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Hillary and Obama!!!!!!

I've been following very closely..I went and saw Obama speak in Idaho on Saturday morning. He is definitely my candidate of choice

Obama is my candidate of choice.

Obama.... Yup I cancel my husband's vote.... Always have and always will but now I have someone in my corner my daughter so he might as well stay home.......... Ha Ha Ha. We had our caucus last night in Idaho and I was amazed at the turn out. This is a very conservative state so I was pretty shocked.....

It's time for a change. I believe Obama, the candidate of my choice, has the leadership to make that change. Here it is 2008, and this country is headed for a recession. I hope everyone exercises their right to vote and vote for Obama.

Well, I went for the first time to a local precinct meeting and plan to attend my County Convention.....this is the most active that I've been in a long time......Clinton & Obama have good things going for both of them......I do wonder about the inevitable 'fallout' from having to 'clean up Bush's mess'

What specifically is the change you are looking for? What difference would it make? What could you do to be part of the change you want?

Oh Gosh! I haven't been following the election as close as I was. I've been a bit distracted. Tisk, tisk :(           -- but... Last I checked, Obama was still in the lead, Hillary won West Virginia, and I'm not a Republican. My Vote has been for, and remains for, Obama.

I am ridiculously obsessed with the election. Barack Obama has been my candidate of choice ever since he declared his candidacy. And I am so excited that he is finally the presumptive Democratic nominee. Now if only Hillary would stop being a sore loser and drop out...

You go Maddie!

And I challenge - do we really have an "election" to follow? Until a candidate is selected, there is no election... you might be following the Democratic nomination process, no election yet.

I am following the campaign season very, very closely. We've had eight terrible years of W. behind us, and now the real opportunity for change within our grasp!! I voted for Obama proudly in my state's primary, and can't wait to elect him to the Oval Office this fall.

I don't think very many realistic people expect a total turnaround in a four year timespan--I certainly do not.

However, it took only a few months for the useless, false war in Iraq to begin.  And the plunder began on what HAD been a significant national financial surplus.

If we continue on our current path, which I believe we would be doing if McCain is elected, we face more of the perils we have been experienced over the last 7.5 years:  More war--probably an additional one in Iran*, unaffordable health care for the majority of Americans, Federal government focussed on the needs of corporate citizens instead of its entire citizenry, decline of the middle class, further deterioration of infrastructure within the U.S., lethargy in the development of  renewable, alternative energy sources, and environmental disaster of global proportions.

On the other hand, if the country were led by people who valued HUMANITYmore than their stock portfolios and those of their buddies, we would at least stand a chance of getting on the right track.

What if there had been a different outcome to the Florida election in 2000?  The world would be a different place than it actually was by 2004.

(*If the US goes to war in Iran, either we will witness further privatization of a Corporate Military or we will witness a draft.  Of the two, I'd prefer a draft because maybe then people would wake up and we would have some grass roots movements like we did due to the draft in the 60's.  And my husband, son, and I would hear all about it from our new home in New Zealand.  Baa-Baa.)

AnnEvanston says ...

With our politics, issues and major deficit do you really believe that it will really change in 4 years?

Ann, I agree with Maddie. I don't think any realistic people believe that Obama (or, grudgingly, Hillary) will be able to turn around all the foibles of the past administration in a mere four years, but  we will at the very least begin to make significant strides that could very well change the course of our country -- for the better. I really do think that Obama would push for universal health care in some way shape or form within the first weeks or months of his presidency. I also think we'd begin our disengagement in Iraq soon into his first term.

Columnist Bob Herbert of the NYT wrote a piece a week or so ago about the Millennial generation, and how they face the worst economic prospects of any generation in a very long time. Herbert believes -- and I agree with him -- that the Millennials and progressive older voters feel, more than ever (or at least in a very long time) the need to really make change. This is why I am so convinced that a Democrat (presumptively, Obama) will be elected to the White House this November. Because we can't go on like this any further.

I think one could argue that the changes will not be significant enough for the democrats to take a 2nd term to really make change. If a democratic president is elected, the troops will not be removed immediately from Iraq, as so many people hope.

The point of my earlier comment is that our politics are much more complicated than a new president. And she or he alone cannot just make the changes they want. Coming from California, we know this. Gray was removed from office and Arnold replaced him. Guess what? The deficit is worse than when Gray left, not better, and Arnold has not met is "promises". Should we impeach him now too?

ladysilver says ...

  This is the first time in my 56 years I have been so involved in an election.  Obama has my support all the way