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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 02:26 AM Original message |
Obama is that once-in-a-generation transformative candidate |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
1. That gives me the shivers |
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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:42 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. My take is that if Obama is elected the south will finally have to give |
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Hekate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 02:34 AM Response to Reply #1 |
25. Me too. All along I've kept having the sense that he could be "the one"... |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
2. Wonderful post. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #2 |
36. It's nice to know we're in good company. |
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jackbourassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
3. What a great thread! |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 01:10 AM Response to Reply #3 |
24. Excellent and thoughtful analysis. |
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weeve (427 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 04:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. Big Media is ... |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 05:37 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. We're going to win. We could nominate a labrador retriever and win. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:04 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. They thought the Titanic was unsinkable, so they didn't care about the icebergs |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 04:43 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. You have a point, to a degree |
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BeyondGeography (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
7. Yes, he is...and, hopefully, dems won't pass up this opportunity |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. They won't, if his present upward trend in Iowa is any indication. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
9. I think he'll be the next Vice-President |
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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:24 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. He should be President in Jan 09. |
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robcon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Doesn't he have to win most primary elections to do that? |
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jackbourassa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 04:51 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. robcon, is this your first election? |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Nice try....but first we have to select a Pres before we denigrate someone to VP status |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 10:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
23. He would not run with Hillary. At least, I hope not. And if not her, who? |
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clyrc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Obama will be lucky to approach Jesse Jackson's numbers in 1988 |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 08:54 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Why do you say that? |
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illinoisprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Wonderful post! I agree 100% and this is why I am supporting obama |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 03:26 AM Response to Reply #13 |
35. We're in good company from the looks of it. |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
15. I agree, it would be a transformative moment |
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elehhhhna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 01:57 PM Response to Original message |
16. flame away but he is deep into Chicago-style politics and it wil be his undoing. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 09:49 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Links, please? Because every article I've read says the complete opposite. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:37 PM Response to Reply #16 |
31. *crickets* |
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ripple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-22-07 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Obama is a born leader |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
33. Yes, he is |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:25 AM Response to Original message |
26. I think Obama's followers have totally ruined his chances. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:58 AM Response to Reply #26 |
28. Really, how so? |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 09:34 PM Response to Reply #26 |
32. *more crickets* |
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denem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 06:34 AM Response to Original message |
27. A seriously devoted evangelical Christian as President |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 10:03 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. A Christian who happens to be *rated the most liberal of all the candidates, including Kucinich? |
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eallen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-23-07 08:02 PM Response to Reply #27 |
30. Seems to me he has been quite clear on those issues. |
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BenDavid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
34. The loons are coming forward and it is scary. |
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ClarkUSA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-26-07 12:25 AM Response to Reply #34 |
39. Huh? Are you talking about yourself? |
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AtomicKitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
37. The Seymour Hersh high-five really resonates. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-25-07 05:53 PM Response to Original message |
38. it is disturbing |
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