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• [1] CJ from Weston, CT January 28, 2008 - 02:57PM

  I'm still undecided--my current order of preference is Edwards, Obama and Clinton. I have received lots of Obama literature, including one flyer today headlined "Only one candidate delivers change we can trust." On the cover is a photo of Obama with his left hand raised, acknowledging a crowd--he's got crow's feet and bags, no doubt from all the campaigning. Inside and on the back are photos of him that are either seriously retouched or he's had some work done on his eyes. These contrast with a picture of Clinton on the inside spread where she looks her age--which happens to be my age. What gives?

  
  
• [2] Brad from Brooklyn January 28, 2008 - 05:22PM

  Here's what I find interesting: every one of the undecideds talking today cites the same concerns that are keeping me hesitant. And there was a candidate who addressed every single one of them, and it was Kucinich. If we are representative in any way of Democratic voters, why is he gone from the race?

  I'll also say that those who share the healthcare policy concern should be hoping now, as I am, that Edwards does not drop out. His plan may not be single-payer, but it's the closest of those remaining, and the most explicit about what it will do. We need to pressure the other candidates to move in that direction -- especially Obama.

  Personally, I can't decide which is the bigger dealbreaker for me among the big two: the intellectual dishonesty and weakness of Obama's healthcare plan, or the panicked, fragmentary (and fragmenting), grouchy public face of the Clinton campaign. If Obama announced tomorrow that he was adopting Edwards's healthcare plan, my mind would be made up. Sadly, he won't.

  
  
• [3] Johnny C from Wantagh, NY January 28, 2008 - 05:59PM

  Couldn't get through today to let other Democrat undecideds know that Long Island is having an official Straw Poll on Wednesday Jan. 30 in Merrick. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with candidate representatives statements promptly @ 7:30 and the New York Democratic Lawyers Council will conduct a paper ballot vote - all the votes will be counted and discussed before 10:00 p.m. E-mail listrawpoll@optonline.net or call Claudia 516-672-6988 for directions to the site.

  
  
• [4] Johnny C from Wantagh, NY January 28, 2008 - 06:09PM

  Okay, the PSA is out of the way...

  I'm often told that one of my enduring qualities is my propensity for asking naive questions of Democrats.

  SO, at the risk of offending Captain Obvious, the thing that really bothers me that:

  Why can't we have a Clinton-Obama or Obama-Clinton Democratic ticket NOW, instead of watching the Republican srategists take copious notes of the sniping and internal bickering between these candidates?

  Fist off, it is not unrealistic to think that it WILL take 16 years of Democrat admnistrations to repair the Washington D. C. that the Bush administration has broken in just 8 years.

  So if Obama has 8 years of ideas, and the willingness to work, and ditto for Clinton, WHERE'S THE FIGHTING HELPING?

  And I know it's naive to think I'll get a reasonable reply... but I want to fix our country, and I want to help. That's what I'm going to be thinking in that booth on November 4th.

  
  
• [5] Joe Marchitto from West Paterson, New Jersey January 28, 2008 - 06:15PM

  My fellow Democrats: Will you please come out of your collective stupors. We Northeastern progressives can talk about issues, hope and inspiration all we want, but when the bell sounds, no matter which Democrat is nominated, it's going to get ugly. The slime machine on the other side will ravage either Obama or HIllary, and win over the same idiots who, in '04, bought the idea that a silver star winner was really a coward and a liar. Forty-nine years of history lead to three words: Southern White Male. Please wake up: it's almost too late!

  
  
• [6] Val from Portland, Oregon January 28, 2008 - 07:18PM

  The person who is pushing the progressive agenda and has been doing that for the last year is John Edwards. He is most electable and least damaged. The corporate media HATES him. He's the one who can win in November. Do not be fooled by his lack of TV coverage and the way many trivialize him. I hope America comes out of its star-gazing long enough to figure out he is electable. He owes no big corporations ANY favors. He has gotten as far as he has on PEOPLE POWER. You and me.

  
  
• [7] Lynne from Atlanta, Georgia January 28, 2008 - 09:32PM

  There is nothing to be confused about. Edwards is the one. If everyone who has said they really like Edwards' stance on the issues, but they don't think he'll make it, voted for Edwards, he'd make it.

  If I had a dollar for each of those same people, I could retire!

  Why are you so willing to let the polls, pundits, and corporate media tell you who you should vote for?! Anti-corporate control Edwards isn't getting media play for a reason.

  Think about it and

  VOTE EDWARDS!

  
  
• [8] Tauris from Manhattan January 28, 2008 - 11:45PM

  Even though the years prior to President Bush were a utopia compared to where we are now, we should remember that he was elected partly because of the distrust and apathy that festered after 8 years of Clinton scandals. I want to feel, after 15 long years that we have a president who is credible, whether or not i agree with what they are saying.

  It baffles me to hear Mrs. Clinton refer to her experience when she has served fewer years as an elected official than Mr Obama. The argument that she will be ready on day one implies that he wouldn't have the access to the same intellectual resources that she would. The biggest problem with the Bush administration is that they refused to listen to anyone who didn't follow their party line, and how has Mrs. Clinton so far proven that her administration would be any different.

  When Mr. Obama talks about leaving the past behind it reminds me how big a part that arguments over service in the Vietnam war played in the last 4 presidential elections. Is it any wonder that our collective future look so bleak?

  
  
• [9] van from brooklyn January 31, 2008 - 07:09PM

  I really wish I did not have this deep thinking but I feel we have to really think this through. After the last administration of a string of characters and I mean people who were self serving and had their own agenda, they did not serve the president or the country OR THE PEOPLE. So we really need to think of WHO can work work with PEOPLE, WHO CAN CHOOSE WISELY A CABINET THAT SERVES THE COUNTRY.. WHO CAN SELECT THE GLOBAL INTELLIGENCE THAT IS REQUIRED.. I REALLY FEEL A SORROW FOR WHOMEVER BECOMES PRESIDENT DO NOT FORGET THE VULCANS..THAT IS MY QUESTION..