Great discussion topic and I'm glad it is now getting the coverage in the media. I truly believe the super delegates will end up deciding the party's representative...and I believe it will be Clinton.

I love the excitment this election season has produced, but I think we need to be very careful. If you take away the fact that Obama is a truly great orator...what's left? A young energetic african american man with little experience. In fact, at the State level, this man could not even cast a yea or nay vote on tough issues. He voted "present", which is actually an abstention. Abstentions should only be used in times of a conflict of interest which, to my knowledge, there were none. That makes me very uncomfortable. He loves to drive home that he was always against the war in Iraq, but I wonder--if he were actually at the US level at the time of the vote, what would he have voted? My guess is he would have voted the same as Clinton. But, with him not being there, he now has the option of saying whatever he feels the voters wants to hear. He talks a great deal about change, but I must be unintelligent because I don't hear the substance of that change. We must remember we are voting on the person to run our Country. This is not a local mayoral race where it might be fun to shake things up a bit and elect a relative unknown.

I realize many feel Senator Clinton is a very polarizing person, however, if you look at all she's done, what she knows, her foreign relations, etc., you have to respect her. I know many that can't stand her, but respect and admire all she's accomplished and have and will continue to vote for her. I believe she has what we need right now. She absolutely can hit the ground running with a phone in her hand calling out to leaders and powers that be of other countries and start working now! I think she will take a strong stand on border issues and I believe she will start with securing the borders. Her healthcare proposal looks good and reasonable. It's not a give everything away. It is make it affordable. I believe she'll not forget to hit the pharmacuetical companies that have driven up prices on healthcare for years, although no one discusses that...it's always the insurers that are blamed. She knows the ropes, the layout, the people and more importantly, the job at hand.

I know there are a good many republicans hoping she'll get the nomination because they feel McCain can beat her, but consider this...not everyone that exercises their vote does so in the primaries for many reasons. In many states independents cannot take part in the primaries and a good deal of independents lean more left than right. There are those instances as well where ballots aren't counted toward the delegates, it is the caucus outcome that determines it and a lot of voters, even though numbers were very high in Washington for our caucus, did not participate for myriad reasons. Additionally, McCain isn't exactly the best republican so there may be republicans that cross the party line. One other thought...I've heard many a rumble from conservative democrats (and yes they exist) that if Obama gets the nomination they may need to hold their nose and vote McCain.

None of anything I've said is earth shattering or "breaking news" and you can bet that all of this has run through the minds of the super delegates...at least the ones that have been around for a while. I'm all for youth involvement in the process. They have to start somewhere getting involved in the political arena and determining their futures, but this time it scares me a bit. It's like what I always told my step daughter about decisions in her life...before you make one, keep in mind the unintentional or worse, the irreversible consequences.

Holy Smokes!!!
I thought that I was on to some supersecret information that some braggart had let me onto.
You've heard this too?
I wonder if Citizen Steve will enlighten us?

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You better laugh at yourself,
Everyone else is.

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