Assuming he really wants to.

I hope that this doesnt happen but there is I suppose the possibility that by November, the economy might be so screwed up that neither would actually want to be President.

So that is clearly another area where Hillary has an advantage. Of the three, now two candidates, she was the only one who clearly had the STAMINA to get us out of this mess. Maybe that will change in the coming months.

Obama needs to get out there and TALK TO US AS ADULTS.

Oh I know - another tiger escaped from a zoo! ;-)

Thank You for making me feel like I hadn't completely wasted my time reading this diary,CG. I kept looking at the date to see if there was some chronological glitch occurring.  I've been entering patient data for hours now and I thought tomorrow had happened yesterday or something.

I hardly think this was an attack;

I think that Sen Obama will do well with Hispanics, beyond the fact that the Hispanic-Democrat allegiance has grown stronger over failed Bush policies that have effected Hispanics more than non-Hispanics as well as the bad sentiments and ill wishes the stance toward illegal immigration has had on them.

it has hurt Hispanics in this country. The republicans have harbored prejudices for their own political benefit, and I think most Hispanics are starting to feel the ramifications whether it be the raised eye brows when you say your last name or the ugly looks you get just based on appearances.

[http://pewhispanic.org/]

Obama is so great! He is just so cool! Hooray for Obama!!!!!!

:D :D :D

I believe you!

Only 20% of [insert group here] support Hillary now!

right?

For some reason...

http://online.wsj.com/public/article_pri nt/SB119681696156513818.html

"On the campaign trail, Mrs. Clinton has attacked Mr. Obama for his plan, saying it betrays the Democratic principle of universal coverage. Her campaign has demanded that he take down an advertisement that claims his plan "covers everyone."

Outside experts note that the Clinton and Obama plans propose spending about the same amount of money, while Mr. Obama uses some of his to pay for the reinsurance plan -- an initiative that could cost tens of billions of dollars. That should help lower premiums across the board, but it means there would be less available for direct subsidies."

also

http://backissues.cjrarchives.org/year/9 4/2/clinton.asp

"But what was missing from the coverage of Cooper's bill was solid analysis of how the bill would affect ordinary people -- analysis the polls say the public wants. As of late December CJR found no stories that explained how the plan would affect those Americans who are not insured and who still might not be if Cooper's plan becomes law. There was not even agreement among news stories on the number of people the plan would leave without insurance. The Palm BeachPost reported that Cooper "predicted [his plan] would provide insurance to nearly as many of the 37 million uninsured Americans as Clinton's plan." (Clinton's plan covers 100 percent of the uninsured.) The Washington Post quoted Cooper as saying his plan would cover "60 percent of the uninsured" (leaving 40 percent uncovered), while the Los Angeles Times noted that, "by Cooper's own estimate, the bill would not cover about one-fifth (or 20 percent) of those currently lacking health insurance."

Where were the stories that examined whether the Cooper plan would actually reduce costs of the health care system? Health care purchasing cooperatives are the main instrument of cost containment, but in Cooper's plan only employers with fewer than 100 workers are required to obtain coverage through them, if they want to continue deducting the cost of health insurance for their workers. This arrangement would leave all other employers free to operate outside the mechanism for curtailing costs and to continue the status quo, if they wished. The Congressional Budget Office found that the earlier version of Cooper's bill would actually increase costs of the health care system, at least initially, a point reported by The New York times and The Washington Post in February 1993, but ignored in the latest wave of Cooper promotional pieces."

I thought it was particularly interesting the geography that played into it. I mean how certain areas were divided up. As well as how the minorities split up, because Obama is a minority himself, it seemed a note of interest.

There are long analytical articles all over the place on that. For example, see http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/con tent/article/2008/06/07/AR2008060702222. html?hpid=topnews

just saw that,

[its a conspiracy]

How many times have the rational people on this site asked themselves that very question on a daily basis the last few months?