EVERYONE LOOSES TRACK OF WHO STARTED SLINGING MUD FIRST. Billary knows this that's why they brought the campaign into the mud and trotted out their 'Black (until it's time to abandon you to appear moderate) friends who are only hoping for crumbs and are afraid that the paternalistic race hustle will dry up and they will have to come up with REAL SOLUTIONS & IDEAS. Something they haven't done in 40yrs!

Sent by Jay | 3:44 PM ET | 01-22-2008

Cherry (people magazine mentality) please!

Susan- Health Care? Clinton had 8yrs to fix health care but she backed off, didn't fight, then sponged money from the industry. After she backed down from healthcare did she take on another issue as her cause? NO! She was right there with all that access and DID NOTHING!

Clintons 9 point plan
1. backed off of a fight for healthcare;
2. fairy-tale rumper-room slogan policy: don't ask don't tell...and don't take a real stand.
3. Affirmative action- 'mend but don't end'...and don't take a real stand.
4. Loni Guiner- not my friend; don't take a stand.
5. public education- NOTHING
6. justice system, drug war and sentencing disparities- NOTHING.
7. Rwanda- landed made quick speech, now lets' get the hell out. don't take a stand.
8. Experience? yeah, getting hoodwinked by G.W. no real stand.
9. Leadership? couldn't lead Walmart to health care.

THEY HAD THEIR CHANCE. They should take their dysfunctional era of gender/race politics and old guard hoping for crumbs do nothing civil rights crew with them.

Sent by JG | 4:07 PM ET | 01-22-2008