Political Hippo Circle Jerk - America, farg YEAH!

[phattymatty]

Well he has a blue print for change. Can be found here...

http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/ObamaBlueprintForChange.pdf

somehow i've never actually seen that.  should be some good reading this weekend.

[Phanatic]

... and to be fair and post the other side here is the most likely candidate for the GOP's issues.

http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/

[Phanatic]

... and Hillary...

http://www.hillaryclinton.com/issues/

[phattymatty]

i wish she would combine all her views in a neat little book like obama.  she loses points for that.

[Phanatic]

i wish she would combine all her views in a neat little book like obama.  she loses points for that.

Yeah Obama is more tech savvy for sure. His website is the smoothest of all the andidates. Kind of strange that all the democratic candidates have the same website template though.

[Geowhizzer]

Gridlock is usually better for this country than people think.

Yes.

Definitely.

[Phanatic]

Romney Drops out Officially.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080207/ap_on_el_pr/romney

[PhillyGirl]

Thanks Phanatic

Thank you....I didn't think it needed to be spoonfed to anyone. Usually, if one wants to KNOW something, they research it.

Yeah I'm sure you knew all about it.

Actually, not only did I know about it, I had sent it to my dad last week. 

[Sgt PSN]

Romney Drops out Officially.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080207/ap_on_el_pr/romney

He's dropping out because it's "best for the Repub party."  Not that he had a chance anyway, but good riddance. 

[Sgt PSN]

Gridlock is usually better for this country than people think.

Yes.

Definitely.

Undeniably.

[SunMo]

most likely

[Cerevant]

So, assuming McCain gets the nod:

McCain: too liberal for the real conservatives
Hillary: too conservative for the real liberals
Obama: True liberal with the backing of a large, typically non-voting backing (blacks and people < 25)

If it ends up Hillary v. McCain, you are looking at a battle for the independents.
If it ends up Obama v. McCain, it comes down to Obama getting the vote out.

At this point I think it has to be Obama for the Dems.  McCain would probably win the battle for Independents, but there will also be a lot of non-votes from the religious right.  Obama could win the "pissed at Bush" moderates, and drum up the passion of the typical non-voters.

I used to think the Republicans had no shot but with McCain at the front, I'm not so sure.

[Sgt PSN]

I used to think the Republicans had no shot but with McCain at the front, I'm not so sure.

Funny, going into this thing I thought the exact opposite.  I figured that as much as people would want to vote Dem just for the sake of changing, many would go back to the Republicans once they saw the Dems running out there with a woman and minority candidate.

[Cerevant]

Pat Buchanan: McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi"

[MDS]

That's about the third or fourth time in the last year Fox has done this.